<oai_dc:dc xmlns:oai_dc="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/ http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc.xsd"><dc:identifier>doi:10.7916/4p1a-nf76</dc:identifier><dc:title>[Document, 1779 March 23]</dc:title><dc:creator>Clarkson, Matthew, 1758-1825</dc:creator><dc:format>correspondence</dc:format><dc:type>text</dc:type><dc:subject>United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783</dc:subject><dc:subject>Jay, John, 1745-1829</dc:subject><dc:description>Since Arnold has resigned his command, Clarkson is no longer required as his aide, and he asks that he be released so that he may volunteer for service in the South.</dc:description></oai_dc:dc>