Schuyler Family

All documents but one are written on slips of various sizes; condition is generally good.

Autograph document signed (“Henry Bleecker”), Albany, 26 September 1760, being a receipt in the amount of 16 shillings in payment by Mrs. Philip Schuyler for 8 yards of lace. — Autograph document signed (“P.W. Butler”), n.p. [but most likely Albany, 1762, being a receipt in the amount of £1.14.0 from Mrs. Schuyler for a lady’s white hat with gold spangles, loop and button, and a blue feather. — Autograph document signed (“Samuel Broome”), [?Albany], 25 May 1762, being an invoice in the amount of £7.4.0 for 6 pairs of men’s silk stockings. — Autograph document signed (“Gerardus Beekman”), [?Albany], 29 October 1766, being a receipt for Philip Schuyler in the amount of £8.14.6 for the purchase of household and personal items including tea, a small iron pot, gauze handkerchiefs, fabric, and vest buttons. — Autograph document signed (“Augustus Bostwick”), Albany, 2 June 1766, being a receipt in the amount of £2.8.0 made out to Philip Schuyler for a beaver hat delivered [?] 15 November 1766. The merchant has apparently erred in one or the other of the dates. — Autograph document signed (“Augustus Bostwick”), Albany, 13 August 1766, being a receipt made out to Philip Schuyler in the amount of £6.2 for beaver hats for one boy and three girls—most likely for Angelica (b. 1756), Elizabeth (b. 1757), Margarita (b. 1758), and John Bradstreet (b. 1765). — Autograph document signed (“Elisabeth Barnard”), 2 pages on one sheet, [?Albany], 16 October 1767, being an invoice made out for purchases on behalf of “Miss Schuyler” and Mrs. Schuyler and receipt of payment on the verso. Items included for Miss Schuyler were a cap, ruffs, a cloak, fabric, ribbon, and other trims. Mrs. Schuyler’s bill was in the main for various laces and ribbons and orange blossom water. — Autograph document signed (“Augustus Bostwick”), [Albany], 26 Setember 1770, being a receipt made out to Philip Schuyler in the amount of £1.15.6for the purchase of a collared hat (presumably a hat with a brim) and a beaver hat for one of  his sons, either John Bradstreet or Philip Jeremiah (b. 1768). — Autograph document signed (“Benjamin Burras”), [Albany], 19 March 1772, being a receipt made out to Philip Schuyler in the amount of £1.9.6 in payment for a pair of shoes each for Schuyler and his wife.



 

All but one document are written on slips of various sizes, condition is generally good.
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A fascinating glimpse into quotidian life of a wealthy and pedigreed eighteenth-century family household.