- unitid
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{"value"=>"278599", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"EM. 9185", "type"=>"local_emmet"}
- unitdate
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{"normal"=>"1778-11", "value"=>"Nov., 1778"}
- keydate
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1778
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Letter to [Abraham Clark.]"}
- physdesc
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{"value"=>"1 page. Fo", "format"=>"simple"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"Acknowledges letter by Col. [Israel] Shreve, and returns thanks for the nomination as delegate to Congress; he is obliged to decline it, as he is fixed here with his family for the winter; he has buildings, fences, and forage, most of which he should lose if he were absent; he contends every day not only with soldiers but with officers to prevent them from destroying everything they can lay hands on; he has parted with his country place; transports are in the North river, designed as it is said for a secret expedition; he hopes the enemy mean to quit the city entirely. A. L. Endorsed, \"Coppy Sent Abm. Clark Esqr. Novbr. 1778.\"."}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Dayton, Elias, 1737-1807 (Elizabethtown, N.J.)", "type"=>"persname", "role"=>"Author"}
- date_inclusive_start
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1778
- date_inclusive_end
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1778