1The Commissioners to Canada to Philip Schuyler, 10 May 1776 (Franklin Papers)
LS : New York Public Library; copy: Library of Congress Colo. Campbell arrived here early this morning from Quebeck; he informs that five ships of war arrived there last monday the 6th about sunrise, viz: two large ships, two frigates and a tender. The enemy made a sally on monday, between 10 and 11 o’clock, in a body supposed not to be less than a thousand. Our forces were so dispersed that...
2The Commissioners to Canada to Philip Schuyler, 1 May 1776 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : Robert B. Gillespie, Lake Forest, Ill. (1973) We arrived here on Monday last, and have proceeded to Business, as you will see by the enclosed Letter to Congress, which we leave open for your Perusal, and request you will seal and forward it. We are deeply impress’d with a Sense of the many Civilities we received from you and your good Family, and your kind Attention to every thing that...
3The Commissioners to Canada to Philip Schuyler, 4 May 1776 (Franklin Papers)
LS : Yale University Library Having orders from Congress to enquire into the case of John Fraser Esqr. now prisoner at Osopus, we have thought proper to direct the Commanding Officer there to allow him to repair hither, on his parole to present himself before us immediately on his arrival. We desire you to give the necessary orders for this purpose. We are with great regard, Sir, Your most...
4The Commissioners to Canada to Philip Schuyler, 6 May 1776 (Franklin Papers)
LS : New York Public Library General Arnold thinking the publick interest would be better promoted by appointing Colonel Hazen to command at St. John’s and Chambly, in the room of Colonel Buel, has orderd the latter to repair to the Camp before Quebeck, where the General is of opinion his services will be more wanted. Colonel Hazen speaking the French language, and having a considerable...
5The Commissioners to Canada to [Philip Schuyler], 11 May 1776 (Franklin Papers)
LS : Château de Ramezay Museum, Montreal We desire that you will shew to Mrs. Walker every civility in your power and facilitate her on her way to Philadelphia; the fear of cruel treatment from the enemy on account of the strong attachment to, and zeal of her husband in the cause of the united Colonies induces her to depart precipitately from her home; and to undergo the fatigues of a long and...
6From Benjamin Franklin to Philip Schuyler, 12 May 1776 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : New York Public Library The enclos’d from the other two Commissioners to me is in answer to a few Lines I wrote them from the Ferry after I had taken leave of them, and had in the mean time convers’d with Mr. Price, who told me the other Regiments coming into Canada brought with them only 10 Days Provision. Paterson’s I left at La Prairie, no Boats to take them over. It was with the...
7From Benjamin Franklin to Philip Schuyler, 27 May 1776 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : New York Public Library We arrived here safe yesterday Evening, in your Post Chaise driven by Lewis. I was unwilling to give so much Trouble, and would have borrowed your Sulkey, and driven myself: but good Mrs. Schuyler insisted on a full Compliance with your Pleasure, as signify’d in your Letter, and I was oblig’d to submit; which I was afterwards very glad of, part of the Road being...
8From Benjamin Franklin to Philip Schuyler, 11 March 1776 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : New York Public Library The Congress have appointed three Commissioners to go to Canada, of which Number I have the Honour to be one. We purpose setting out some day this Week. I take the Liberty of mentioning this, as possibly a little previous Notice may enable you more easily to make any Preparation you shall judge necessary to facilitate and expedite our Journey, which I am sure you...
9From Benjamin Franklin to Philip Schuyler, 10 August 1775 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : New York Public Library I did myself the Honour of Writing to you by the Return of your Express on the 8th Instant. Immediately after dispatching him, it occurr’d to me to endeavour the obtaining from our Committee of Safety a Permission to send you what Powder remain’d in our Hands; which tho’ it was thought scarcely safe for our selves to part with it, they, upon my Application and...
