- unitid
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{"value"=>"279235", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"EM. 11493", "type"=>"local_emmet"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"Dec. 28, 1827", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1827-12-28"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Letter to [ -- -- Dewitt?]"}
- physdesc
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{"value"=>"A. L. S. 1 page. 4o", "format"=>"simple"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"Thanks his correspondent for his friendly letter; in answer to enquiry states that he is on his father's [William Paulding's] side pure Dutch, both his grandfather and grandmother were Dutch, spoke Dutch, and read Dutch out of an old family Bible; by his mother, [Catharine Ogden] he is adulterated with some French and English blood, but is so far Dutch himself as to hate all interlopers and revere old customs; his father was a member of the first Council of State after the abolition of British power and afterwards Commissary General, in which office he ruined himself by pledging his own credit with the farmers of Westchester and Dutchess instead of getting rich; John Paulding who captured André was his first cousin, a remarkable man, cut out for a hero; the present Mayor of New York his eldest brother; thus his pedigree; respects the name of DeWitt, but does not mean DeWitt Clinton."}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Paulding, James Kirke (New York)", "type"=>"persname", "role"=>"Author"}
- date_inclusive_start
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1827
- date_inclusive_end
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1827
- keydate
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1827-12-28
- date_start
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1827-12-28
- date_end
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1827-12-28