- unitid
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{"value"=>"275379", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"EM. 872", "type"=>"local_emmet"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"Apr. 8, 1776", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1776-04-08"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Letter to William Govett, Secretary of the Pennsylvania Committee of Safety"}
- physdesc
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{"value"=>"A. L. S. Endorsed. 1 page. Fo", "format"=>"simple"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"For the encouragement of making saltpetre, a number of men have been appointed in that county to take it in; the price is to be paid partly in powder; he has not enough; asks that the Committee send two quarter-casks along with the public stock for the county; an order to him on Colonel Nicholas Fairlamb at Chester will answer the purpose."}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Montgomery, William (Chester County, Pa.)", "type"=>"persname", "role"=>"Author"}
- date_inclusive_start
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1776
- date_inclusive_end
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1776
- keydate
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1776-04-08
- date_start
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1776-04-08
- date_end
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1776-04-08