- unitid
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{"value"=>"280195", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"EM. 20288", "type"=>"local_emmet"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"Mar. 17, 1779", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1779-03-17"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Letter to Gen. [Benjamin] Lincoln, Purisburgh [S. C.]"}
- physdesc
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{"value"=>"A. L. S. 2 pp. and 1 leaf with endorsement. 4o", "format"=>"simple"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"There are about fifty men in the lower battalion of Richmond County militia, now under his command, who have not bowed the knee to Baal; they have been on duty constantly since the arrival of the enemy in Savannah, while the rest of the inhabitants have either joined the British or de voted themselves to securing their property; he can not keep these men together much longer without pay; asks for money; will try to borrow some on his own account."}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Walton, John (Augusta, Ga.)", "type"=>"persname", "role"=>"Author"}
- date_inclusive_start
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1779
- date_inclusive_end
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1779
- keydate
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1779-03-17
- date_start
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1779-03-17
- date_end
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1779-03-17