![[TICONDEROGA]. Schuyler, Philip (1733-1804), General. Letter signed ("Ph: Schuyler") TO COL. ANTHONY WAYNE (1745-1796), "Commanding at Tyconderoga," Saratoga, 23 November 1776. 4 pages, folio, docketed on signature page.](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2012/NYR/2012_NYR_02572_0285_001(ticonderoga_schuyler_philip_general_letter_signed_to_col_anthony_wayne_d5578426050755).jpg?w=1)
![[TICONDEROGA]. Schuyler, Philip (1733-1804), General. Letter signed ("Ph: Schuyler") TO COL. ANTHONY WAYNE (1745-1796), "Commanding at Tyconderoga," Saratoga, 23 November 1776. 4 pages, folio, docketed on signature page.](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2012/NYR/2012_NYR_02572_0285_000(ticonderoga_schuyler_philip_general_letter_signed_to_col_anthony_wayne_d5578426050848).jpg?w=1)
PROPERTY OF A MARYLAND COLLECTOR
[TICONDEROGA]. Schuyler, Philip (1733-1804), General. Letter signed ("Ph: Schuyler") TO COL. ANTHONY WAYNE (1745-1796), "Commanding at Tyconderoga," Saratoga, 23 November 1776. 4 pages, folio, docketed on signature page.
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[TICONDEROGA]. Schuyler, Philip (1733-1804), General. Letter signed ("Ph: Schuyler") TO COL. ANTHONY WAYNE (1745-1796), "Commanding at Tyconderoga," Saratoga, 23 November 1776. 4 pages, folio, docketed on signature page.
STERN AND ANXIOUS INSTRUCTIONS FOR GUARDING FORT TICONDEROGA IN THE COMING WINTER
"The care of the fortresses of Tyconderoga and Mount Independence being committed to you as commanding officer," Schuyler writes, "with a garrison...exceeding in upwards of two thousand five hundred rank and file, I have the fullest confidence in your vigilance, attention and foresight to guard against a surprize, and do everything that may have a tendency to secure your post & promote the weal of the service." He commands Wayne to "continually keep scouting parties on the lake, as long as the season will permit it to be navigated." Once it became frozen over, he wants "parties...kept out on both sides of the lake, to give the earliest intelligence of the approach of our Enemy. You will pay the strictest attention to your Guards & Centinels and punish severely the least Remissness in a duty, on which the safety of the Forts and Troops so eminently depend."
Schuyler has sent supplies to stock the garrison for three months. He gives detailed instructions about the bedding, cleanliness, and feeding of the troops, even the sweeping of the barracks chimneys. "Cleanliness in their persons and quarters, and having their victuals properly dressed are capital points and greatly tend to the preservation of the men." He orders the destruction of any hut or building that poses a potential danger or obstruction, and he wants "all the Batteuxs between you and Skeneborough...to be collected and drawn out of" both Lake Champlain and Lake George. Wayne survived the winter and handed control of the garrison to Gen. Arthur St. Clair in the spring. The fort, Wayne told Washington, "can never be carried, without much loss of blood." But during the Saratoga campaign in July 1777, Burgoyne got British cannon to the top of Mount Defiance without opposition, giving him higher ground from which to besiege the fort. Feeling his position was untenable, St. Clair abandoned Ticonderoga without a fight, to the outrage of Americans.
[With:] SCHUYLER, Philip J. (1768-1835), Congressman. Autograph letter signed ("Philip J. Schuyler"), to Mrs. Pierce, Washington Hotel, 31 January 1833. 1p., 8vo. Complying with a request. Philip Jeremiah Schuyler was the son of General Schuyler. Together 2 items. (2)
STERN AND ANXIOUS INSTRUCTIONS FOR GUARDING FORT TICONDEROGA IN THE COMING WINTER
"The care of the fortresses of Tyconderoga and Mount Independence being committed to you as commanding officer," Schuyler writes, "with a garrison...exceeding in upwards of two thousand five hundred rank and file, I have the fullest confidence in your vigilance, attention and foresight to guard against a surprize, and do everything that may have a tendency to secure your post & promote the weal of the service." He commands Wayne to "continually keep scouting parties on the lake, as long as the season will permit it to be navigated." Once it became frozen over, he wants "parties...kept out on both sides of the lake, to give the earliest intelligence of the approach of our Enemy. You will pay the strictest attention to your Guards & Centinels and punish severely the least Remissness in a duty, on which the safety of the Forts and Troops so eminently depend."
Schuyler has sent supplies to stock the garrison for three months. He gives detailed instructions about the bedding, cleanliness, and feeding of the troops, even the sweeping of the barracks chimneys. "Cleanliness in their persons and quarters, and having their victuals properly dressed are capital points and greatly tend to the preservation of the men." He orders the destruction of any hut or building that poses a potential danger or obstruction, and he wants "all the Batteuxs between you and Skeneborough...to be collected and drawn out of" both Lake Champlain and Lake George. Wayne survived the winter and handed control of the garrison to Gen. Arthur St. Clair in the spring. The fort, Wayne told Washington, "can never be carried, without much loss of blood." But during the Saratoga campaign in July 1777, Burgoyne got British cannon to the top of Mount Defiance without opposition, giving him higher ground from which to besiege the fort. Feeling his position was untenable, St. Clair abandoned Ticonderoga without a fight, to the outrage of Americans.
[With:] SCHUYLER, Philip J. (1768-1835), Congressman. Autograph letter signed ("Philip J. Schuyler"), to Mrs. Pierce, Washington Hotel, 31 January 1833. 1p., 8vo. Complying with a request. Philip Jeremiah Schuyler was the son of General Schuyler. Together 2 items. (2)