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{"value"=>"280026", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"EM. 20117", "type"=>"local_emmet"}
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{"value"=>"Feb. 1, 1782", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1782-02-01"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Letter to Gen. [Alexander] Leslie [Charleston]"}
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{"value"=>"A. L. S. Endorsed. 8 pp. 4o", "format"=>"simple"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"He has been waiting to see whether Leslie would justify Balfour's infraction of the cartel in discriminating among the prisoners and in the execution of Col. Hayne; Cornwallis was captured before he had answered Greene's letter on the subject; the matter has since been before Congress; he has opposed every measure for revenge, believing that cruelties injure the party they are intended to support; in defence of individuals, however, he is bound to retaliate; Leslie is in no way bound to support Balfour's sanguinary measures; Capt. Barry is ordered into confinement until the prisoners detained upon a principle of discrimination are enlarged; were they released, he would pursue the exchange according to the cartel, pending the final decision of Congress; he cannot justify violation of a parole, but does not agree that the apprehensions of Gov. Burke were chimerical; Col. Washington says he would rather go into a dungeon than take a parole on that island; Gov. Burke has gone to North Carolina; enquires whether he is considered a prisoner of war or of state."}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Greene, Nathanael, 1742-1786 (South Carolina)", "type"=>"persname", "role"=>"Author"}
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1782
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1782
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1782-02-01
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1782-02-01
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1782-02-01