- unitid
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{"value"=>"280190", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"EM. 20283", "type"=>"local_emmet"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"Mar. 15, 1786", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1786-03-15"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Letter to [James Bowdoin,] Governor of Massachusetts"}
- physdesc
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{"value"=>"A. L. S. 2 pp. 4o", "format"=>"simple"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"Acknowledges letter of July 28 with resolves of the legislature relative to trade; he delayed answering until the General Assembly of Delaware should have taken up the subject; during the winter session they vested Congress with power to regulate commerce for fifteen years, the act to operate when nine states should have delegated similar powers; he thinks this would be the best way to combat the unfriendly system of Great Britain."}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Van Dyke, Nicholas (New Castle, Del.)", "type"=>"persname", "role"=>"Author"}
- date_inclusive_start
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1786
- date_inclusive_end
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1786
- keydate
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1786-03-15
- date_start
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1786-03-15
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1786-03-15