- unitid
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{"value"=>"275714", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"EM. 1636", "type"=>"local_emmet"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"Sept. 18, 1776", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1776-09-18"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Letter to [John] Page"}
- physdesc
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{"value"=>"A. L. S. Endorsed. 3 pp. 4o", "format"=>"simple"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"Is sorry to hear that he has had a return of his old complaint; he himself finds the business of Congress a strain; the enemy have attempted to surround the troops in New York; they have been grossly deceived in the help they should have received from the eastward; it was thought the people would have risen in a body, but they want to make their fortunes by privateering; Congress is going to raise several more battalions; commissioners are to be appointed to audit accounts of the southern department; money will be advanced to Virginia."}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Nelson, Thomas, 1738-1789 (Philadelphia, Pa.)", "type"=>"persname", "role"=>"Author"}
- date_inclusive_start
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1776
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1776
- keydate
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1776-09-18
- date_start
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1776-09-18
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1776-09-18