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{"value"=>"279709", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"EM. 15505", "type"=>"local_emmet"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"Mar. 3, 1781", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1781-03-03"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Letter to [Sir Henry Clinton, New York.]"}
- physdesc
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{"value"=>"Transcript of L. S. 4 pp. Fo", "format"=>"simple"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"Had reported on Feb 24. Col. Sumter's investment of the Congaree and repulse by Major Maxwell of Prince of Wales' Regiment, subsequently attacking Thompson's with no success and some loss; then reconnoitring Nelson's, crossing the Santee five miles above it where he was attacked by provincial light infantry under Lt. Col. Watson, retreating with a loss of 18 killed, a few taken, and many horses; highly commends Lieut. Cooper's conduct on that occasion; reports from an officer long a prisoner of war at Hilsboro Lord Cornwallis' rapid advance into North Carolina which he transmits by the Sandwich packet recently retaken in the Chesapeake; reports General Greene's retirement on Feb. 10 when Cornwallis approached Guilford Court House, where, it was reported, he had been joined previously by Gen. Morgan; enters into details of the movements of General Greene, Colonel [John] Gunby's operations at Hillsborough, Lord Cornwallis' proximity to the rebel rear guard; and has transmitted a dispatch to Gen. [Benedict] Arnold."}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Balfour, Nisbet, 1743-1823 (Charlestown, S.C.)", "type"=>"persname", "role"=>"Author"}
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1781
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1781
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1781-03-03
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1781-03-03
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1781-03-03