- unitid
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{"value"=>"280138", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"EM. 20230", "type"=>"local_emmet"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"Mar. 31, 1785", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1785-03-31"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Letter to [Horatio] Gates [Berkeley Co., Va.]"}
- physdesc
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{"value"=>"A. L. S. 2 pp. 4o", "format"=>"simple"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"He denies the story that he offered his services to Congress as secretary of war at $1,400 a year; he never tendered his services to the public at any price whatever; he signified to some friends that the post would be agreeable; Lincoln's offer to serve at $1,500 seemed to him very improper; the office has since been disposed of; the Great Man [Washington] interested himself warmly for the successful candidate; trade is unpromising, but he has lands and can raise bread for his family."}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Pickering, Timothy (Philadelphia, Pa.)", "type"=>"persname", "role"=>"Author"}
- date_inclusive_start
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1785
- date_inclusive_end
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1785
- keydate
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1785-03-31
- date_start
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1785-03-31
- date_end
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1785-03-31