- unitid
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{"value"=>"280077", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"EM. 20168", "type"=>"local_emmet"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"May 1776", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1776-05"}
- keydate
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1776-05
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Letter to Francis Kinloch, Geneva"}
- physdesc
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{"value"=>"A. L. S. Endorsed. \"Answered the 28th of May 1776.\" 4 pp. 4o", "format"=>"simple"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"Alludes to their studies in the law; Lady William Campbell, who came by the last packet, informed him of the fortification of Charleston harbor; her only doubt was whether the men of property, who were resolute, would be supported by the lower classes; Great Britain cannot do more than destroy the seaport towns; explains the impossibility of conquering America as long as the people retain their virtues; if the present struggle continues America will abound with great characters; otherwise, by trade with the mother-country and consequent riches, they would have advanced to a corrupt state with no intermediate maturity; he will never regret poverty and loss of trade if they can establish, either with or without Great Britain, a government that will conduce to the good of the whole; he thinks however that they cannot with a good grace contend for liberty until they shall have emancipated their slaves."}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Laurens, John, 1754-1782 (London)", "type"=>"persname", "role"=>"Author"}
- date_inclusive_start
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1776
- date_inclusive_end
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1776
- date_start
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1776-05
- date_end
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1776-05