1To George Washington from Philip Schuyler, 25 February 1781 (Washington Papers)
Your Excellency’s favor of the 20th Instant evinces another instance of that friendship And attention which whilst I feel it flattering to me, affords me a satisfaction, which a heart impressed with affection and esteem can only truly experience but of which a description would be equally improper as impossible. The accession of Maryland to the confederation, and the cession of Virginia of its...
2To George Washington from Philip Schuyler, 21 January 1781 (Washington Papers)
I embrace the opportunity which is afforded me by Colo: Hughs to Acknowledge the receipt of your Excellencys favor of the 10th Instant, and most sincerely sympathize with you on the embarrassments which the disagreable event in Jersey will Occassion you, It is an awful lesson to the states, and If It would produce a serious attention to their situation, If It would Induce to greater exertions,...
3To George Washington from Philip Schuyler, 5 January 1781 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found : from Philip Schuyler, 5 Jan. 1781. On 10 Jan., GW wrote Schuyler : “Your favor of the 5th I have had the pleasure to receive.”
4To George Washington from Philip Schuyler, 12 November 1780 (Washington Papers)
Your Excellencys favor of the 6th Instant I had the honor to recieve last night. I have had several emissaries on the Grants since my last letter, they have all returned, but without that full Information, which I expected, some of these have Obtained the Inclosed copies of letters. the first of which is An answer to one Carried into Canada by the suspected person, at least so the reports...
5To George Washington from Philip Schuyler, 31 October 1780–1 November 1780 (Washington Papers)
After the enemy had taken Fort George and Fort Ann and burnt the Farm houses and barns In the northern part of this district and destroyed all most the whole of those in Kings and Queensborough townships, they retired to Tionderoga, in the vicinity of which place they Continued until the 22d Instant, and then fell down the Lake to About ten Miles north of Crown point, On Wednesday the 25th the...
6To George Washington from Philip Schuyler, 10 August 1780 (Washington Papers)
The Enemy whom Colo: V. Schaick advised Your Excellency to be in the vicinity of Fort Schulyer left that quarter on the approach of Brigadier Renselaer with the Militia, and whilst he proceeded with a supply of provision for the Garrisson they made a detour by his left and fell on the Settlements at Canajoxharie where they burnt upwards of an hundred houses, killed ten or twelve people, and...
7To George Washington from Philip Schuyler, 28 May 1780–7 July 1780 (Washington Papers)
The quæries which Your Excellency has stated, and on which you have done me the honor to request my opinion, are on a Subject so exceedingly Interesting and Important that I feel my Inability to consider It [a]s extensively as you wish, I shall however attempt to state my Ideas on the Occassion, and to regard It in every point of view I am able. It seems requisite in order to enable us to...
8To George Washington from Philip Schuyler, 18 June 1780 (Washington Papers)
On my way hither I found at Trenton fifteen hundred Barrels of flour and learnt two hundred more were at Borden town, the whole detained for want of Carriages. I requested an audience of both branches of the legislature which they readily Granted, urged the necessity of their Immediate attention to provide the means of transporting the flour to the army, Kings ferry or New windsor, and to...
9To George Washington from Philip Schuyler, 5 April 1780 (Washington Papers)
On the 3d Instant I was favored with Your Excellency’s letter of the 30th ult. I have for ten days Successively deferred writing In hopes that I should have been able At last to have advised you that public business was closely attended to In this quarter, and that we had adopted Measures to disencumber us from that Variety of embarrasment we experience, but alas! we have made little or no...
10To George Washington from Philip Schuyler, 22 March 1780 (Washington Papers)
Yesterday I had the happiness of Your Excellencys favor of the 18th Instant. I find by enquiry at the Office that my first letter was not forwarded by the Conveyance I Intended It should but was sent by a subsequent one, It is therefore probably by this time reached You. As Gen: Lincolns dispatch to you will probably contain what he has Communicated to Congress I thought It needless to trouble...