10From Benjamin Franklin to Philip Schuyler, 8 August 1775 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : Massachusetts Historical Society Your Letter to the President of the Congress, arrived here just now by an Express from Albany, and is brought to me, the Congress being adjourn’d and all the Members out of town but my self. I have taken the Liberty of looking into it, to see if it required any Service from hence in our Power to render. I wish we had more Powder to send you as you desire:...
11From Benjamin Franklin to Philip Schuyler, 17 April 1776 (Franklin Papers)
AL : New York Public Library We are all concern’d to hear of your Indisposition, and join in requesting you earnestly to take care of your self. We purpose staying here as you advise in your kind Note of this Morning. We left all well at your House: The Sergeant has a Letter that I brought for you: Mrs. Schuyler requests that you would send him back as soon as may be. I return inclos’d the...
12From Alexander Hamilton to Philip Schuyler, 18 February 1781 (Hamilton Papers)
Since I had the pleasure of writing you last an unexpected change has taken place in my situation. I am no longer a member of the General’s family. This information will surprise you and you will be more surprised at the manner of my ceasing to be so and the manner of the change will surprise you more. —Two day ago The General was coming up stairs and I was going down and I passed each other...
13From Alexander Hamilton to Philip Schuyler, 2 April 1783 (Hamilton Papers)
[ Philadelphia, April 2, 1783. On May 4, 1783, Schuyler wrote to Hamilton : “Your several favors of the 18th & 25th March and 2d. ult. were delivered me.” Letter of April 2 not found. ]
14From Alexander Hamilton to Philip Schuyler, 16 January 1781 (Hamilton Papers)
[ New Windsor, New York, January 16, 1781. On January 25, 1781, Schuyler wrote to Hamilton : “Yesterday I received your favor of the 16th. Instant.” Letter not found. ]
15From Alexander Hamilton to Philip Schuyler, [12 October 1780] (Hamilton Papers)
[ Preakness, New Jersey, October 12, 1780. On October 19, 1780, Philip Schuyler wrote to Hamilton , “Your favor of the 12 Inst. I had the pleasure to receive last night.” Letter not found. ]
16From Alexander Hamilton to Philip Schuyler, 5 September 1780 (Hamilton Papers)
[ Bergen County, New Jersey, September 5, 1780. On September 10, 1780, Philip Schuyler wrote to Hamilton : “I am very apprehensive the unhappy event mentioned in your favor of the 5th Instant will draw serious consequences in its train.” Letter not found. ]
17From Alexander Hamilton to Philip Schuyler, 18 March 1783 (Hamilton Papers)
[ Philadelphia, March 18, 1783. On May 4, 1783, Schuyler wrote to Hamilton : “Your several favors of the 18th & 25th March and 2d. ult. were delivered me.” Letter of March 18 not found. ]
18From Alexander Hamilton to Philip Schuyler, 25 March 1783 (Hamilton Papers)
[ Philadelphia, March 25, 1783. On May 4, 1783, Schuyler wrote to Hamilton : “Your several favors of the 18th & 25th March and 2d. ult. were delivered me.” Letter of March 25 not found. ]
19From Alexander Hamilton to Philip Schuyler, 5 September 1781 (Hamilton Papers)
[ Head of Elk, Maryland, September 5, 1781. On September 6, 1781, Hamilton wrote to Elizabeth Hamilton : “Yesterday … I wrote to you, inclosing you a letter in one to your father, to the care of Mr. Morris.” Letter not found. ]
20From Alexander Hamilton to Philip Schuyler, 13 September 1780 (Hamilton Papers)
[ New Bridge, New Jersey, September 13, 1780. In September, 1780, Schuyler wrote to Hamilton : “[Your letter] of the 13th … was delivered me this moment.” Letter not found. ]
21From Alexander Hamilton to Philip Schuyler, 22 October 1780 (Hamilton Papers)
