- unitid
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{"value"=>"279404", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"EM. 13471", "type"=>"local_emmet"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"Mar. 8, 1758", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1758-03-08"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Letter to William Byrd [Westover, Va.]"}
- physdesc
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{"value"=>"A.L.S. 1 page. 4o", "format"=>"simple"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"Has received Byrd's letter of Feb. 14; if Virginia could raise fresh troops for the spring Byrd's offer to command them would surely be accepted; all they can do is to send to Lord [Loudoun] the Virginia regiment then under Col. [George] Washington, and employ the militia in garrisoning the forts and ranging in small parties; Washington was ill and might not be able to take the field; if so the command would be tendered to Byrd if Lord Loudoun was agreeable; has asked Governor [Arthur] Dobbs [of North Carolina] to advise them of the approach of the Indians Byrd brings for Lord Loudoun, so as to accommodate them properly."}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Blair, John (Williamsburgh, Va.)", "type"=>"persname", "role"=>"Author"}
- date_inclusive_start
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1758
- date_inclusive_end
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1758
- keydate
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1758-03-08
- date_start
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1758-03-08
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1758-03-08