- unitid
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{"value"=>"280104", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"EM. 20196", "type"=>"local_emmet"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"July 5, 1778", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1778-07-05"}
- 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 suspicious movements of British shipping in the Sound and a number of flat boats at Huntington; expects a visit from them in a few days at Greenwich, Stamford, or Norwalk; the guard on the sea-coast very small as so many were entering the continental service; the militia discouraged and worn out by repeated calls of duty: asks for Col. Mosley's regiment."}
- 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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1778-07-05
- date_start
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1778-07-05
- date_end
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1778-07-05