[ Preakness, New Jersey, October 22, 1780. On November 12, 1780, Schuyler wrote to Hamilton : “Both your favors of the 17th & 22nd, ult I had the pleasure to receive about the latter end of the month.” Letter of October 22 not found. ]
22From Alexander Hamilton to Philip Schuyler, 30 January 1781 (Hamilton Papers)
[ New Windsor, New York, January 30, 1781. On February 5, 1781, Schuyler wrote to Hamilton : “Your favors of the 21st & 30th ult: I had the pleasure to receive a few days ago.” Letter of January 30 not found. ]
23From Alexander Hamilton to Philip Schuyler, 17 September 1780 (Hamilton Papers)
[ September 17, 1780. In September, 1780, Schuyler wrote to Hamilton : “Your favor of the 17th I received on that day.” Letter not found. ]
24From Alexander Hamilton to Philip Schuyler, 21 January 1781 (Hamilton Papers)
[ New Windsor, New York, January 21, 1781. On February 5, 1781, Schuyler wrote to Hamilton : “Your favors of the 21st & 30th ult: I had the pleasure to receive a few days ago.” Letter of January 21 not found. ]
25From Alexander Hamilton to Philip Schuyler, 17 October 1780 (Hamilton Papers)
[ Preakness, New Jersey, October 17, 1780. On November 12, 1780, Schuyler wrote to Hamilton , “Both your favors of the 17th & 22nd. ult I had the pleasure to receive.” Letter of October 17 not found. ]
26From Alexander Hamilton to Philip Schuyler, 23 April 1783 (Hamilton Papers)
[ Philadelphia, April 23, 1783. On May 4, 1783, Schuyler wrote to Hamilton : “Your several favors of the 18th & 25th March and 2d. ult: were delivered me … that of the 23d April I had the pleasure to receive yesterday.” Letter of April 23 not found. ]
27From John Jay to Philip Schuyler, 12 September 1777 (Jay Papers)
Your Letters should not have remained so long unanswered, had I not daily expected the Pleasure of seeing you here but Coll Renselaer a few Days ago informed me that the Business of the Public would detain you sometime longer yet at Albany The several Copies of Orders &c a ., I rec d . on the Way from Philadelphia, & immediately inclosed them together with Your Letter to M r Duane. It was...
28From John Jay to Philip Schuyler, 11 December 1777 (Jay Papers)
Your very friendly Letter of the 6 th : Ult. was this Moment delivered. In what careless Hands it has lain so long I cannot concieve. An Expectation of being speedily sent to Albany induced me to defer answering your Favor of the 17 Ult. ^ Oct r ^ till I should have the Pleasure of a personal Interview. Our wise ones however for certain Reasons have suffered the Constitution to lay dormant,...
29From John Jay to Philip Schuyler, 19 February 1780 (Jay Papers)
Altho my Correspondents have necessarily become numerous I shall nevertheless think the number too small, till your name be added to the List. It has long been my wish to cherish in private Life, the Connection which commenced between us when public Men; and to render that reciprocal Regard which attached us to each other in Times of Danger and Commotion, the manner of subservient to our...
30From John Jay to Philip Schuyler, 20 June 1777 (Jay Papers)
It would have given me Pleasure to have ^ sooner ^ acknowledged the Rec t of your Letters of the 10 & 14 Ins t . before they [ illegible ] I returned a few Days ago on Tuesday last from Fish Kill & postponed writing till I could make the Enquiries neceess collect the Materials necessary to pass Judgment of the Matter alluded to in your L
31From John Jay to Philip Schuyler, 11 July 1777 (Jay Papers)
The Council have directed me to transmit to you by Express the enclosed Extracts of a Letter from General Schuyler. They think it of Importance that you should from time to time be apprized of the Situation of Affairs in the Northern Department, & will omit no opportunity of communicating to you whatever Intelligence they may recieve from that Quarter— The Evacuation of Ticonderogah appears to...
