- unitid
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{"value"=>"17927", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"1304", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"MssCol 17927", "type"=>"local_call"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"1775-1801", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1775/1801"}
- date_inclusive_start
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1775
- date_inclusive_end
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1801
- keydate
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1775
- date_start
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1775
- date_end
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1801
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Edward Hand papers"}
- physdesc
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{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>".3 linear foot (2 v.)"}], "supress_display"=>true}
- repository
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{"value"=>"<span class=\"corpname\">The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.</span> <div class=\"address\"> <span class=\"addressline\">Stephen A. Schwarzman Building</span> <span class=\"addressline\">Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street, New York, NY 10018-2788</span></div>"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"Edward Hand (1744-1802) was a physician and Army officer. Collection consists of correspondence while Hand was stationed at Fort Pitt in 1777-1778, dealing with the defense of the Pennsylvania frontier; letters, 1779, relating chiefly to matters of transportation and supply for Sullivan's expedition against the Indians; and letters, 1781-1782, while he was adjutant general concerning various details of Army administration. Letters by Hand include 145 to Jasper Yeates, 1775-1785, relating to the American revolution. Five letters, 1898, concerning this collection were written by John Shaw Billings and others."}
- langmaterial
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{"value"=>"Materials in English"}
- prefercite
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{"value"=>"<p>Edward Hand papers, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library</p>"}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Hand, Edward, 1744-1802", "type"=>"persname"}
- custodhist
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{"value"=>"<p>Letters to Jasper Yeates received as part of the Thomas Addis Emmet Collection.</p>"}
- processinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Compiled by Valerie Wingfield, March 1979</p>"}
- altformavail
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{"value"=>"<p>Edward Hand Papers and Edward Hand materials elsewhere in the Manuscripts and Archives Division; available on microfilm; New York Public Library; *ZL-490</p>"}
- extent_statement
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.3 linear feet (2 v.)