- unitid
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{"value"=>"279922", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"EM. 20012", "type"=>"local_emmet"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"Sept. 12, 1777", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1777-09-12"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Letter to Elisha Boudinot [Newark, N. J.]"}
- physdesc
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{"value"=>"A. L. S. 1 page. Fo", "format"=>"simple"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"Details his mishap, horse falling with him at Brandy-wine; eight hours before he regained his senses, fever followed and then the guns for battle were fired; he was hurried to Philadelphia; relates particulars of the battle of Chad's Ford [Sept. 11, 1777]; American losses 1000 killed and wounded; the British, though victors, had lost near 3000; the troops rallied at Chester, the General [Washington] writes encouragingly; all is confusion; no news must be good news."}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Boudinot, Elias, 1740-1821 (Philadelphia, Pa.)", "type"=>"persname", "role"=>"Author"}
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1777
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1777
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1777-09-12
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1777-09-12
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1777-09-12