32From John Jay to Philip Schuyler, 8 December 1778 (Jay Papers)
Delayed by several unavoidable accidents I did not arrive here till Sunday last. I was happy to find your Acquittal confirmed by Congress, and most sincerely congratulate you on that important as well as pleasing Event. What is next to be done is a Question which I flatter myself you will determine in a Manner most conducive to the Interest of that great Cause of which you have been an able &...
33From John Jay to Philip Schuyler, 6 February 1778 (Jay Papers)
Your Favors of the 26 Ul t . & 1 st . Inst have reached me. M r Yates has delivered to me the Loan Office Bill— accept my Thanks for your Attention to it. The Council ^ of ^ Revision & the Indisposition of my Father forbid my being at a greater Distance from FishKill at present. God knows how long the latter Reason may exist or in what Manner cease. Of all Evils those of the domestic kind give...
34From John Jay to Philip Schuyler, 21 March 1779 (Jay Papers)
So uncertain has been the Fate of Letters during the Course of this War, that I very seldom write one without adverting to the Possibility & Consequences of its Miscarriage and Publication. This Caution has on a late occasion given me much Consolation. Two of my Letters to M rs . Jay fell into the Enemy’s Hands at Elizabeth Town. They contained nothing that would give me Uneasiness if...
35From John Jay to Philip Schuyler, 26 February 1778 (Jay Papers)
As an opportunity of my going will probab of going to Albany will not probably be given me during the Session of the Legislature, & as I have too long kept you in Suspense relative to the farm you was so kind as to offer me, I must ought now to inform ^ acquaint ^ You that I am under a Necessity of declining denying myself the Pleasure of being your Neighbour. My Fathers Infirmities Health ill...
36From John Jay to Philip Schuyler, 26 July 1777 (Jay Papers)
Your Favor of the 24 Inst covering a Letter from Gen: S t . Clair was delivered to me this Evening. I have sent the latter to the Press. It will be printed entire— Extracts might be followed by Suspicions The malicious might remark that Parts were concealed which if made known would probably give a different Colour to the whole. A Number of Holts Papers shall be sent you; & Care taken to...
37From John Jay to Philip Schuyler, 25 November 1780 (Jay Papers)
I have the Satisfaction of finding by the Return of the Vessel which carried my Dispatches of June last to Congress, that the Duplicate of a Letter written to you on my arrival at Cadiz and sent by her has probably reached You. As there is Reason to believe that you are still in Congress, I refer you for the political State of Affairs here to my public Letter which You will find long and...
38From John Jay to Philip Schuyler, 12 February 1778 (Jay Papers)
The assembly are preparing a Tax Bill & Debates run high on the Question whether unimproved located Lands shall be taxed. They have ordered a separate Bill for that Purpose to be prepared, and seem determined that it shall proceed pari Passu with the other. I hope you will seriously determine to serve your Country, at least in a legislative Capacity. Class yourself with those great Men of...
39From John Jay to Philip Schuyler, 21 July 1777 (Jay Papers)
Your Favor of the 14. Inst. came safe to hand— I am happy to see so much Cheerfulness Diffused thro it. I hope your sweet smiling Genius ^ [ in margin ] won’t play the Coquette with you . The confidential part of your Letter shall remain secret. Putnams answer was cautious—he believed there was a fault somewhere—but neither excused or accused any Body— I suspect from this that nor did he take...
40From John Jay to Philip Schuyler, 15 January 1779 (Jay Papers)
As the Secretary has neglected to furnish me (as usual) with the dates of your late Letters to Congress, and your Express Sets out early in the Morning I must describe them by the Subject-Matter.— The one on the Subject of your Resignation still remains under consideration— The one respecting the Request of the Oneidas is referred to a Committee appointed to confer with General Washington who...
41From George Washington to Major General Philip Schuyler, 26 February 1779 (Washington Papers)
Upon a presumption that a part of the intended operations against the Indians will be carried on by a Body of Men from the Waters of the Susquehannah it will be necessary to be well informed of the Situation of the principal Villages of the hostile tribes and the number of fighting Men that each may contain. We will suppose Chemung on the Cayuga Branch the first post to be attacked and...
