- unitid
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{"value"=>"274969", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"EM. 83", "type"=>"local_emmet"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"Nov. 2, 1755", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1755-11-02"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Letter to Sir William Johnson"}
- physdesc
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{"value"=>"A. L. S. Endorsed. 3 pp. Fo", "format"=>"simple"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"Acknowledges letter of 31st; thanks him for guard from Fort Edward; Shirley expected to-morrow; he (Pownall) is obliged to go to New York to attend a Congress on the 10th; Sir Charles Hardy, is a friend of Johnson's; assures him of his own friendship and sympathy; New England's preeminence in military affairs; has a plan to build a fort at Sacondaga Creek, near Johnson's house; requests information as to the proposed site."}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Pownall, Thomas (Albany, N.Y.)", "type"=>"persname", "role"=>"Author"}
- date_inclusive_start
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1755
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1755
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1755-11-02
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1755-11-02
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1755-11-02