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{"value"=>"279064", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"EM. 10759", "type"=>"local_emmet"}
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{"value"=>"Mar. 13, 1761", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1761-03-13"}
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{"value"=>"Document"}
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{"value"=>"5 pp. Fo", "format"=>"simple"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"The Memorial of the Subscribers, Merchants of the City of New York, to Cadwallader Colden, Governor of New York, urging the necessity of a lighthouse at Sandy Hook; £20,000 loss in shipwreck within last few months, more certain guide than Highland of Neversinks needed by mariners; urge a lighthouse on Sandy Hook Point on land of Robert Hartshorne, and urge Colden to recommend same to the Assembly; memorialists purposed to built pilot house at Sandy Hook and provide whale boats; but obstacle was raised by Robert Hartshorne demanding £1000 for 4 acres of barren sandy soil at the Hook; ask Colden's influence with Governor [Thomas] Boone, [of New Jersey] to compel Hartshorne to sell at reasonable price. 43 signatures."}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Jauncey, James (New York)", "type"=>"persname", "role"=>"Creator"}
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1761
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1761
- keydate
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1761-03-13
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1761-03-13
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1761-03-13