Van Schaack, Peter 1747-1832 creator Van Schaack, Henry 1733-1823 mixed material monographic eng 53 Chiefly letters received by Peter Van Schaack after his return to New York together with a few letters of Henry Van Schaack. Correspondents include Loring Andrews, Cadwallader Colden, Abraham Cuyler, James Duane, Edmund Fanning, Jacob Ford, Ezekiel Gilbert, Henry Glen, Richard Harrison, John Sloss Hobart, John Honeywood, Moses Kent, Peter Robert Livingston, George D. Ludlow, Hosea Moffitt, Roger Morris, Thomas Morris, William Powers, Caleb S. Riggs, Theodore Sedgwick, Philip Skene, Robert Troup, John E. Van Alen, John Van Rensselaer, John Watts, Oliver Wendell, and John C. Wynkoop. Open to research. In part, handwritten transcripts. [S.l.]. Lawyer, of Kinderhook, N.Y., whose Loyalist sympathies removed him to England from 1778 to 1785. After his return to New York, Peter Van Schaack trained lawyers and was active in New York and national politics. Also represented is his brother, Henry Van Schaack, who served in the French and Indian War, was engaged in New York politics during the Revolution, later farmed in Pittsfield, Mass., which he represented in the state legislature, and retired to Kinderhook, N.Y. Collection material in English. Forms part of: Miscellaneous Manuscripts collection. Andrews, Loring 1768-1805 Correspondence Colden, Cadwallader 1722-1797 Correspondence Cuyler, Abraham 1742-1810 Correspondence Duane, James 1733-1797 Correspondence Fanning, Edmund 1739-1818 Correspondence Ford, Jacob Correspondence Gilbert, Ezekiel 1756-1841 Correspondence Glen, Henry 1739-1814 Correspondence Harrison, Richard 1750-1841 Correspondence Hobart, John Sloss 1738-1805 Correspondence Honeywood, John Correspondence Kent, Moses Correspondence Livingston, Peter Robert 1766-1847 Correspondence Ludlow, George D. (George Duncan) 1734-1808 Correspondence Moffitt, Hosea 1757-1825 Correspondence Morris, Roger 1727-1794 Correspondence Morris, Thomas 1771-1849 Correspondence Powers, William active 1792 Correspondence Riggs, Caleb S. (Caleb Smith) 1756-1825 Correspondence Sedgwick, Theodore 1746-1813 Correspondence Skene, Philip approximately 1720-1810 Correspondence Troup, Robert 1757-1832 Correspondence Van Alen, John E. (John Evert) 1749-1807 Correspondence Van Rensselaer, John Correspondence Watts, John 1715-1789 Correspondence Wendell, Oliver 1733-1818 Correspondence Wynkoop, John C Correspondence American loyalists New York (State) Law Study and teaching New York (State) Kinderhook (N.Y.) History Massachusetts Politics and government 1775-1865 New York (State) History Revolution, 1775-1783 New York (State) Politics and government 1775-1865 Pittsfield (Mass.) History United States History French and Indian War, 1754-1763 United States History Revolution, 1775-1783 United States Politics and government 1775-1783 United States Politics and government 1783-1865 Lawyers mm 80004918 Open to research. DLC 800701 20260227111703.0 mm 80004918