- unitid
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{"value"=>"280046", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"EM. 20137", "type"=>"local_emmet"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"June 4, 1779", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1779-06-04"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Letter to Gov. George Clinton"}
- physdesc
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{"value"=>"A. L. S. Endorsed. 2 pp. Fo", "format"=>"simple"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"Reporting the enemy's landing without opposition at Stony Point where they had cast up works and opened a battery against Ver Planck's Point; thinks they mean to hold the post; has informed General Washington by Express and has asked for assistance; enemy penetrated the country 6 miles the previous night in an attempt to surprise the militia, drove off cattle and plundered the people; depicts the defenceless condition of the county and implores Clinton to send troops. In a postscript reports the enemy proceeding up the river, but leaving a garrison at Stony Point."}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Hay, Ann Hawkes (Orange County, 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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1779-06-04
- date_start
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1779-06-04
- date_end
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1779-06-04