Schuyler Philip John 1733-1804 Born In Albany Served In The
French and Indian War, 1755, and took part in battle of Lake George.
Resigned from the army, 1757, and again served, 1758-1761. On the
breaking out of the Revolution, took the colonial side, and in 1775
appointed major-general by Congress. Organized the invasion of Canada in
1775, and was court-martialled for the evacuation of Ticonderoga in
1777, but acquitted. Served in House of Representatives and afterwards
in the Senate. =Index=: (Sir Frederick Haldimand era) Watches movements of the Allens of Vermont,
205, 206; Ethan Allen's letter to, 209; thanks Haldimand for kind
treatment of Loyalists, 250; threatens Six Nations, 257; Francois
Cazeau's correspondence with, 279. (Lord Dorchester era) Commands American force on Lake
Champlain, 96. =Bib.=: Lossing, Life and Times of Philip Schuyler;
Cyc. Am. Biog.