- unitid
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{"value"=>"279437", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"EM. 14055", "type"=>"local_emmet"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"Dec. 21, 1798", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1798-12-21"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Letter to George Washington, Philadelphia [Mount Vernon, Va.]"}
- physdesc
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{"value"=>"A. L. S. Endorsed by Washington. 3 pp. 4o", "format"=>"simple"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"Although Washington forbade him writing, in his letter of October 1st, he is compelled to appeal [for an extension of time]; has as much as he owes due to him in bonds and interest and 600 acres of land; has been served with a ca sa [writ of capias ad satisfaciendum] returnable the next week, when he must lie in a poor, dirty, miserable, loathsome prison as a punishment for not paying money, when there is next to none in circulation; has known Washington to reprieve criminals; he has a wife and several dear little children; pleads for delay; his brother Samuel living 3 1/2 miles from the Federal City would pay Washington; had sent his son John there to arrange matters; is sick and unable to walk across the room."}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Shreve, Israel (Perryopolis, Fayette County, Pa.)", "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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1798-12-21
- date_start
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1798-12-21
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1798-12-21