- unitid
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{"value"=>"275693", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"EM. 1598", "type"=>"local_emmet"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"May 27, 1776", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1776-05-27"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Letter to Samuel Chase and Charles Carroll [Canada]"}
- physdesc
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{"value"=>"A. L. S. 1 page. Fo. On the back is a letter from John Carroll, of May 28, 1776, to the same persons, giving news of Generals Washington, Gates, Mifflin, and Ward; thinks the commissioners should not leave Canada without permission of Congress, but wishes they might be in Maryland to help in forming the new government; impertinence of Mr. and Mrs. [Thomas] Walker. A. L. S. 1 page. Fo", "format"=>"simple"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"Announces the return of himself and John Carroll; they left Mr. and Mrs. Walker at Albany; have received and forwarded a letter from Congress; a prize with 75 tons of gunpowder and 1,000 carbines on board has been carried into Boston; German auxiliaries coming; Congress has advised the erecting of separate governments; his health is feeble; Mr. Carroll has taken friendly care of him."}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 (New York)", "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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1776-05-27
- date_start
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1776-05-27
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1776-05-27