- unitid
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{"value"=>"278797", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"EM. 9602", "type"=>"local_emmet"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"Mar. 26, 1788", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1788-03-26"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Letter to [George] Clinton"}
- physdesc
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{"value"=>"A. L. S. 2 pp. 4o", "format"=>"simple"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"Introducing Col. Smith and his lady in whose welfare he is highly interested; recommending Mr. Smith as a young stranger to his protection and patronage; no present prospect but of peace, though its duration is precarious, a long war between the three empires is expected and the other powers seem to be in a temper not to be idle spectators, at least for a long time; Europe expects the speedy adoption of the new Constitution of the United States, a general opinion exists of need of reform in the old one, and that the projected change will be for our prosperity; a federal republic of sovereign states was never known to exist over a large territory, innumerable difficulties found in small countries; the real question seems to be whether the Union shall be broken or whether all shall come under one sovereignty; -- the Union is an object of such magnitude that everything but constitutional liberty should be sacrificed to it."}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Adams, John (London, England)", "type"=>"persname", "role"=>"Author"}
- date_inclusive_start
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1788
- date_inclusive_end
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1788
- keydate
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1788-03-26
- date_start
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1788-03-26
- date_end
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1788-03-26