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{"value"=>"275721", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"EM. 1650", "type"=>"local_emmet"}
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{"value"=>"Feb. 11, 1767", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1767-02-11"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Letter to [Daniel Heyward, South Carolina.]"}
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{"value"=>"A. L. S. 8 pp. 4o", "format"=>"simple"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"Gives an account of his life in London; luxury and extravagance of fashionable people; he is much absorbed in study, but confesses to a liking for the play-house; severity of the winter; the river frozen; debate in Parliament over the Army Bill; Grenville moved that the Americans should pay expenses of troops sent for their defence; Lord Sackville seconded this; Townshend spoke against it and alluded to the Stamp Act; Conway also spoke against it; summary of their speeches; the measure was rejected; more troops are to be sent to America; trouble in New York; the men in power are sowing seeds of discord."}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Heyward, Thomas (Middle Temple, London)", "type"=>"persname", "role"=>"Author"}
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1767
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1767
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1767-02-11
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1767-02-11
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1767-02-11