- unitid
-
{"value"=>"275671", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"EM. 1555", "type"=>"local_emmet"}
- unitdate
-
{"value"=>"Mar. 28, 1776", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1776-03-28"}
- unittitle
-
{"value"=>"Letter to the Convention or Council of Safety of Maryland"}
- physdesc
-
{"value"=>"A. L. S., Robert Treat Paine. Marked: \"Circular.\" Endorsed. 4 pp. Fo", "format"=>"simple"}
- abstract
-
{"value"=>"Circular letter from a committee, inclosing resolutions of Congress urging the manufacture of saltpetre and gunpowder in all the colonies; public works should first be erected, in which the process may be learned; the manufacture may then be carried on in every family; powder-mills should be erected; and search made for sulphur; some colonies have anticipated these instructions; some account of their method is enclosed; a postscript advises the making of white salt along the sea coasts."}
- origination
-
{"value"=>"United States. Congress, Continental, 1775–1789", "type"=>"corpname", "role"=>"Author"}
- date_inclusive_start
-
1776
- date_inclusive_end
-
1776
- keydate
-
1776-03-28
- date_start
-
1776-03-28
- date_end
-
1776-03-28