- unitid
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{"value"=>"275656", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"EM. 1514", "type"=>"local_emmet"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"June 21, 1776", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1776-06-21"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Letter to George Washington [New York]"}
- physdesc
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{"value"=>"A. L. S., with initials only \"B. F.\" 1 page. 4o", "format"=>"simple"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"Speaks of the threatened invasion, and predicts the ruin of Great Britain if she persists in distant expeditions; returns Gen. Sullivan's letter inclosed; \"I am just recovering from a severe fit of the Gout, which has kept me from Congress & Company almost ever since you left us, so that I know little of what has pass'd there, except that a Declaration of Independence is preparing."}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 (Philadelphia, Pa.)", "type"=>"persname", "role"=>"Author"}
- date_inclusive_start
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1776
- date_inclusive_end
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1776
- keydate
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1776-06-21
- date_start
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1776-06-21
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1776-06-21