Philip Schuyler letters and documents

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{"value"=>"MssCol 23900", "type"=>"local_call"}

unitdate

{"value"=>"1763", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1763"}

{"value"=>"1774-1801", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1774/1801"}

unittitle

{"value"=>"Philip Schuyler letters and documents"}

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repository

{"value"=>"<span class=\"corpname\">The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.</span><div class=\"address\"> <span class=\"addressline\">Stephen A. Schwarzman Building</span> <span class=\"addressline\">Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street, New York, NY 10018-2788</span></div>"}

abstract

{"value"=>"Philip John Schuyler (1733-1804), a Revolutionary War general and statesman, was a prominent member of the landed aristocracy of New York State. The collection consists of various autograph letters and documents of Philip Schuyler, including letters and orders written to Peter Curtenius, Richard Varick, Jeremiah Wadsworth, James Duane, and James Clinton during the American Revolution, and letters to his daughters Eliza and Catherine and other family members. Correspondence with Simeon De Witt, a letter to Barent Bleecker, and related documents concern their efforts to build canals in upstate New York during the 1790s. Also present are two documents signed in his role as Commissioner of Indian Affairs, a letter to Richard Davis giving instructions on management of his property, a land indenture, and some receipts."}

prefercite

{"value"=>"<p>Philip Schuyler letters and documents, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library</p>"}

origination

{"value"=>"Schuyler, Philip John, 1733-1804", "type"=>"persname", "role"=>"creator"}

acqinfo

{"value"=>"<p>Donated by John S. Kennedy, 1896 as part of the Emmet collection and J. Pierpont Morgan, 1899 as part of the Ford collection, and various purchases, 1932-1976</p>"}

processinfo

{"type"=>"processing", "value"=>"<p>Compiled by <span class=\"name\">Archives Unit</span>, <span class=\"date\">2016</span></p>"}

sponsor

{"value"=>"Digitization was made possible by a lead gift from The Polonsky Foundation."}

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combined

date_start

1763

keydate

1763

date_end

1801

date_inclusive_start

1763

date_inclusive_end

1801

extent_statement

.21 linear feet (1 box)

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1. Receipt signed by Philip Schuyler
2. Receipt to Philip Schuyler
3. Letter from Philip Schuyler to Peter T. Curtenius
4. Order from General Philip Schuyler to Peter T. Curtenius for gunsmiths’ tools
5. Letter to Jeremiah Wadsworth from Philip Schuyler
6. Letter from Philip Schuyler to Captain Richard Varick
7. Order to Captain Richard Varick from Philip Schuyler
8. Order to Captain Richard Varick from Philip Schuyler
9. Letter from Philip Schuyler to General [John Morin] Scott
10. Extract of a letter from Colonel Richard Varick to General Schuyler
11. Letter from Philip Schuyler to James Duane
12. Letter from Philip Schuyler to General James Clinton
13. Inventory of ammunition delivered to the Indians on behalf of the Commissioners of Indian Affairs
14. Letter from Philip Schuyler to the inhabitants of Kings district
15. Letter from Philip Schuyler to his nephew John C. Schuyler
16. Letter from Philip Schuyler to his daughter Eliza (Mrs. Alexander Hamilton)
17. Letter from Philip Schuyler to Major James Van Rensselaer
18. Letter from Philip Schuyler to Messrs. Stewart & Jones
19. Letter from Philip Schuyler to Barent Bleecker
20. Draft statement by Philip Schuyler answering objections to recent canal legislation
21. Statement by Philip Schuyler answering objections to recent canal legislation
22. Petition to the Legislature of the State of New York
23. Letter from Simeon De Witt to Philip Schuyler
24. Letter from Philip Schuyler to Simeon De Witt and John Thurman
25. Letter from Philip Schuyler to Simeon De Witt
26. Letter from Philip Schuyler to Simeon De Witt
27. Letter from Philip Schuyler to Simeon De Witt
28. Request of Indian Commissioners for payment to be made in support of Oneida, Onondaga, and Cayuga Indians
29. Letter from Philip Schuyler to an unidentified correspondent
30. Letter from Philip Schuyler to his daughter Catherine Schuyler
31. Letter from Philip Schuyler to Richard Davis
32. Indenture between Philip Schuyler and Frederick Coonly