- unitid
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{"value"=>"275774", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"EM. 1821", "type"=>"local_emmet"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"Apr. 5, 1787", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1787-04-05"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Letter to Abbé [André Morel-let?]"}
- physdesc
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{"value"=>"A. L. S., Lansdown. 4 pp. 4o", "format"=>"simple"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"Lansdowne will be interested to learn what goes on in the extraordinary assembly called together by the King; the minds of men are opening so rapidly that something must soon ensue in favor of the general rights of men; the translation of Condorcet's Life of Turgot is published; would like to have all his political works translated; the middle classes are better instructed than the principal people; Alderman Townsend [James Townshend] would like the Abbé to place his son under the Bishop of Blois."}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Petty, William, Marquis of Lansdowne (High Wycombe, England)", "type"=>"persname", "role"=>"Author"}
- date_inclusive_start
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1787
- date_inclusive_end
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1787
- keydate
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1787-04-05
- date_start
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1787-04-05
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1787-04-05