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{"value"=>"279059", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"EM. 10747", "type"=>"local_emmet"}
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{"value"=>"Aug. 31, 1765", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1765-08-31"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Letter to Sir William Johnson, Bart. [Johnstown, Tryon Co., N. Y.]"}
- physdesc
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{"value"=>"A. L. S. 2 pp. Fo", "format"=>"simple"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"Acknowledges Johnson's letter of 15th, would do all he could as to patent of 2000 acres for Captain Johnson; the gentlemen of the council had not been in good humor for some time past; he did not meet them without necessity for it; the general [Thomas Gage] had later letters from George Croghan; Lieut. [Alexander] Fraser is arrived at New Orleans; Pondiac [sic] saved him; no doubt Johnson had heard of the riot at Boston and the seditious discourses and threats at New York; James McEvers had resigned the office of distributor of stamps, terrified by the ill usage of the stamp officer [Andrew Oliver] at Boston and the threats at New York; hopes to defeat all their measures, and distribute stamps; will not be intimidated; the people of New York excited to sedition by a few men; hopes their designs will be defeated and their machinations end in their obtaining the reward they deserve; hopes Johnson will come to New York to aid him in the council; will try to reward Lieut. Fraser with land."}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Colden, Cadwallader (Springhill, N.Y.)", "type"=>"persname", "role"=>"Author"}
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1765
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1765
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1765-08-31
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1765-08-31
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1765-08-31