- unitid
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{"value"=>"279817", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"EM. 15612", "type"=>"local_emmet"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"July 17, 1782", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1782-07-17"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Letter to Sir Guy Carleton [New York]"}
- physdesc
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{"value"=>"2 pp. 4o", "format"=>"simple"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"Five Spanish officers and seventy-five men were captured by a privateer and brought into this port in March; he at once sent them to Havana for exchange, his chief object being to obtain intelligence as to the strength of the enemy at that place, the threatened invasion of Jamaica having made that a matter of importance; he sent Robert Ross in the flag of truce as commissary of prisoners; owing to his former residence on the Mississippi, Ross was well qualified for the design; encloses the extensive information gained, a copy of which he has sent to Sir George Rodney; encloses also an account of the situation of Capt. James Campbell, and alludes to the unmerited sufferings of that officer. Copy. Endorsed."}
- 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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1782-07-17
- date_start
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1782-07-17
- date_end
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1782-07-17