Van Schaack family.
Biographical notes:
Family of Peter Van Schaack (1747-1832) of Kinderhook, N.Y.
Peter Van Schaack graduated from King's College in 1762, studied law with Peter Silvester in Albany and later with William Smith in New York, revised the statutes of the colony of New York in 1774, was active in the "New York Correspondence Committee," was exiled as a Tory sympathizer to England from 1778 to 1785, and upon his return to this country conducted a law school at Kinderhook. His son was Henry Cruger Van Schaack (1802-1887).
From the description of Papers, 1686-1887. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122622269
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