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Schuyler, Philip John, 1733-1804 to Goose Van Schaick

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03982 Author/Creator: Schuyler, Philip John, 1733-1804 Place Written: Albany, New York Type: Autograph letter Date: 7 April 1779 Pagination: 8 p. : docket ; Height: 31.7 cm, Width: 18.7 cm Order a Copy

Detailed draft of General Schuyler's instructions to Colonel Van Schaick for a raid against the Onondaga Indians. Asks Van Schaick to exclude Indian allies from the expedition and to take measures to prevent the rape of any women taken captive. Van Schaick covered 180 miles in less than a week, severely punishing the Onondagas. The expedition was a retaliation for Indian attacks in 1778 and was executed in conjunction with the Sullivan Campaign.

Schuyler, Philip John, 1733-1804
Van Schaick, Goose, 1736-1789

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