281To George Washington from Major General Philip Schuyler, 22 September 1778 (Washington Papers)
Agreable to your Excellency’s request I do myself the honor to Communicate my Ideas on the mode of most Effectually Forwarding an Immediate supply of flour and wheat from this State for the subsistance of an Army In that of the Massachusetts or Rhode Island: Flour and wheat (for I apprehend a sufficient quantity of the former cannot be speedily procured) for that purpose I concieve should be...
282To John Jay from Philip Schuyler, 17 August 1777 (Jay Papers)
This morning I had the pleasure to recieve your favor of the 12 th . Instant. M r . Duane has acknowledged the receipt of my letter to you Inclosing the orders &c. I am happy that he thinks my “Conduct needs no Apology” he also Informd me that the mottives for my removal were the same as you gave. They were certainly sufficient to Induce Congress to the measure but they might have done me the...
283To George Washington from Major General Philip Schuyler, 21 May 1776 (Washington Papers)
I was last Evening honored with your Excellency’s Favor of the 15th Instant. I have sent to Canada half of the Money transmitted me by Colonel Gilman; thirty thousand Dollars of the other half is gone to Connecticut, where we still owe about seventy thousand, the Remainder is nearly expended in paying Debts long since accrued, and the Calls for daily Expences is very considerable. I hope...
284To George Washington from Major General Philip Schuyler, 15 January 1777 (Washington Papers)
The pleasure I felt on Learning your Success At Trentown Occassioned Feelings which are Better Conceived than discribed, I very Sincerely congratulate you on that Event and the Succeding ones, may Heaven Continue To Crown you with a Succession of Laurels, and make you the happy Instrument of preserving Liberty to this much Injured Country. About one Thousand men from the Massachusetts engaged...
285To George Washington from Major General Philip Schuyler, 12–13 July 1776 (Washington Papers)
I am just returned from Crown point, to which place I accompanied General Gates—On our Way to that place we stop’d at Tyconderoga and left Colonel Trumbull to take a View of the Grounds opposite to it and on the East Side of Lake Champlain—In the Evening of the 5th we arrived at Crown point and on the 6th Colonel Trumbull arrived, who made so favorable a Report of the Ground, he had been to...
286Enclosure: Table to compare Standard with English long, square, and cubic Measure and with English measure of Capacity … (Jefferson Papers)
Standard denomination of Measures in length The Expression when the Unit is a Standard foot Equivalent expression in English Inches in length Equivalent Expression in English square Inches when the Standard is Squared Equivalent Expression in English Cubic Inches when the Standard is Cubed The point .001 .012 .000144 .000001728 Line .01 .12 .0144 .001728 Inch...
287Army Agreement Certified by Alexander Hamilton, 30 April 1782 (Hamilton Papers)
[ Albany ] April 30, 1782. Certifies a contract made by Philip Schuyler, on behalf of the United States, and William Duer, contractor for the posts “north of Poughkeepsie in the State of NewYork,” for supplying the Army with meat. Copy, RG 93, Miscellaneous Records, National Archives.