- unitid
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{"value"=>"275408", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"EM. 938", "type"=>"local_emmet"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"Apr. 9, 1776", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1776-04-09"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Letter to Samuel Tucker"}
- physdesc
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{"value"=>"A. L. S. 1 page. Fo", "format"=>"simple"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"Has returned, the night before, from New York; General Putnam's orders are to employ his troops on such fortifications as the engineers think most necessary; he has ordered the three battalions to work on the lines already laid out by the engineers; one of the works is on Staten Island, at Prince's Bay; Mr. Campbell and he will keep a strict account of their expenses, which Congress may make good; they wish no pay but that; asks if he, as commanding officer, should keep a table for the officers during his stay."}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Dickinson, Philemon (Amboy, N.J.)", "type"=>"persname", "role"=>"Author"}
- date_inclusive_start
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1776
- date_inclusive_end
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1776
- keydate
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1776-04-09
- date_start
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1776-04-09
- date_end
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1776-04-09