42From George Washington to Philip Schuyler, 13 June 1779 (Washington Papers)
I received last night your favour of the 8th Instant. I hope General Clinton is now moving by the Routes and according to the Orders he has received from General Sullivan, under whose command he has been entirely placed for some time past—and of which I advised him by Two different conveyances, besides writing to him through the hands of General Sullivan: As it was conceived best, that the...
43From George Washington to Philip Schuyler, 21 May 1780 (Washington Papers)
Your opinion on the foregoing quæries, and on such other matters as relates to the business which is unfolding and wch requires the closest attention under our circumstances will be thankfully received by Yr Affecte Servt ADfS , DLC:GW ; Varick transcript , DLC:GW . GW apparently sent a similar document to Brig. Gen. Henry Knox (see Knox to GW, 23 May ). GW drafted these “Quæries” above his...
44From George Washington to Major General Philip Schuyler, 22 July 1777 (Washington Papers)
Since mine of this Date, in order the more effectually to enable you to give the Enemy a seasonable Check, I have come to a Resolution to send a further Reinforcement and have accordingly directed Genl Putnam immediately to forward General Glover’s Brigade to you. I have been informed of a fresh Arrival of Tents at Peek’s Kill, and have desired that every one which can possibly be spared from...
45From George Washington to Major General Philip Schuyler, 15 March 1777 (Washington Papers)
Since Writing the Letter herewith, I received a Copy of a Letter from General Howe, transmitted me by General McDougall, in which he very modestly makes a Proposition for Major Edmisstons being permitted to go to Canada. Your own Reflections will immediately convince You of the Impropriety of Complying with It, and confirm what I before suggested, that the whole has been a Contrivance for...
46From George Washington to Major General Philip Schuyler, 22 May 1776 (Washington Papers)
Congress having been pleased to request My Attendance at Philadelphia to advise with them on the Situation of our Affairs, & of such Measures as may be Necessary to adopt for this Campaign, I had got thus far on my Journey, where I called to View the Ground & such Places on Staten Island contiguous to It, which may be proper for Works of Defence, when Your Favor of the 16th instant, with Its...
47From George Washington to Major General Philip Schuyler, 21 August 1776 (Washington Papers)
On Monday I received your Favor of the 16th inst. with Its several Inclosures. The Time You were in Treaty I can readily conceive, was sufficiently irksome & disagreeable. However, If the Good Consequences Which You meant should be produced from It, You will think It was extremely well spent. General Carlton’s Orders for their Indecent, Illiberal Scurrility, are equal If not superior to any...
48From George Washington to Major General Philip Schuyler, 16 November 1778 (Washington Papers)
By a Letter from Genl Hand of the 13th, which came to hand to day, I received the disagreable intelligence that the Enemy had proceeded to the settlement of Cherry Valley—surprised and slain Colonel Alden, who was stationed there and committed many outrages. I wish it may not turn out, that the whole of his Regimt has been cut off, as the accounts seem to have left matters in a very doubtful &...
49George Washington to Major General Philip Schuyler, 20–21 November 1778 (Hamilton Papers)
Fredericksburg [ New York ] November 20–21, 1778 . Discusses details of proposed Canadian expedition. Asks for information about geography of area involved. Df , in writings of George Washington and H, George Washington Papers, Library of Congress. Although the letter is dated November 20, 1778, there is a postscript dated November 21, 1778.
50George Washington to Major General Philip Schuyler, 22 July 1777 (Hamilton Papers)
Smiths Clove [ New York ] July 22, 1777. Is sending Brigadier General John Glover’s brigade to reinforce Schuyler. Df , in writing of H, George Washington Papers, Library of Congress. Although the partially erased signature of H can be seen on the draft, this is without a doubt a Washington letter.