- unitid
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{"value"=>"275513", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"EM. 1158", "type"=>"local_emmet"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"June 23, 1797", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1797-06-23"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Letter to John Sevier, Governor of Tennessee"}
- physdesc
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{"value"=>"A. L. S. 4 pp. Fo", "format"=>"simple"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"Incloses papers with news of the peace of Campo Formio; its effect upon England; proposed invasion of Ireland; British budget calls for £42,776,000 -- a proof of the distress of its funds; Elbridge Gerry is appointed envoy to France in place of Francis Dana who resigned; Gerry and Marshall will leave soon to join Pinckney, at present in Amsterdam; difference of opinion in Philadelphia as to war with France; subjoins titles, and notes on the fate of six bills respecting arming in anticipation of war; revenue for the year will be raised by indirect, not by direct taxes as Tennessee feared; has forwarded to each member of the General Assembly of Tennessee newspapers containing official documents that relate to the survey of the boundary between the United States and Spain."}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Blount, William (Philadelphia, Pa.)", "type"=>"persname", "role"=>"Author"}
- date_inclusive_start
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1797
- date_inclusive_end
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1797
- keydate
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1797-06-23
- date_start
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1797-06-23
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1797-06-23