- unitid
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{"value"=>"275413", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"EM. 947", "type"=>"local_emmet"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"July 20, 1777", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1777-07-20"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Letter to [General Caesar Rodney, Dover"}
- physdesc
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{"value"=>"A. L. S. 2 pp. Fo", "format"=>"simple"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"Has received his letter by Mr. Freeman; is pleased with his patriotism and attention to orders; is pleased too with the readiness of Chief Justice [William] Killen in entering on his duties; wishes others were equally willing; directs him to prepare the militia required for a certain service; incloses newspaper telling of the fall of Ticonderoga; in this day's Evening Post there is a letter of General Washington describing the capture of General Prescott in Rhode Island."}
- origination
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{"value"=>"McKinly, John (Wilmington, Del.)", "type"=>"persname", "role"=>"Author"}
- date_inclusive_start
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1777
- date_inclusive_end
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1777
- keydate
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1777-07-20
- date_start
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1777-07-20
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1777-07-20