- unitid
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{"value"=>"275703", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"EM. 1617", "type"=>"local_emmet"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"Sept. 19, 1776", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1776-09-19"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Letter to Caesar Rodney"}
- physdesc
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{"value"=>"A. L. S. 4 pp. 4o", "format"=>"simple"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"He feels deeply for Gen. Washington on account of the defeats; the death of a sister and the illness of his son have kept him from writing; the Convention has agreed to a declaration of rights and to all the articles of the new constitution except the last three; new election is to be on Oct. 21st; he argued that the men absent under Colonels [John] Haslet and [Samuel] Patterson ought not to lose all chance to serve in the civil department; the members, however, were determined to secure the \"loaves and fishes\"; after further disputes with [Richard] Basset he and some others withdrew; new delegates from Kent are to be chosen; Dr. [Nicholas] Ridgely is to have Rodney's place."}
- origination
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{"value"=>"McKean, Thomas, 1734-1817 (Newcastle, Del.)", "type"=>"persname", "role"=>"Author"}
- date_inclusive_start
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1776
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1776
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1776-09-19
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1776-09-19
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1776-09-19