- unitid
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{"value"=>"280163", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"EM. 20255", "type"=>"local_emmet"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"July 3, 1793", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1793-07-03"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Letter to [Horatio Gates, New York.]"}
- physdesc
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{"value"=>"A. L. S. Endorsed with A. L. S. reply by Gates declining to be a candidate and expressing the opinion that while there is a Burr, a Stevens, or a Watson the society can never want a President. 2 pp. 4o", "format"=>"simple"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"Ventures to say if Gates comes to the Society [of the Cincinnati] at ten the next morning at the City Tavern he will have a handsome majority for President; it would serve to unite members, and they would endeavor to put [James] Watson in as Vice President; concludes with personal details and friendly messages."}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Stevens, Ebenezer (New York)", "type"=>"persname", "role"=>"Author"}
- date_inclusive_start
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1793
- date_inclusive_end
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1793
- keydate
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1793-07-03
- date_start
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1793-07-03
- date_end
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1793-07-03