Apr 11, 2002 - Sale 1930

Sale 1930 - Lot 9

Price Realized: $ 2,990
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 4,000 - $ 6,000
WISHING FOR PEACE AT THE OUTSET OF WAR(AMERICAN REVOLUTION.) SCHUYLER, PHILIP. Important Autograph Letter Signed, "Ph: Schuyler," thanking the Albany Committee of Safety for their congratulations on his appointment as Major General, criticizing the British violation of American rights, and hoping for peace. 1 page, folded folio sheet with integral blank; usual folds. Albany, 9 July 1775
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". . . The honor you do me in the approbation which you are pleased to express of my appointment to a military command, confirms me in the pleasing reflection, that I shall experience your assistance in a continuance of those generous exertions, by which you have already so conspicuously manifested your love for your country and your zeal for its cause. I most sincerely and unfeignedly deplore with you the unhappy occasion which has forced America to have recourse to arms for her safety and defence. Ambitious only to aid in restoring her violated rights, I shall most cheerfully return my sword to its scabbard and with alacrity resume the employment of civil life whenever my constituents shall direct, or whenever a happy reconciliation with the parent state shall take place. That indulgent Heaven may guide us thro this tempestuous scene and speedily restore peace, harmony and mutual confidence to every part of the British Empire is the warmest wish of my heart . . ."<