- unitid
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{"value"=>"275439", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"EM. 1000", "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 Thomas Sim Lee, Governor of Maryland"}
- physdesc
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{"value"=>"A. L. S. Endorsed. 2 pp. Fo", "format"=>"simple"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"General Washington after his visit to Count de Grasse at Cape Henry returned to Williams-burgh the 23d ult.; he says that the Admiral is ready to cooperate against Cornwallis; the vessels from the head of Elk have arrived and are debarking the troops; accounts from New York say that the enemy suffered greatly in the engagement with the Count de Grasse; the Count's own account; Cornwallis's fate now seems inevitable; on the return of the fleet the British troops destined for the southward were landed on Staten Island because of sickness; they are there still."}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Hanson, John (Philadelphia, Pa.)", "type"=>"persname", "role"=>"Author"}
- date_inclusive_start
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1781
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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