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CATALOG NUMBER S 987
OBJECT NAME Letter
DATE March 4, 1794
AUTHOR Philip Jeremiah Schuyler
RECIPIENT John Bradstreet Schuyler
MEDIUM Paper, ink
PEOPLE [Henry Sickels?], Sarah (“Sally”) Rutsen Schuyler, Eliza VR
Schuyler, their son,
PLACES Albany, Saratoga, Orange County,
KEYWORDS raft, sloop, boards, timber, building, election 1794, elected to
represent Saratoga in the New York State Assembly.
BIO: https://exhibitions.nysm.nysed.gov/albany/bios/s/jobrschuyler.html#biography
March 4th 1794
D’Brother
Last evening I receiv’d yours of April / 16th __ the raft has arrived, and I believe agreeable / to the statement in your letter; (tho I have not / yet had them Counted) the 800 Good Boards / you must make me accountable for, but pray / let me have about 4 or 500 good refuse, provided / I can have them sufficiently seasoned to work / early next spring; should those you intended / for me, be at Albany; do not dispose of them / for I will send my sloop for them; if so employ / for me a hand to pile them in the most / proper manner for seasoning ==
I am just returned from a long electioneering / expedition- the sentiments of the people Change /
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rapidly in our favor, I am confident we shall / succeed as to our Afssembly ticket, and am not / certain we shall fail in our Senator, if Orange / does not give more than 800 Majority against / us, I flatter myself with success _ God grant it / for I fear you will not carry [Sichels?] _ I should / be glad to hear from you + the prospects of your / election; + let me know something concerning / the Boards_ Sally joins in presenting our affectionate respect to yourself, Eliza & son
Your Aft Brother
&Hum’l Ser’t
Philip JSchuyler
J.B. Schuyler Esq.
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[ADDRESS]
John B. Schuyler Esqr
Albany
Or
Saratoga
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Ph Scuyler
4 March 1794
RyhnbeckTranscriber
Kathryn AlexanderLanguage
English
