Papers, 1750-1850.

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Papers, 1750-1850.

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Legal papers, bills, correspondence, deeds, leases, accounts, genealogy, and other papers of General Philip John Schuyler, John Bradstreet Schuyler, Philip Jeremiah Schuyler, George L. Schuyler, and other family members. Correspondence includes letters of Gen. Schuyler to his son Philip Jeremiah, 1795-1804, letters of Philip Jeremiah to his brother John, 1789-1794, and letters among Mary Ann Schuyler (Mrs. Philip Jeremiah), her parents Dr. and Mrs. Micajah Sawyer, and her brother William Sawyer, 1807-1822. Subjects include health and family affairs, collecting rent on manor lands, lime kilns needed for canal construction, land transactions, getting lumber and wheat to market, construction of a house, instructions to tenants for services due, marriages, school experiences, servants, and children. Other items include letters from Gen. Schuyler to his secretary Capt. Richard Varick concerning provisions, movement of troops, prisoners, and other military matters, 1776; copies of speeches, letters, and a petition to and from Philip Schuyler and Indian tribes, 1775-1795; copies of depositions relating to the military campaign in Canada, 1775-1776; and reminiscences of Mary Ann Sawyer Schuyler written after 1820.

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Schuyler (Family : Albany, NY)

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The Schuylers were descendants of General Philip Schuyler (1733-1804), a Revolutionary soldier, statesman, and powerful land owner in New York State....

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...

Schuyler, George L. (George Lee), 1811-1890

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Schuyler, Philip Jeremiah, 1768-1835

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Philip Jeremiah Schuyler was the son of Revolutionary War Continental Army General Philip John Schuyler and by 1799, he was in charge his family's agriculture business on the Schuyler Estate in Rhinebeck, New York. He was a member of the New York State Assembly in 1798 and in 1817, he was elected as a Federalist to the Fifteenth Congress, serving until 1819. ...

Sawyer, Micajah.

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Sawyer, William

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Varick, Richard, 1753-1831

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Revolutionary soldier. From the description of Autograph letter signed : to Gen. Greene, 1780 Oct. 10. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270574176 Varick was military secretary to Schuyler, later to Arnold, then Washington. From the description of AMS, 1775 November 30-1776 August 27 : Albany. Major General Schuyler's Account Current with Capt. Richard Varick. (Copley Press, J S Copley Library). WorldCat record id: 14105134 Richard Varick (1743-1831), an Am...

Schuyler, Mary Ann Sawyer, 1786-1852.

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Schuyler, John Bradstreet, b. 1765.

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