- unitid
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{"value"=>"278773", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"EM. 9547", "type"=>"local_emmet"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"Sept. 27, 1780", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1780-09-27"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Letter to John Penn, Hillsborough"}
- physdesc
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{"value"=>"A.L.S. Endorsed. 3 pp. 4o", "format"=>"simple"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"He met Penn's letter while returning from Salisbury; the enemy are still at the Waxaws; tories under [Patrick] Ferguson are ravaging the counties of Rutherford, Lincoln, and Burke; militia under Col. Lock [Francis Locke] have marched against them; the troops of Sumner and Davidson are watching the enemy; Col. Davy [William Richardson Davie] routed a body of tories near the enemy's lines; provisions are plenty; the people on the road have been distressed by the army; many moved away, but hearing of the late act of Assembly respecting provisions they are about to return; the Quakers are distressed by the Virginians encamped among them; the tory settlement on Abbot's Creek would be a better place for their camp; Gen. [Edward] Stevens has not yet returned to them; thinks they do not mean to march further against the enemy."}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Martin, Alexander (Guilford Court House, N.C.)", "type"=>"persname", "role"=>"Author"}
- date_inclusive_start
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1780
- date_inclusive_end
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1780
- keydate
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1780-09-27
- date_start
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1780-09-27
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1780-09-27