- unitid
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{"value"=>"280167", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"EM. 20259", "type"=>"local_emmet"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"June 8, 1774", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1774-06-08"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Letter to [Horatio Gates, Traveller's Rest, Berkeley Co., Va.]"}
- physdesc
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{"value"=>"A. L. S. 2 pp. 4o", "format"=>"simple"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"Regrets his inability to visit Gates and expatiates on his longing for a rural life in retirement; supposes he has seen the Boston Port Bill; the grand question seems drawing to a crisis; wishes it could be finally settled by words only; certain that the Americans never will acknowledge the right of taxation."}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Tilghman, James (Alexandria, Va.)", "type"=>"persname", "role"=>"Author"}
- date_inclusive_start
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1774
- date_inclusive_end
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1774
- keydate
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1774-06-08
- date_start
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1774-06-08
- date_end
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1774-06-08