- unitid
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{"value"=>"280016", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"EM. 20107", "type"=>"local_emmet"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"May 23, 1778", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1778-05-23"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Letter to Gen. [Horatio] Gates"}
- physdesc
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{"value"=>"A. L. S. Endorsed. 1 page. Fo", "format"=>"simple"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"He learns by a person from below that 1,200 men had been ordered from New York to Kingsbridge; should they come out, little resistance could be made, as there are only twelve rounds of ammunition per man; he thinks they intend to make a diversion this way while they embark at New York; on Wednesday there was a general order for stopping communication with Long Island and the main, while the press gangs were sent out, apprehending refugees and seizing all craft."}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Graham, Morris (White Plains, N.Y.)", "type"=>"persname", "role"=>"Author"}
- date_inclusive_start
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1778
- date_inclusive_end
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1778
- keydate
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1778-05-23
- date_start
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1778-05-23
- date_end
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1778-05-23