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Schuyler, Peter to the Commissioners for regulating the palatine affairs re: approaching enemy

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03107.02109 Author/Creator: Schuyler, Peter Place Written: Albany, New York Type: Letter signed Date: 1712/02/10 Pagination: 1p. + addr. 32.4 x 20.7 cm Order a Copy

Schuyler writes of news that the enemy is approaching, and requests that the Commissioners send their palatines to Albany with the greatest speed and urgency. Docketed on address leaf.

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