Autograph letter signed “H V Schaak” to Theophilus Parsons, Pittsfield, 10 October 1787

by Henry van Schaak

$500 · Offered by Riverrun Books & Manuscripts

Two pages, with integral address panel, 4to. Item #404996 Henry van Schaak 1733-1825 : banished from New York State during the American Revolution because of his Loyalist sympathies. He moved to Massachusetts, first settling in Richmond and then in Pittsfield. He was a close friend and correspondent of Philip Schuyler, James Duane, and several other New Yorkers. Reading: Our friend the Doctor your colleague, how is he? I hope the house will have a full

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