- unitid
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{"value"=>"275467", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"EM. 1051", "type"=>"local_emmet"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"June 7, 1781", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1781-06-07"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Letter to Thomas Sim Lee, Governor of Maryland"}
- physdesc
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{"value"=>"A. L. S. Endorsed. 1 page. 4o", "format"=>"simple"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"Has received his letter in council of the 1st inst.; it shall be laid before the special council at their next meeting; the blank commissions are received, and the barges are being fitted out with all speed; fears the late resolution of the Assembly respecting the Treasury will retard somewhat their equipment; the approach of so large an army is alarming; if the State is invaded, help from one shore to the other will be cut off; asks for information by every opportunity."}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Tilghman, Matthew (Talbot, Md.)", "type"=>"persname", "role"=>"Author"}
- date_inclusive_start
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1781
- date_inclusive_end
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1781
- keydate
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1781-06-07
- date_start
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1781-06-07
- date_end
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1781-06-07