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CATALOG NUMBER S 968
OBJECT NAME letter, election results
DATE May 24, 1794
AUTHOR Philip Jeremiah Schuyler
RECIPIENT John Bradstreet Schuyler
MEDIUM Paper, ink
PEOPLE “the Alderman”, [?John] Cantine
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Cantine ), Mr. Sands, “his little
wife”, Sarah (“Sally”) Rutsen Schuyler, Elizabeth (“Betsey”) Van
Rensselear Schuyler (wife),
PLACES Ulster county, Orange county, Kings county, Richmond county,
Rhinebeck, Albany,
KEYWORDS raft, JBS building a [new?] house, candidates, representatives,
JBS will be elected to represent Saratoga, 1794 state election,
1794 federal elections, planks, thanks, plan of house, window
dimensions,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/17th_New_York_State_Legislature
Dr Brother
Yours of ye 5th I received late, owing to / my being absent__ I wrote you some time since / acknowledging the receipt of your former letter & / the raft_ The accounts of expenditures inclosed / are proper and shall be attended to as soon as /possible ___ you mention a probability of seeing / us during the summer, pray dont let the prospect / pafs for I want to see you and Eliza much_ / and it will not be in my power to come up / most certain untill I have completed my house / with repairs &c &c_
Your observations respecting your election / appear ambigious_ why regret your succefs / better one friend than none; and upon what / principal can it injure the cause, in the / insuing Contest, as a candidate perhaps / you write with diffidence & delicacy; this / is not carachteristic of our Candidates, neither / ought since not only succefs but reputation /
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depends upon the events; /
I was for a few minutes since I began to / write, intirupted by a friend from Ulster accom= / =panied with one, from Orange, by their Accounts / we shall carry two members for Ulster & certainly / succeed as to [Cantino?] the Alderman writes favo= / =rable from the South, says that Kings & Richmond / will give us federal representatives; but still / I am fearfull we shall want friends in the / lower house; as to the members from this / County, the thing is beyond a doubt; our / warmest opposers (tho with reluctance) readily /give us the seven,
I had almost forgot to return you my / thanks for the refuse plank, they are indifferent / but still to me valuable and as such I shall / esteem your donation, should you want the / Ballance[sic] in your favor, you can draw upon / me at sight as also for that of Mr Sand's I / should like to talk with you, upon a subject / which I dare not commit to paper, take care / Your Brother I present my Love to him; should
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be glad to see him & his little wife at Rhynbeck. / Sally joins me in Love to all friends at Albany / and particularly unites in requesting a visit / from you and Betsey this summer, the children / are well & fine fellows they are, tell sister I / am preparing to furnish all the deficient / parts of the family with heirs & Companions __
Be assured I am
DBrother
Affectionately
Your's &c&c
Philip JSchuyler
May 24 1794
[SIDEWAYS]
You will read with pleasure the following / Statement-
Jay Clinton
Richd Freeman__ 2749 P.R.Livingston __ 1381
[Jetham] Post __ 1786 Ebez. Stephens __ 1280
James Watson _ 1780 Wm. Denning __ 1269
N. Cuyler _____ 1679 Isaac Houtenburgh 1243
J.O. Hoffman _ 1640 Peter Elting __ 1244
J. DLancey ___ 1588 John Campbell _ 1223
J.M. Hughes _ 1571
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MClarkson R.Hatfield DGelston Th.Thomas
Suffolk 240 199 424 410
Queens 346 221 336 254
Kings 97 91 101 88
Richmond 260 262 4 4
NewYork 877 886 407 361
Westchester 388 555 437 520
2200 2134 1709 1637
The Clintonians have been completely successfull in / Ulster as we have in Dutches___ Be kind enough / to request Papa to forward to me the plan of my house / with the dementions of the Windows above___
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[ADDRESS]
John B Schuyler Esq’r
Albany
[CALCULATIONS in INK - not transcribed]
[CALCULATIONS in PENCIL - not transcribed]
[LABEL]
Philip J. Schuyler
24 may 1794
RhynbeckTranscriber
Kathryn AlexanderLanguage
English
