- unitid
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{"value"=>"275702", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"EM. 1615", "type"=>"local_emmet"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"Jan 17, 1776", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1776-01-17"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Letter to Thomas McKean [Philadelphia]"}
- physdesc
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{"value"=>"A. L. S. 2 pp. Fo", "format"=>"simple"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"Incloses extract from the minutes of the Council of Safety, recommending officers for the Delaware battalion, as follows: Colonel, John Haslet; Lieut.-Col., Gunning Bedford; Major, McPherson; Captains, Joseph Stedham, Jonathan Caldwell, David Hall, Henry Darby, Charles Pope, Nathan Adams, Samuel Smith, and Joseph Vaughan; Chaplain, Joseph Montgomery; they desire that a paymaster be appointed, George Latimer being their choice; asks him to procure money from Congress for the expenses of recruiting; their paper money will not be ready until March; condoles with him on the death of Mrs. Dunn."}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Read, George (Newcastle, Del.)", "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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1776-01-17
- date_start
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1776-01-17
- date_end
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1776-01-17