- unitid
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{"value"=>"275686", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"EM. 1584", "type"=>"local_emmet"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"Dec. 21, 1776", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1776-12-21"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Letter to [Benjamin Franklin, Silas Deane, Arthur Lee, at Paris.]"}
- physdesc
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{"value"=>"L. S., Benja. Harrison; Richard Henry Lee; Will Hooper; Jno Witherspoon; and Robert Morris at Philada. 6 pp. Fo", "format"=>"simple"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"Prospects of accomodation held out by Great Britain are insincere; campaign between Washington and Howe; no accomodation except on basis of independence; measures of defence; reasons why France should aid the colonies; Deane's letter concerning Williamson and Hopkins; the Secret Committee and their agent in France, Thomas Morris, will keep them informed concerning commercial affairs; the conference with Lord Howe; privateers approved of. In the handwriting of John Witherspoon."}
- origination
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{"value"=>"United States. Congress, Continental, 1775–1789", "type"=>"corpname", "role"=>"Author"}
- date_inclusive_start
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1776
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1776
- keydate
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1776-12-21
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1776-12-21
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1776-12-21