- unitid
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{"value"=>"280048", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"EM. 20139", "type"=>"local_emmet"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"July 11, 1786", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1786-07-11"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Letter to Horatio Gates, Traveller's Rest, Berkeley County, Va."}
- physdesc
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{"value"=>"A. L. S. Endorsed. 3 pp. 4o", "format"=>"simple"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"Encloses a curiosity worthy of a place in some American museum; as to the cause, the Doctor [William Gordon?] was perfectly innocent; enters into minute details of [Gordon's?] arrangements for publishing his book; relates his own domestic affairs, his salary is $1500, and he has recently been presented with a daughter with as good a pair of lungs as any in the United States; Gates has probably heard of the death of Gen. McDougall; learns of Gen. Greene's death; so it goes, other conquerors allow officers their rank but Death knows no distinction, levels the General with the private and he supposes he will treat the conqueror of Burgoyne and the Postmaster-General with little ceremony. In a postscript the Doctor wants the arms of the states, asks Gates if he is herald enough to supply those of Virginia."}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Hazard, Ebenezer (New York)", "type"=>"persname", "role"=>"Author"}
- date_inclusive_start
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1786
- date_inclusive_end
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1786
- keydate
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1786-07-11
- date_start
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1786-07-11
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1786-07-11