- unitid
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{"value"=>"275902", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"EM. 2352", "type"=>"local_emmet"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"Oct. 30, 1777", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1777-10-30"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Letter to William Whipple, Boston or Portsmouth"}
- physdesc
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{"value"=>"Lithograph fac-simile of A. L. S. in the possession of F. J. Dreer, Esq., Philada. 2 pp. Fo. A small portrait of William Ellery (wood engraving on India paper) has been added at the head of the letter", "format"=>"simple"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"Congratulates him on the victory over Burgoyne; thinks the triumph would have been greater if there had been no Convention; fears that Howe, after receiving the surrendered troops, will use a number of them to make up for the dead cast out of his prisons, whom Washington refused to receive in exchange for healthy prisoners; asks why Ticonderoga was not surrendered; failure of the expedition to retake Rhode Island; he and Dana are about to start for Congress."}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Ellery, William (South Kingstown, R.I.)", "type"=>"persname", "role"=>"Author"}
- date_inclusive_start
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1777
- date_inclusive_end
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1777
- keydate
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1777-10-30
- date_start
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1777-10-30
- date_end
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1777-10-30