- unitid
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{"value"=>"278353", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"EM. 8174", "type"=>"local_emmet"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"Apr. 7, 1779", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1779-04-07"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Letter to Gov. [George] Clinton"}
- physdesc
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{"value"=>"A. L. S. Endorsed. 2 pp. Fo", "format"=>"simple"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"He is entreated by the friends of Leonard Van Buren to obtain the latter's release from captivity; Van Buren was made prisoner in New Jersey the preceding August, after he had resigned his office as commissary general of forage; suggests an exchange for Peter Ten Broeck, a captain in some British corps, who was taken at the German Flatts in August, 1777, and is now on parole; the bearer, Mr. Willet, will go with the flag to Sir Henry Clinton if the Governor thinks proper."}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Schuyler, Philip John, 1733-1804 (Albany, N.Y.)", "type"=>"persname", "role"=>"Author"}
- date_inclusive_start
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1779
- date_inclusive_end
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1779
- keydate
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1779-04-07
- date_start
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1779-04-07
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1779-04-07