- unitid
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{"value"=>"275726", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"EM. 1659", "type"=>"local_emmet"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"Aug. 25, 1783", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1783-08-25"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Letter to Ezra Stiles, President of Yale College"}
- physdesc
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{"value"=>"A. L. S. 2 pp. and 1 leaf with address and endorsement. Fo", "format"=>"simple"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"Great need of education for the youth of the state; there is only one clergyman in Savannah, and a few illiterate Baptists in the back country; there is a good opportunity for serious gentlemen in clerical orders; the Assembly has recently made provision for a seminary; congratulates Stiles on the usefulness of his position; he wishes to retire from public action and make ready for his end."}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Hall, Lyman (Savannah, Ga.)", "type"=>"persname", "role"=>"Author"}
- date_inclusive_start
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1783
- date_inclusive_end
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1783
- keydate
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1783-08-25
- date_start
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1783-08-25
- date_end
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1783-08-25