. Appleton's cyclopaedia of American biography . he had been a life-long sufferer,compelled his resignation. For Schuyler may beclaimed the paternity of the canal system of NewYork. As early as 1776 he made a calculation ofthe actual cost of a canal that should connect Hud-son river with Lake .Champlain. Later he was astrong advocate of the building of the canal be-tween the Hudson and Lake Erie. He was one ofthe principal contributors to the code of laws thatwas adopted by the state of New York, and in 1784was one of the subscribers to the funds for thebuilding of Union college. His residence
. Appleton's cyclopaedia of American biography . he had been a life-long sufferer,compelled his resignation. For Schuyler may beclaimed the paternity of the canal system of NewYork. As early as 1776 he made a calculation ofthe actual cost of a canal that should connect Hud-son river with Lake .Champlain. Later he was astrong advocate of the building of the canal be-tween the Hudson and Lake Erie. He was one ofthe principal contributors to the code of laws thatwas adopted by the state of New York, and in 1784was one of the subscribers to the funds for thebuilding of Union college. His residence in Al-bany (shown in the illustration) for more than fortyyears was distinguished by its generous Baron Dieskau became convalescent afterhis capture, and there the remains of Lord Howewere conveyed after his untimely death at Ticon-deroga. During the Revolutionary war the con-gr<—-ional commissioners to Canada—BenjaminFranklin, Samuel Chase, and Charles Carroll—wereentertained at this residence in April, 1776. Later,. Gen. Burgoyne and his suite made it their homewhile in Albany, and Lafayette was among thehost of guests that partook of its hospitality. was buried with military honors in thevault of Gen. Abraham Ten Broeck, but finally hisremains were deposited in the Albany Rural ceme-tery, where, in 1871, a Doric column of Quincygranite, thirty-six feet in height, was erected to i • i~i i. mi T • P . _im: _ . Tiu : i: _
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