San Marino. The Huntington Library, HM 649

Source

Huntington Digital Library

Library

The Huntington Library

Shelfmark

• mssHM 649

Biblissima authority file

• https://data.biblissima.fr/entity/Q248827

Date

• August 18, 1776-May 18, 1777

Title

• Letterbook of Philip John Schuyler, 1777, June 4-August 13.

Agent

• Preferred form

  • Philip John Schuyler (1733-1804)

  Original form

  • Schuyler, Philip John, 1733-1804, author.

  Biblissima authority file

  • https://data.biblissima.fr/entity/Q248296

• Preferred form

  • United States. Continental Army, 2nd South Carolina Regiment

  Original form

  • United States. Continental Army. South Carolina Regiment, 2nd.

  Biblissima authority file

  • https://data.biblissima.fr/entity/Q247972

Description

• Physical Description:
  1 volume, 181 pages.
  Notes:
  There are 182 letters written between June 4 and August 13, 1777 and concern the War for Independence.
  Biographical Note:
  Philip John Schuyler was named one of four major generals under George Washington on June 15, 1775. Assigned to the command of the Northern Department, he recruited and provisioned an army for the invasion of Canada.
  Subjects:
  Schuyler, Philip John, 1733-1804. ; Generals -- United States -- Sources. ; United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Sources.
  Form/Genre:
  Letter books United States 18th century. (aat) ; Manuscripts United States 19th century. (aat)
  Physical Collection:
  Orderly Books of the American Revolution.

Rights

• For information on using Huntington Library materials, please see Reproductions of Huntington Library Holdings: https://www.huntington.org/library-rights-permissions

Digitisation

• https://hdl.huntington.org/digital/collection/p15150coll7/id/23505

Manifest URL

• https://cdm16003.contentdm.oclc.org/iiif/info/p15150coll7/23505/manifest.json