- unitid
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{"value"=>"279840", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"EM. 15635", "type"=>"local_emmet"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"Aug. 16, 1782", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1782-08-16"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Letter to the Officer Commanding His Majesty's ships of war in the West Indies"}
- physdesc
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{"value"=>"2 pp. and 1 leaf with endorsement. 4o", "format"=>"simple"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"Informs him that a French fleet is on the coast of America; the enclosed extract from the log-book of an American letter of marque that was captured by a British privateer shows that she fell in with a French fleet Aug. 1; they gave no account of themselves except that they were cruising: there were troops on board; the master judged them from the West Indies; they stood towards New York and were then about a degree north of the Capes of Virginia. 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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1782-08-16
- date_start
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1782-08-16
- date_end
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1782-08-16