Transcription
CATALOG NUMBER S 3006
OBJECT NAME Letter
DATE April 4, 1776
AUTHOR Philip John Schuyler
RECIPIENT Lieutenant John Van Ess
Possible [John Van Ness?]
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(“Lieutenant John Van Ness in the Third New York Regiment”)
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PEOPLE Capt John Quackenboss (Quackenbush), Mr. ?? [Lafferty],
Captain [Peter??] Dundee, Mr. ?? Faulkner, Mr. ?? Bumberson], Woolsey, MacDonnell, Evans
PLACES Kingston, Ulster County,
KEYWORDS Revolutionary War, prisoners, sloop, transport, loyalists, Tory
prisoners of war, Committee of Kingston, privates, French
prisoners,
HeadQuar Albany April 4th 1776
Sir
Sir Inclose you a List of Prisoners whom You are to / take in Charge from this Place to Kingston in Ulster County
You with a sergeant a Corporal & 20 Men will embark / on Board of Capt John Quackenboss's Sloop, in which the Prisoners / are to Embark with You + to proceed from hence to Kingston / Landing Place + there land the Prisoners + there Baggage / Your Party of Men + March from thence to the Town of Kingston / You will there deliver Your Charge to the Committee of that Place._
You will not permit Mr. Lafferty & Capt Dundee [^& Mr. Faulkner] to / come on the Deck of the Sloop but keep them close Prisoners / With a Centinel at the Cabbin Doors. ~ Mrfs’rs [Bumberson] / Woolsey MacDonnell & Evans are to be permitted to come on Deck / when + as often as they May think proper._
The Privates & French Prisoners are to be kept below the / hatches & no more than two to be permitted to be on the Deck / at the Same Time._
You [^&Your Men] will be very Vigilant & Active, that You may / not be disgraced with a Surprize._
After You have delivered Your Charge to the Committee / of Kingston, You with Your Party will immediately March / to this Place, Unlefs some Convenient opportunity Should / offer to come in by water.
To Lieut John Van Efs
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Albany April 4th: 1776
To Lieut.. Van Nefs
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No. 822.
Entered Fol: 360.361
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B.B.
No. 70.Transcriber
Kathryn AlexanderLanguage
English
