- unitid
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{"value"=>"279924", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"EM. 20014", "type"=>"local_emmet"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"Sept. 23, 1777", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1777-09-23"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Letter to Elisha Boudinot, Newark"}
- physdesc
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{"value"=>"A. L. S. Endorsed. 1 page. Fo", "format"=>"simple"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"Writes in pain and regrets he cannot give a good account of the enemy; their own army has lain still and peaceably permitted 7500 of the enemy to occupy Philadelphia; many are the reasons given but it is all arabic to him; it is true this state [Pennsylvania] needs punishment, for only 4000 men mustered from the whole of it, who as soon as a gun is fired within 1/4 of a mile of them, throw down their arms and run worse than a company of Jerseywomen; one regiment of English would drive 5000 of Pennsylvania's best troops; extortion reigns triumphant."}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Boudinot, Elias, 1740-1821 (Schuylkill, Pa.)", "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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1777-09-23
- date_start
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1777-09-23
- date_end
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1777-09-23