Schuyler, Philip John, 1733-1804 to Charles Thomson

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GLC#
GLC09242
Type
Letters
Date
3 March 1785
Author/Creator
Schuyler, Philip John, 1733-1804
Title
to Charles Thomson
Place Written
s.l.
Pagination
2 p. :
Primary time period
The New Nation, 1783-1815
Sub-Era
Creating a New Government

Draft letter to Charles Thomson, Secretary of Congress, declining appointment [as one of three commissioners to lay out site for Federal capital] "Reduced to the painful necessity of a sedentary life by chronic disorders,… In this situation Congress will readily perceive that I could not accomplish their views." Major Gen. Schuyler had been one of the oldest officers serving in the Continental Army and in 1785 was serving his second term as senator in the New York Legislature.

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