- unitid
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{"value"=>"275416", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"EM. 951", "type"=>"local_emmet"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"Oct. 5, 1777", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1777-10-05"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Letter to Caesar Rodney, Dover [Del.]"}
- physdesc
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{"value"=>"A. L. S. Endorsed. 1 page. Fo", "format"=>"simple"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"Thirty-six sail of the enemy's fleet have gone up the bay; this evening forty-seven more have anchored in the road; all the boats along Lewes Cre[ill] were brought up to the tort at the first appearance of the enemy, and a sentinel placed over them; nevertheless, Abraham Wiltbank, his son Jacob, and Luke Shields, Jr., went off to the ships, having concealed a boat the day before; asks whether he ought to place guards at their houses and have their goods inventoried."}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Peery, William (Lewes, Del.)", "type"=>"persname", "role"=>"Author"}
- date_inclusive_start
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1777
- date_inclusive_end
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1777
- keydate
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1777-10-05
- date_start
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1777-10-05
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1777-10-05