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{"value"=>"275529", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"EM. 1190", "type"=>"local_emmet"}
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{"value"=>"Sept. 11, 1781", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1781-09-11"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Letter to [Samuel] Huntington"}
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{"value"=>"A. L. S. Endorsed. 3 pp. 4o", "format"=>"simple"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"Explains delay in answering letters of Aug. 16 and 27 by absence in the country; refers him for particulars as to the French fleet in the Chesapeake to General [Mordecai] Gist's letter in the inclosed paper [Penna. Packet, No. 778, Thurs., Sept. 6, 1781?]; news of Washington's movements; rumors about Cornwallis's plans; the British fleet under Admiral Graves was sighted off the capes of Delaware last evening; news of operations in the south under Greene, Sumter, Marion; Arnold in Connecticut; success of Colonel John Laurens in France; the aid secured; favorable aspect of American affairs; Sharpe intends to leave Philadelphia, Oct. 1."}
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{"value"=>"Sharpe, William (Philadelphia, Pa.)", "type"=>"persname", "role"=>"Author"}
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1781
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1781
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1781-09-11
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1781-09-11
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1781-09-11