- unitid
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{"value"=>"276523", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"EM. 4347", "type"=>"local_emmet"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"Oct. 12, 1777", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1777-10-12"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Letter to John Hancock [York, Penn.]"}
- physdesc
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{"value"=>"2 pp. Fo", "format"=>"simple"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"He reports the victory of the 7th inst.; eight pieces of cannon captured, with tents, baggage, and a number of prisoners, including Maj. Williams, Maj. Ackland, Capt. Mooney, and Sir Francis Clark; the gallant Gen. Arnold was wounded while forcing the enemy's breastwork; high praise is due to Morgan's rifle regiment and Dearborn's light infantry; Gen. Lincoln was wounded in the leg the following day; the enemy withdrew on the 9th, leaving their hospital to his care; he received Lady Harriet Ackland, with a letter from Gen. Burgoyne, at one o'clock in the morning of the 10th; the enemy burned all the houses before them, including Gen. Schuyler's mills; they are now posted on the opposite side of Fish Kill; desertion is rife among them; the Germans come over in shoals; the fact that the Six Nations have taken up the hatchet is of great service; he hopes the enemy will not be able to retreat further. Contemporary transcript."}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Gates, Horatio, 1728-1806 (Saratoga)", "type"=>"persname", "role"=>"Author"}
- date_inclusive_start
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1777
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1777
- keydate
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1777-10-12
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1777-10-12
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1777-10-12