- unitid
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{"value"=>"279783", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"EM. 15578", "type"=>"local_emmet"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"Apr. 17, 1782", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1782-04-17"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Letter to Sir Henry Clinton [New York]"}
- physdesc
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{"value"=>"2 pp. and 1 leaf with endorsement. Fo", "format"=>"simple"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"In reply to despatches he sends the report of a board of officers convened to consider the withdrawal of troops from Charles Town; in his opinion, such a step would be followed by the fall of this place or Savannah; it would be better to evacuate the posts entirely; alludes to disaffection among the Hessian troops; he has not learned of any French corps coming hither except Lauzun's Legion. Copy."}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Leslie, Alexander, ca. 1740 1794 (Charles Town, S.C.)", "type"=>"persname", "role"=>"Author"}
- date_inclusive_start
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1782
- date_inclusive_end
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1782
- keydate
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1782-04-17
- date_start
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1782-04-17
- date_end
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1782-04-17