- unitid
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{"value"=>"279711", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"EM. 15507", "type"=>"local_emmet"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"Mar. 24, 1781", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1781-03-24"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Letter to Lord George Germain [London]"}
- physdesc
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{"value"=>"Transcript of L. S. With postscript as to victory at Guilford. 6 pp. Fo", "format"=>"simple"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"Encloses copy of letter to Sir Henry Clinton as to Lord Cornwallis' rapid advance and detailing latest information from Lords Cornwallis and Rawdon; was truly happy to report that Colonel Tarlton had killed 90 rebels on the field on March 2 [at Clapp's Mill, N. C.] and many more in the pursuit; details operations of Cornwallis against Gen. Greene; British want of supplies; reports rebel expectation of reinforcements from Pennsylvania and Virginia; as to precarious situation in West Florida; has taken steps to supply West Indies with lumber."}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Balfour, Nisbet, 1743-1823 (Charlestown, S.C.)", "type"=>"persname", "role"=>"Author"}
- date_inclusive_start
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1781
- date_inclusive_end
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1781
- keydate
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1781-03-24
- date_start
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1781-03-24
- date_end
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1781-03-24