- unitid
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{"value"=>"276042", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"EM. 2861", "type"=>"local_emmet"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"July 4, 1776", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1776-07-04"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Letter to Elias Dayton, 3d Battalion of New Jersey, Johns Town or Crown Point [N. Y.]"}
- physdesc
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{"value"=>"Lithograph fac-simile of an A. L. S. in the possession of F. J. Dreer Esq. Phila. 2 pp. Fo. With a small wood engraving of the Res. of Abraham Clark Elizabeth Co. N. J.", "format"=>"simple"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"While their forces were retreating from Canada and Gen. Howe advancing on New York, Congress resolved to declare the United Colonies free and independent states; the declaration will probably pass today; all is uncertainty as to the landing of the enemy; he is not quite reconciled at being here and the enemy by his door; New Jersey is all in motion to resist invasion or to aid New York; he trusts that God will prevent their being crushed; plots are whispered of against the military and against the senate; this letter is meant also for his friend [James] Caldwell."}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Clark, Abraham (Philadelphia, Pa.)", "type"=>"persname", "role"=>"Author"}
- date_inclusive_start
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1776
- date_inclusive_end
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1776
- keydate
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1776-07-04
- date_start
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1776-07-04
- date_end
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1776-07-04