- unitid
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{"value"=>"276023", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"EM. 2807", "type"=>"local_emmet"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"Oct. 7, 1777", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1777-10-07"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Letter to the Marine Committee of Congress [York, Penn.]"}
- physdesc
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{"value"=>"Lithograph fac-simile of an A. L. S. by Francis Hopkinson, signed also by John Wharton, in the possession of M. Polock Esq. Phila. 2 pp. Fo. With a wood engraving, on India paper, of the Res. of Francis Hopkinson Bordentown N. J.", "format"=>"simple"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"On the approach of the enemy, they ordered all naval stores, papers etc. to be embarked in the frigates and the packet Mercury; they have been brought here now and concealed in farm houses or sent up Crosswick's Creek; the Board has taken charge of the ship Lion, Capt. Wilson, a great part of her cargo being continental; they offer congratulations on the battle of, Saturday last [Germantown], and on the promising aspect in the north; the enclosed letters for Morris and [Carter] Braxton were delivered by Lieutenant Wilson, formerly of the sloop Independence, who was taken in the sloop Morris but made his escape from Halifax."}
- origination
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{"value"=>"United States. Continental Navy Board", "type"=>"corpname", "role"=>"Author"}
- date_inclusive_start
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1777
- date_inclusive_end
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1777
- keydate
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1777-10-07
- date_start
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1777-10-07
- date_end
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1777-10-07