1To George Washington from Major General Philip Schuyler and Brigadier General Edward Hand, 24 November 1778 (Washington Papers)
It appears to us that Effectually to Check the Incursions of the Enemy on our Frontiers, would require a force much superior to that which your Excellency has pointed at in your Letters to us, and a Season less Severe than the present, but we conceive It would render the Savages less Inclined to continue their Hostilities against us, If they should find us Able to penetrate to some of their...
2To George Washington from Major General Philip Schuyler, 24 November 1778 (Washington Papers)
On the 21st I had the honor to receive your Excellencys favor of the 16th Instant. General Hand will transmit the result of our deliberations on the Subject recommended to our attention I have not as yet been able to see the persons mentioned In my last to have returned from Canada They have promised to be with me towards the latter end of the Week. I have six Indians now with me who left...