Selections from papers relating to the Six Nations, 1789-1820 1789-1820

Schuyler, Philip John, 1733-1804

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Philip John Schuyler (November 20 [O.S. November 9] 1733 – November 18, 1804) was an American general in the Revolutionary War and a United States Senator from New York. He is usually known as Philip Schuyler, while his son is usually known as Philip J. Schuyler. Born in Albany, Province of New York, into the prosperous Schuyler family, Schuyler fought in the French and Indian War. He won election to the New York General Assembly in 1768 and to the Continental Congress in 1775. He planned the...

McHenry, James, 1753-1816

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James McHenry (November 16, 1753 – May 3, 1816) was a Scotch-Irish American military surgeon, statesman, and a Founding Father of the United States. McHenry was a signer of the United States Constitution from Maryland, initiated the recommendation for Congress to form the Navy, and was the eponym of Fort McHenry. He represented Maryland in the Continental Congress. He was a delegate to the Maryland State Convention of 1788, to vote whether Maryland should ratify the proposed Constitution of the ...

Jay, John, 1745-1829

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John Jay (December 12, 1745 – May 17, 1829) was an American statesman, patriot, diplomat, Founding Father, abolitionist, negotiator, and signatory of the Treaty of Paris of 1783. He served as the second governor of New York and the first chief justice of the United States. He directed U.S. foreign policy for much of the 1780s and was an important leader of the Federalist Party after the ratification of the United States Constitution in 1788. Jay was born into a wealthy family of merchants and...

Morris, Robert, 1734-1806

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Robert Morris, Jr. (January 20, 1734 – May 8, 1806) was an English-born merchant and a Founding Father of the United States. He served as a member of the Pennsylvania legislature, the Second Continental Congress, and the United States Senate, and he was a signer of the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation, and the United States Constitution. From 1781 to 1784, he served as the Superintendent of Finance of the United States, becoming known as the "Financier of the Revolution...

Chapin, Israel

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Cleaveland, Moses, 1754-1806

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Moses Cleaveland was a Connecticut lawyer, legislator, and army officer who became the Director and agent for the Connecticut Land Company. Prior to leading its first surveying and exploring party into the Connecticut Western Reserve in 1795 and founding the City of Cleveland, Ohio in 1796, Cleaveland sought permission from the Six Nations to survey and settle the land that they traditionally controlled. ...

Philips, Oliver

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O'Reilly, Henry, 1806-1886

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Journalist and inventor. From the description of Articles of Henry O'Reilly, 1845-1872. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79454793 Editor and telegraph pioneer. Born in Ireland; came to the United States with his family in 1816. Editor of the Rochester (N.Y.) Daily Advertiser, 1826; involved with S. F. B. Morse and Amos Kendall in construction of telegraph lines from eastern Pennsylvania to St. Louis in the 1840s. In later life, he spelled his name "O'Rielly" instead of O'Reill...

Ellicott, Joseph, 1760-1826

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Holland Land Company agent for Western New York. From the description of Letter : Batavia, N.Y., to the vestry of the Church of St. Paul, Buffalo, N.Y., 1819 May 20. (Buffalo History Museum). WorldCat record id: 38270116 ...

Sergeant, John.

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Cazenove, Théophile, 1740-1811

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Financier and agent of the Holland Land Company. From the description of Statement regarding gift of wampum, and correspondence with Israel Chapin, 1797, 1799. (Buffalo History Museum). WorldCat record id: 56843708 Victor Marie Du Pont was the eldest son of Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours, emigrated to the United States in 1800, set up the trading company, Victor du Pont de Nemours & Co., owned property in Angelica, N.Y. From the description of Letter : to P...

Brant, Joseph, 1742-1807

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Joseph Brant, also known as Thayendanega, (born March 1743 in Ohio Country along the Cuyahoga River - died Burlington Beach, Upper Canada, November 24, 1807), Mohawk Chief and an officer in the British military during the American Revolutionary War. He served in expeditions during the French and Indian War. As a Captain during the American Revolution, he led the four Iroquois Nations that sided with the British as well as a group of loyalists. He married three times, lastly to Catharine Adonwent...

Morris, Thomas

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Tom and Rose Morris, Seattle University alumni and long-time leaders of the HiYu Hiking Club, were also life-long friends to the beloved Father Frank Logan, SJ who founded the club and led the first hike to Three Tree Point on February 22, 1939. Father Logan was an avid athlete and lifelong baseball player and fan who earned the nickname "Coach" during the years he taught and coached for Seattle's Catholic schools. Entering the Society of Jesus in 1918, Logan had the distinction of being the lon...

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

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American revolutionary officer. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [n.p.], to Thomas Jefferson, 1793 Apr. 1. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270596665 From the description of Autograph letter signed : [n.p.], to General Henry Jackson, 1796 Oct. 26. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270596669 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Westpoint, to Colonel Pickering, Quartermaster General, 1782 Sept. 15. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270598200 ...