- unitid
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{"value"=>"278839", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"EM. 9696", "type"=>"local_emmet"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"Apr. 14, 1790", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1790-04-14"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Letter to [Joseph Clay, Savannah, Ga.]"}
- physdesc
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{"value"=>"A. L. S. 2 pp. 4o", "format"=>"simple"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"Details a commercial transaction with Ludlow, Goold and Forsyth; is happy to learn that Georgia enjoys peace with the Creek Indians; Congress disposed to act on defensive, taking steps to protect the whole frontier; three companies, nearly 200 men, with 6 field-pieces, etc., had sailed for Georgia, one company to be stationed on the River St. Mary, another at Beard's Bluff, and the third at the Rock landing on the Oconee; a bill had passed the House for augmenting the military establishment to upwards of 1,600 men; it is now before the senate meeting with much opposition; Secretary at War intended to establish a line of posts from the Ohio by way of the Tugaloe and Oconee to St. Mary's river; encloses papers for news desired."}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Few, William (New York)", "type"=>"persname", "role"=>"Author"}
- date_inclusive_start
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1790
- date_inclusive_end
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1790
- keydate
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1790-04-14
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1790-04-14
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1790-04-14