- unitid
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{"value"=>"275665", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"EM. 1545", "type"=>"local_emmet"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"Dec. 25, 1776", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1776-12-25"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Letter to [Meshech Weare, Exeter?]"}
- physdesc
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{"value"=>"A. L. S. 2 pp. Fo", "format"=>"simple"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"The approach of the enemy has caused Congress to withdraw from Philadelphia; the militia are joining the army in great numbers; avarice of the sutlers; has proposed a plan to Congress by which each state is to appoint sutlers and regulate the issue of supplies to its troops; Congress holds that it is the business of each state to take care of its men; some plan is necessary or there will be none left in the army but officers; sends his compliments to the Council and the Assembly and to Wm Parker, Esq."}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Thornton, Matthew (Baltimore, Md.)", "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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1776-12-25
- date_start
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1776-12-25
- date_end
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1776-12-25