- unitid
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{"value"=>"275511", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"EM. 1155", "type"=>"local_emmet"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"Sept. 6, 1780", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1780-09-06"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Letter to Brigadier-General [Jethro] Sumner"}
- physdesc
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{"value"=>"A. L. S. 1 page. Fo", "format"=>"simple"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"Is undecided what road to take, knowing that Sumner had gone to Charlotte; has ordered Dr. Love to set out on the next day with what clothing he could collect; two wagon loads of medical supplies are on the road from Philadelphia; a South Carolina officer, taken at the fall of Charleston, reports that the Americans captured the last lot of British despatches to New York; they show that Lord Adam Gordon [Lord George Gordon?] heads 50,000 men resolute for peace or American independence; increasing commotions in other European states; Major [Pinketham] Eaton, himself and some others set out to join Sumner on the next day."}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Ashe, John Baptista (Halifax, N.C.)", "type"=>"persname", "role"=>"Author"}
- date_inclusive_start
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1780
- date_inclusive_end
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1780
- keydate
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1780-09-06
- date_start
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1780-09-06
- date_end
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1780-09-06