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{"value"=>"EM. 20018", "type"=>"local_emmet"}
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{"value"=>"Dec. 22, 1777", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1777-12-22"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Letter to Mrs. Elias Boudinot [Baskin-ridge, N. J.]"}
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{"value"=>"A. L. S. 2 pp. Fo", "format"=>"simple"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"Describes his journey to York, was surprised at the size of Reading, and Lancaster thrice larger, a close, regular, well-built town, many of the houses superb and elegant, so like the heart of Philadelphia that he expected to find General Howe in possession; trade going on as brisk as the city, shops full of goods, like a seaport town whose trade was open; extortion and extravagance multiplied many fold beyond New Jersey; here he left his servant sick; Congress has an account of a French vessel arriving at Boston, with 48 brass 4-pounders, 19 brass 9 inch mortars, 2500 shells, 2000 4 1b shot and other specified munitions of war; Lord Cornwallis, [Jacob] Duché and many officers were gone to England; the army had gone into winter quarters at Swede's Ford on both sides of river, in huts of sods; a noble thing to possess patriotism enough to keep warm through a winter's frost; the army would deserve much from those who stayed at home in comfort."}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Boudinot, Elias, 1740-1821 (York Town, Pa.)", "type"=>"persname", "role"=>"Author"}
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1777
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1777
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1777-12-22
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1777-12-22
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1777-12-22