- unitid
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{"value"=>"279926", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"EM. 20016", "type"=>"local_emmet"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"Nov. 13, 1777", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1777-11-13"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Letter to Mrs. [Elias] Boudinot [Baskinridge, N. J.]"}
- physdesc
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{"value"=>"A. L. S. Endorsed. 2 pp. Fo", "format"=>"simple"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"Weather very bad; describes his ride to camp; found matters as before, outposts sending in a few prisoners daily; enemy have drawn their lines closely to the city; a heavy cannonade then in progress; our men had fired on a provision boat in the ditches, killing 9 out of 14; the legislature [of Pennsylvania] had made it death to carry provision into the city [Philadelphia]: reported that unless successful next week, the British would move off; a gentleman from St. Croix reports a letter from Bristol [England] as to French vessels fitted as American privateers having captured 52 West Indiamen in the Channel; restitution was refused by France and Lord Stormont had been recalled; a secret expedition was just starting; as to price of shoes for troops and domestic details."}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Boudinot, Elias, 1740-1821 (Camp White Marsh, Pa.)", "type"=>"persname", "role"=>"Author"}
- date_inclusive_start
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1777
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1777
- keydate
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1777-11-13
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1777-11-13
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1777-11-13