- unitid
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{"value"=>"279955", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"EM. 20045", "type"=>"local_emmet"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"May 8, 1780", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1780-05-08"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Letter to Gen. [Jethro] Sumner"}
- physdesc
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{"value"=>"A. L. S. Endorsed. 3 pp. 4o", "format"=>"simple"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"The Assembly having passed a law for sending 4,000 militia to South Carolina, and having given Caswell command of them, he desires to appoint Maj. Dickson his inspector general; he requests Sumner to allow Dickson to serve in that capacity; by so doing, he may be able to enlist some of the militia for the continental service when their term has expired."}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Caswell, Richard, 1729-1789 (New Bern, N.C.)", "type"=>"persname", "role"=>"Author"}
- date_inclusive_start
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1780
- date_inclusive_end
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1780
- keydate
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1780-05-08
- date_start
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1780-05-08
- date_end
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1780-05-08