- unitid
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{"value"=>"275456", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"EM. 1033", "type"=>"local_emmet"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"July 17, 1781", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1781-07-17"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Letter to [Thomas Sim Lee, Governor of Maryland.]"}
- physdesc
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{"value"=>"A. L. S. Endorsed. 4 pp. Fo", "format"=>"simple"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"No authentic information from the south; gives contents of official letters coming down to Mar. 7, from the British Ministry to their commander-in-chief and heads of departments in America; they were captured in a packet and transmitted to Congress by John Jay; he must return on the first of Aug. to attend the courts; expects to be relieved by Mr. Hanson; humiliating position of the delegates in having to depend on their friends for support; has just heard from the State Agent that tobacco is at hand for their relief; news of the reduction of Augusta, but nothing official from Ninety-Six."}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Potts, Richard (Philadelphia, Pa.)", "type"=>"persname", "role"=>"Author"}
- date_inclusive_start
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1781
- date_inclusive_end
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1781
- keydate
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1781-07-17
- date_start
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1781-07-17
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1781-07-17