- unitid
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{"value"=>"279405", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"EM. 13474", "type"=>"local_emmet"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"Sept. 23, 1742", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1742-09-23"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Letter to Colonel Daniel Parke Custis at Batchellors Hall [Va.]"}
- physdesc
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{"value"=>"A. L. S. 1 page. 4o", "format"=>"simple"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"His kind present of sorers [i. e. reed-birds] came in good time when Byrd had a deal of company, including Colonel [Benjamin] Harrison and his fair family; the reason, a marriage, [Maria Byrd to Landon Carter] which he hopes was made in Heaven, solemnized yesterday; nothing more sudden, none thought of it at 10 in the morning and by 3 the gordian knot was tied, invites him to come before Sunday and see the happy persons."}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Byrd, William (Westover, Va.)", "type"=>"persname", "role"=>"Author"}
- date_inclusive_start
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1742
- date_inclusive_end
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1742
- keydate
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1742-09-23
- date_start
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1742-09-23
- date_end
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1742-09-23