- unitid
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{"value"=>"275803", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"EM. 1972", "type"=>"local_emmet"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"Jan. 22, 1795", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1795-01-22"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Letter to [the Home Secretary, William Henry Cavendish Bentinck,] Duke of Portland"}
- physdesc
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{"value"=>"A. L. S. Marked: \"Private. \"Endorsed. 9 pp. 4o", "format"=>"simple"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"Prince Edward has informed him of the resignation of Lord Dorchester, and of his (Edward's) disposition to succeed to the command of the army, separated from the office of civil Governor of the Provinces; Wentworth asks for the latter position for himself; the good qualities in the character of Prince Edward; Wentworth repeats his request to be created a baronet; recapitulates the great expenses he has been put to as governor, in raising and equipping the Royal Nova Scotia Regiment, and in other ways, and trusts that the Ministers will consider favorably his case in these regards."}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Wentworth, Sir John (Halifax, Nova Scotia)", "type"=>"persname", "role"=>"Author"}
- date_inclusive_start
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1795
- date_inclusive_end
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1795
- keydate
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1795-01-22
- date_start
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1795-01-22
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1795-01-22