Letter to Captain Vanetta, Upper Smithfield

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{"value"=>"EM. 836", "type"=>"local_emmet"}
unitdate
{"value"=>"Jan. 12, 1756", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1756-01-12"}
unittitle
{"value"=>"Letter to Captain Vanetta, Upper Smithfield"}
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{"value"=>"A.L.S. Endorsed. 2 pp. Fo", "format"=>"simple"}
abstract
{"value"=>"He is directed to raise a company of thirty men to protect his township; they are to be posted as follows: eight at his own house, eight at Lieutenant Henshaw's, six with a sergeant at Fishhock, and the same number at Henry Cortracht's; men are to be enlisted for one month; he is to keep a record of their time, and a journal; forty dollars will be paid for the scalp of every hostile Indian; he is to give warning of incursions, keep order among his men, and do no injury to the inhabitants whom it is his duty to protect."}
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{"value"=>"Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 (Bethlehem, Pa.)", "type"=>"persname", "role"=>"Author"}
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1756
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1756
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1756-01-12
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