- unitid
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{"value"=>"278850", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"EM. 9716", "type"=>"local_emmet"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"Mar. 15, 1778", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1778-03-15"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Letter to Gen. [John] Burgoyne [Boston]"}
- physdesc
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{"value"=>"A. L. S. Endorsed \"Copy Sent Congress.\" 1 page. 4o", "format"=>"simple"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"In obedience to an order of Maj. Gen. [Sir Robert] Pigot, commanding British troops at Rhode Island, he had embarked on one of the transports from Rhode Island for Boston in charge of flour, clothing, and stores for the passage to England of Burgoyne's army; asks Burgoyne to obtain a permit for the vessels to enter Boston harbor; informs Burgoyne that there is on the transport only two months' provisions for the use of his troops on passage to England; waits Burgoyne's order."}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Leonard, George (Cape Cod Harbour, Mass.)", "type"=>"persname", "role"=>"Author"}
- date_inclusive_start
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1778
- date_inclusive_end
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1778
- keydate
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1778-03-15
- date_start
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1778-03-15
- date_end
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1778-03-15