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Schuyler, Peter, 1657-1724 to Lord Cornbury

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03107.02073 Author/Creator: Schuyler, Peter, 1657-1724 Place Written: Albany, New York Type: Letter Date: 1707/03/28 Pagination: 1p. : docket ; Height: 17.2 cm, Width: 21.5 cm Order a Copy

Peter Schuyler writes that he has received a message from Coll. Partridge that Indians have caused some destruction in Deerfield in New England. He then explains what detachments he has sent to the frontiers for security purposes. Letter marked as a copy.

Schuyler, Pieter, 1657-1724

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