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    "title": "Private letters written during the war of the American Revolution",
    "description": "Handwritten copy of thirteen letters: two letters by Stephen Badlam dated 1775 June 25 (from Roxbury Camp) and 1776 May 14 (from \"Shamble\" [Deschambault near Quebec]) to Mary Badlam, Milton, Mass.; a letter by Lt. John Noyes dated 1776 July 7 written from Horns Hook to Capt. Ezra Badlam, New York; letter by Loammi Baldwin dated 1777 February 4 written from Woburn, Mass. to Capt. Ezra Badlam; two letters by Patience Badlam dated 1777 June 4 and 1777 June 11 both written from Dorchester, Mass. to Maj. Ezra Badlam, Albany, N.Y.; letter by Col Hay dated 22 June 1777 written from Fish Kill to Col Ezra Badlam; letter from J. Lansing for General Schuyler dated 10 July 1777 written from Head Quarters Fort Edward to Major Ezra Badlam; letter from G. Van Schaick dated 11 July 1777 written from Canajoharie to Major Ezra Badlam; letter by William Seber dated 17 July 1777 written from the House of Gossen Van Allstyne in Canajoharie to Major Badlam; letter by Gen Henry Glen dated 21 July 1777 written from Schenectady to Major Ezra Badlam; letter by Col John Bailey dated 1777 November 23 written from White Marsh Camp to Lt. Col. Ezra Badlam; and a letter written by Anna Gale dated 14 December 1777 written from Goshen to Col Ezra Badlam. Caption title. Communicated by John H. Blake.",
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        "Hay, Ann Hawkes, 1745-1785",
        "Schuyler, Philip John, 1733-1804",
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        "Glen, Henry, 1739-1814",
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        "Badlam, Mary Adams, 1753-1815--Correspondence",
        "Badlam, Patience--Correspondence",
        "Badlam, Stephen, 1753-1794--Correspondence",
        "Bailey, John, 1730-1810--Correspondence",
        "Baldwin, Loammi, 1745-1807--Correspondence",
        "Hay, Ann Hawkes, 1745-1785--Correspondence",
        "Gale, Anna--Correspondence",
        "Glen, Henry, 1739-1814--Correspondence",
        "Noyes, John--Correspondence",
        "Schuyler, Philip John, 1733-1804--Correspondence",
        "Seber, William--Correspondence",
        "United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Sources"
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