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Schuyler, Pieter, 1657-1724 to Lord Cornbury re: spying on the French

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03107.02077 Author/Creator: Schuyler, Pieter, 1657-1724 Place Written: s.l. Type: Letter Date: May 24, 1704 Pagination: 1p. : docket : Height: 30.1 cm, Width: 18.9 cm Order a Copy

Schuyler writes that some men have gone to spy on the French, and that he has enclosed a letter from the interpreter at Onondaga, which relates news of the continual trouble with Indians. Letter marked as a copy.

Schuyler, Pieter, 1657-1724

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