- unitid
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{"value"=>"278649", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"EM. 9299", "type"=>"local_emmet"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"May 16, 1781", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1781-05-16"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Letter to Gen. [Edward] Hand [New Windsor]"}
- physdesc
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{"value"=>"A. L. S. 2 pp. Fo", "format"=>"simple"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"Sends a return of the killed, wounded, and missing of his detachment in the affair of the 14th; gives an extract from a letter of Capt. [Jeremiah] Fogg describing a scout on the neutral ground and a skirmish in which his force was nearly captured; the Bedford militia turned out with spirit, and his guide, Capt. Oakly, behaved well; Maj. [Amos] Morrill having lost his clothing, Scammell has sent Maj. [William] Scott to take command on the lines; has ordered him to use patrols, as fixed guards are insecure among the disaffected inhabitants; Col. [Christopher] Greene and Maj. [Ebenezer] Flagg were inhumanly mangled, and several men had their hands chopped off after they had surrendered; advises that the New Hampshire Line be moved from the Highlands to support his detachments."}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Scammell, Alexander (Westchester County, N.Y.)", "type"=>"persname", "role"=>"Author"}
- date_inclusive_start
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1781
- date_inclusive_end
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1781
- keydate
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1781-05-16
- date_start
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1781-05-16
- date_end
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1781-05-16