- unitid
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{"value"=>"279145", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"EM. 11013", "type"=>"local_emmet"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"Nov. 5, 1798", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1798-11-05"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Letter to Captain William Fenwick, Royal Engineers, Halifax, Nova Scotia"}
- physdesc
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{"value"=>"A. L. S. Endorsed. 3 pp. 4o", "format"=>"simple"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"Received Fenwick's letter of Sept. 28 on Nov. 4; would have answered by Townsend but had been driven from home by a sort of plague called the yellow or West Indian fever which at New York, Philadelphia, and a few smaller seaports had carried into the other world not less than 10,000 souls; mentions Mr. Cock, his correspondent's deceased brother Thomas, his widow and two children; refers to Captain Fenwick's recent marriage to a portionless first cousin almost old enough to be his mother, authorizes him to draw for $200 on Gates' account by Charles Wilks, Cashier of the Bank of New York, cautions him against the two military vices of gambling and drinking and hopes Fenwick will secure the Prince's patronage."}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Gates, Horatio, 1728-1806 (New York)", "type"=>"persname", "role"=>"Author"}
- date_inclusive_start
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1798
- date_inclusive_end
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1798
- keydate
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1798-11-05
- date_start
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1798-11-05
- date_end
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1798-11-05