Transcription
CATALOG NUMBER S 3013
OBJECT NAME Letter - Original plus handwritten transcript
DATE June 3, 1776
AUTHOR Philip John Schuyler
RECIPIENT James van Rensselaer
MEDIUM Paper, ink
PEOPLE [Peter] Gansevoort, ?? Hoofnagle,
PLACES Mr.. Jones’s Mill, Mr.. [Wyngs?], s?], Jones Road, Wood Creek,
“Christines?”, “Hoofnagles Mill”,
KEYWORDS survey in Saratoga area,
Fort George June 3d 1776
Dr.. Sir
On Your arrival here you will apply to Colo: Ganse= / =voort for an officer and three or four men to afsist you / In mak[?]ing the Following survey
To Begin on the Dock and so proceed a long to the main road / to where the road turns out to Mr.. Jones’s Mill which is about / two miles beyond Mr.. [Wyngs?], you will then proceed Easterly / along Jones Road to Wood Creek [^ at [Chistines?]] and thence along the road / Leading to Fort Edward; and that done you will Survey / [^ beyond] from Jones’s Mill to the said Main road and close your / survey at the same place you came out at when you / surveyed by Hoofnagles Mill
In making this Survey you will note Every house / Mill, Rivulet Creek, mentioning the names, and also / Every thing remarkable such as deep gullies, the length / of Bridges, their height, the length of Swamps whose / causeways are necessary, narrow defiles, +c__
You must take a Waggon to Carry Your baggage + / the [troops?] provisions +c__
I am Dr Sir / Yours +c +c
Ph: Schuyler
Capt: James van Rensselaer
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Fort George June 3d: 1776
To Cap’t James V Renselear
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No.. 962
Ent’d Fol: 78-79
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No. 58Transcriber
Kathryn AlexanderLanguage
English
