- unitid
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{"value"=>"279930", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"EM. 20020", "type"=>"local_emmet"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"June 30, 1778", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1778-06-30"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Letter to Mrs. [Elias] Boudinot, Baskin-ridge [N. J.]"}
- physdesc
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{"value"=>"A. L. S. Endorsed. 3 pp. Fo", "format"=>"simple"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"Sends a detailed account of the late glorious battle at Freehold [June 28]; the American army lay at English town, two miles from Mr. Tennant's meeting house; Lee came up with the British at old Mr. Wykoff's; details of the retreat of Lee, and Washington's retrieval of the victory; the heat so great as to prevent pursuit and to kill many, one man said he would have given 30 dollars for a drink of water; enemy's loss at least 200 dead; our loss 50 privates, but many officers, including Col. Barber; enemy had retreated to Middletown; our worthy General [Washington] could not be kept from danger, at one time being within 50 yards of the enemy; Congress sits that day at Philadelphia."}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Boudinot, Elias, 1740-1821 (Princeton, N.J.)", "type"=>"persname", "role"=>"Author"}
- date_inclusive_start
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1778
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1778
- keydate
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1778-06-30
- date_start
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1778-06-30
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1778-06-30