- unitid
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{"value"=>"279034", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"EM. 10686", "type"=>"local_emmet"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"Dec. 8, 1778", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1778-12-08"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Letter to George Clinton, Governor of New York"}
- physdesc
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{"value"=>"A. L. S. Endorsed. 3 pp. Fo", "format"=>"simple"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"Wishes to purchase a farm in Lower Salem, formerly belonging to John Hawley, who ran away to the enemy on Long Island; details his sufferings in the cause of liberty, has a wife, at times insane, ten children and has been reduced from affluence to indigence; has sold a negro boy, a watch, and sword, to avert starvation; is in an unplastered house; left over £1000 worth of property on Long Island, including 4 negroes and a girl; has been deposed from officiating in the French Church in New York by his exile; his farm on Long Island destroyed; was Chairman of the Committee (of Safety) of Jamaica and a member of the State Congress; advised such a course to General Washington as would have saved the stock on Long Island; has pleaded the cause of liberty in pulpit and in press; concludes with pious wishes for Clinton's welfare."}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Keteltas, Abraham (Canaan, near Norwalk, Conn.)", "type"=>"persname", "role"=>"Author"}
- date_inclusive_start
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1778
- date_inclusive_end
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1778
- keydate
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1778-12-08
- date_start
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1778-12-08
- date_end
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1778-12-08