- unitid
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{"value"=>"280103", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"EM. 20195", "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 Maj. Gen. [Horatio] Gates [White Plains, N. Y.]"}
- physdesc
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{"value"=>"A. L. S. 1 page. 4o", "format"=>"simple"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"Reports the movements of British and Hessian troops, from Long Island, New York, and Staten Island to the lines at Kingsbridge; plundering expedition expected into Connecticut; they have made all refugees enter their service; he will do all he can to oppose them."}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Mead, John (Greenwich, Conn.)", "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