- unitid
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{"value"=>"279733", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"EM. 15529", "type"=>"local_emmet"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"Oct. 2, 1781", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1781-10-02"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Letter to Sir Henry Clinton [New York]"}
- physdesc
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{"value"=>"Transcript of L. S. 2 pp. Fo", "format"=>"simple"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"Will comply with Clinton's directions of June 20 and July 13; Lord Rawdon left for England on Aug. 21, but was captured by a French 74-gun ship and taken prisoner to the Chesapeake; transmits Maj. Gen. Gould's dispatches and details disheartening state of affairs; Captain Nisbet delivers these dispatches and will make full explanations, written details not being advisable."}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Balfour, Nisbet, 1743-1823 (Charles Town, 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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1781-10-02
- date_start
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1781-10-02
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1781-10-02