- unitid
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{"value"=>"279978", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"EM. 20069", "type"=>"local_emmet"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"June 12, 1779", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1779-06-12"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Letter to Gov. [George] Clinton, Poughkeepsie"}
- physdesc
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{"value"=>"A. L. S. 2 pp. and 1 leaf with endorsement. 4o", "format"=>"simple"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"Describes the distress of Westchester County; threatened famine owing to destruction of grain; much of the property and stock as low as Tarry Town has been driven into the lower part of Dutchess County, and much is deposited at the east end of the Manor of Cortlandt; he has therefore a line of twenty miles to cover with only sixty men; Luddington's regiment, which had been ordered to his help, all went home on Wednesday; much stock has been driven off by the cow and horse thieves; the inhabitants are too discouraged for him to collect any more men; asks for assistance."}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Drake, Samuel (Hanover, N.Y.)", "type"=>"persname", "role"=>"Author"}
- date_inclusive_start
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1779
- date_inclusive_end
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1779
- keydate
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1779-06-12
- date_start
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1779-06-12
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1779-06-12