- unitid
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{"value"=>"275487", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"EM. 1095", "type"=>"local_emmet"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"Jan. 2, 1781", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1781-01-02"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Letter to Theodoric Bland, Philadelphia"}
- physdesc
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{"value"=>"A. L. S. 2 pp. and 1 leaf with the address and endorsement on one side, and on the other, arguments in support of the Spanish claim, apparently in the writing of Theodoric Bland. Fo", "format"=>"simple"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"Maintaining that the United States should not relinquish their claim to the free navigation of the Mississippi; the interests of the southern states and of the future western states are to be resigned for an assurance of independence and a subsidy; reasons why this should not be done; a firm stand should be made for American pretensions; any yielding will strengthen Spain in her claims."}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Jones, Joseph (Virginia)", "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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1781-01-02
- date_start
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1781-01-02
- date_end
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1781-01-02