- unitid
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{"value"=>"275692", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"EM. 1596", "type"=>"local_emmet"}
- unitdate
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{"normal"=>"1775-12-26", "value"=>"Tuesday Dec. 26, 1775?"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Letter to Owen Biddle, of the Committee of Safety"}
- physdesc
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{"value"=>"A. L. S. Endorsed: \"From Doct. Rush, 28 Dec.\" 1 page. 4o", "format"=>"simple"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"The sailors in the barracks complain of the want of accommodations for a hospital; a few on the Province Island hospital ask to be removed to the barracks; recruits suffer for want of blankets; suggests that every family in the city be asked to contribute one from their beds."}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Rush, Benjamin (Philadelphia, Pa.)", "type"=>"persname", "role"=>"Author"}
- date_inclusive_start
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1775
- date_inclusive_end
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1775
- keydate
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1775-12-26