- unitid
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{"value"=>"275323", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"EM. 775", "type"=>"local_emmet"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"Apr. 19, 1785", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1785-04-19"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Letter to General Washington"}
- physdesc
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{"value"=>"A. L. S. 2 pp. and 1 leaf with endorsement in Washington's handwriting. 4o", "format"=>"simple"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"Recommends Mr. Pine, an artist whose zeal for the American cause has brought him here to secure faithful representations of events of the late war; such scenes could not faithfully be represented if General Washington were omitted; knows he has been persecuted by painters, and believes that he would rather fight a battle than sit for a portrait, but relies on his good nature; Mr. Pine is the most eminent artist, in his way, that they have ever had in this country."}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Hopkinson, Francis (Philadelphia, Pa.)", "type"=>"persname", "role"=>"Author"}
- date_inclusive_start
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1785
- date_inclusive_end
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1785
- keydate
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1785-04-19
- date_start
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1785-04-19
- date_end
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1785-04-19