- unitid
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{"value"=>"279923", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"EM. 20013", "type"=>"local_emmet"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"Sept. 22, 1777", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1777-09-22"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Letter to [Mrs. Elias Boudinot, Baskin-ridge, N. J.]"}
- physdesc
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{"value"=>"A. L. S. 2 pp. Fo", "format"=>"simple"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"Details particulars of the advance across the Schuylkill [Sept. 18]; the battle averted by heavy rain; troops slept on the field with wet blankets and no cover but the trees; even the wounded were eager to attack; it took two days to recruit, when the General found an attempt to outflank him; the enemy then pushed for the Sweed's Ford on Schuylkill but Washington got between them and the city; army has been joined by General Smallwood with 2000 men and 200 Indians; describes the panic in Philadelphia on report of British entry; concludes with domestic details and personal messages."}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Boudinot, Elias, 1740-1821 (Reading, Pa.)", "type"=>"persname", "role"=>"Author"}
- date_inclusive_start
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1777
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1777
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1777-09-22
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1777-09-22
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1777-09-22