Appletons' cyclopædia of American biography . city, 7May, 1799. He was the third son of John Duer, aplanter of Antigua, who had a villa in mother was Frances Frye, daughter of SirFrederick Frye, who held a command in the WestIndies, where she married John Duer. After beingsent to Eton, and while still under age, he was putinto the army as ensign, and accompanied LordClive as aide-de-camp on his return to India, asgovernor-general, in 1762. As he suffered severelyfrom the climate, Lord Clive sent him back toEngland, where he remained five years until hisfathers death. Having left
Appletons' cyclopædia of American biography . city, 7May, 1799. He was the third son of John Duer, aplanter of Antigua, who had a villa in mother was Frances Frye, daughter of SirFrederick Frye, who held a command in the WestIndies, where she married John Duer. After beingsent to Eton, and while still under age, he was putinto the army as ensign, and accompanied LordClive as aide-de-camp on his return to India, asgovernor-general, in 1762. As he suffered severelyfrom the climate, Lord Clive sent him back toEngland, where he remained five years until hisfathers death. Having left the army, he went toAntigua, and thence to New York, for the firsttime in 1768, to arrange for a regular and constantsupply of lumber for the plantations in Antiguaand Dominica. This brought him into contactwith Gen. Schuyler, by wmom he was induced tobuy a large tract of land at Fort Miller, on theupper Hudson, including the falls, and here heerected large saw-mills. He was appointed colonelof militia, judge of the county courts, member of. the New York provincial congress, and member ofthe committee of safety. In 177-i he went again toEngland, and obtained a contract to supply the Royal navy with timber for masts and Spars, lie-was one of the committee that drafted the firstconstitution of Now York in the convention of1777. In 1777-8 he was a delegate to the Conti-nental congress, and in 1780 secretary of the treas-ury board, until the organization of the financedepartment under the National convention, Bewas a member of the state legislature, and aant secretary of the treasury under Gov. Hamil-ton. Mr. Duers failure in 1792 produced the firstfinancial panic caused by speculation that NewYork had ever witnessed. The loss was estimatedat $3,000,000, and impoverished many in allclasses. On 27 July, 1779, he married Catherine,second daughter ofGen. William Alex-ander, the claimantof the Scottish earl-dom of Stirling. Themarriage took placeat his country seat, The Buildings,nea
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