- unitid
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{"value"=>"275302", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"EM. 737", "type"=>"local_emmet"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"Oct. 18, 1776", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1776-10-18"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Letter to [the New York Committee of Safety, Fishkill.]"}
- physdesc
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{"value"=>"A. L. S. 1 page. 4o", "format"=>"simple"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"Having examined the hills at the entrance to the Highlands he finds they can be made quite defensible at little cost; the hill above the road north of Peekskill might be held against great numbers by rolling down stones; no other defence would be necessary; the troops that went over towards Fishkill have returned; Colonel [Pierre Van] Cortlandt is busy arranging for subsistence; he himself is setting out for Fort Montgomery to fetch the engineer; has procured a man that understands making flints; desires Mr. [Matthew?] Harper to sent the cartload of stone he told him of."}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Wisner, Henry (Peekskill, N.Y.)", "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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1776-10-18
- date_start
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1776-10-18
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1776-10-18