- unitid
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{"value"=>"275415", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"EM. 950", "type"=>"local_emmet"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"May 15, 1778", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1778-05-15"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Letter to [Thomas -- --, near Dover"}
- physdesc
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{"value"=>"A. L. S. 2 pp. Fo", "format"=>"simple"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"Asks for clothing for officers of his regiment; suggests that the State furnish it at the former rates, charging the overplus, due to the depreciated currency, to the United States; news from Dr. Montgomery, just arrived from headquarters, of the announcement to England by Louis XVI. of the treaty between France and America; deserters intelligence indicates that the enemy will fight once more before they evacuate [Philadelphia]; they burned Bordentown and the shipping in the Delaware, but were defeated at Trenton; the Americans are learning the Prussian discipline; blue cloth and linen needed for the men."}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Patten, John (Wilmington, Del.)", "type"=>"persname", "role"=>"Author"}
- date_inclusive_start
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1778
- date_inclusive_end
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1778
- keydate
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1778-05-15
- date_start
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1778-05-15
- date_end
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1778-05-15