- unitid
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{"value"=>"275675", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"EM. 1562", "type"=>"local_emmet"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"Aug. 17, 1776", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1776-08-17"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Letter to Nicholas Cooke, Gov. of Rhode Island"}
- physdesc
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{"value"=>"A. L. S., William Ellery. Signed also by Stephen Hopkins. 2 pp. and 1 leaf with the address. Fo", "format"=>"simple"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"The jealousies and suspicions in the northern army have almost subsided; the fleet is increasing; a treaty has been concluded with the Six Nations; a continental trading ship has arrived with duck, lead, and powder; an attack is imminent from Howe against New York; Commodore [Esek] Hopkins has been censured by Congress; they have not urged the appointment of a brigadier-general over the troops in Rhode Island, because they feared that if attention were drawn to the state forces they would be ordered to New York, leaving Rhode Island defenceless."}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Ellery, William (Philadelphia, Pa.)", "type"=>"persname", "role"=>"Author"}
{"value"=>"Hopkins, Stephen", "type"=>"persname", "role"=>"Author"}
- date_inclusive_start
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1776
- date_inclusive_end
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1776
- keydate
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1776-08-17
- date_start
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1776-08-17
- date_end
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1776-08-17