- unitid
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{"value"=>"279791", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"EM. 15586", "type"=>"local_emmet"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"May 23, 1782", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1782-05-23"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Letter to Gen. [Nathanael] Greene"}
- physdesc
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{"value"=>"2 pp. and 1 leaf with endorsement. Fo", "format"=>"simple"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"Capt. Skelly has stated Gen. Greene's queries respecting certain papers sent him, and his own authority for proposing a cessation of hostilities and believing that a treaty of peace was carrying on; the papers in question were transmitted by Sir Henry Clinton, accompanied by a letter from the Right Hon. Welbore Ellis; he expects fuller instructions from Sir Guy Carleton; renews his offer for a suspension of hostilities, and will depute commissioners to settle the terms of it. Copy."}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Leslie, Alexander, ca. 1740 1794 (Charleston, 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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1782-05-23
- date_start
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1782-05-23
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1782-05-23