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{"value"=>"275718", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"EM. 1644", "type"=>"local_emmet"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"July 28, 1776", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1776-07-28"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Letter to Samuel Johnston [Edenton, N. C.]"}
- physdesc
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{"value"=>"A. L. S. 2 pp. 4o", "format"=>"simple"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"Congress is debating a confederation of the states; he does not think all the colonies can be made to agree; they are also planning a foreign alliance; these things should have been arranged before declaring independence; incloses a newspaper giving an account of what passed at the interview between Washington and [Col. James Paterson,] Howe's Adjutant-General."}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Hewes, Joseph (Philadelphia, Pa.)", "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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1776-07-28
- date_start
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1776-07-28
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1776-07-28