History of the city of New York : its origin, rise, and progress . ver. ErelongGeneral Philip Schuy-ler himself arrivedat headquarters, thechairman of a com-mittee from Congress,empowered to act inthe name of that bodyfor various and definiteobjects relative to there-enlistment of troopsaud the exigencies ofthe coming campaign,expecting to remainwith the army all summer. He was accompanied by I\Irs. Schuyler, audwith their sanction the youthful pair were betrothed, being married thefollowing December. The accomplished Kitty Livingston, daughter of the governor, passedthe early part of the wint
History of the city of New York : its origin, rise, and progress . ver. ErelongGeneral Philip Schuy-ler himself arrivedat headquarters, thechairman of a com-mittee from Congress,empowered to act inthe name of that bodyfor various and definiteobjects relative to there-enlistment of troopsaud the exigencies ofthe coming campaign,expecting to remainwith the army all summer. He was accompanied by I\Irs. Schuyler, audwith their sanction the youthful pair were betrothed, being married thefollowing December. The accomplished Kitty Livingston, daughter of the governor, passedthe early part of the winter in Philadelphia, and returned to LibertyHall, under the escort of General Schuyler, wliile on his route to Morris-town. She wrote to her sister, ilrs. Jay, in Madrid, of the admirationthe wife of Chancellor Livingston — now in Congress — had elicited inPhiladelphia, and of her intimacy with Mrs. Roljert Morris. She saidColonel Morgan Lewis, who was married in May, 1779, at Clermont, toGertrude, the sister of Chancellor Livingston, had purchased a house in. Mrs. Alexander Hamilton. [Elizabeth. ^hter of General Philip 236 HISTORY OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK. Albany; and tliat Lady Mary and Eobert Watts had rented Mrs. EichardMontgomerys farm for two years, in order to leave New York described the French Minister, his secretary, M. Marbois, and aSpanish dignitary, Don Juan de Miralles, all of whom had wagered tliatMrs. Jay used paint to produce the brilliancy of her complexion, andthat she would go to plays on Sunday while in Spain. Even the Witherspoon, while pronouncing Mrs. Jay a philosopher, had inti-mated to the piquant Miss Kitty that he had been questioned upon thesubject of her sisters artificial coloring. A few months later Mrs. EobertMorris wrote to Mrs. Jay that the ChevaUer de la Luzerne was convincedof his error, had gracefully acquiesced in the loss of his bet, and hadpresented Miss Kitty with a handsome dress-cap. These foreign nob
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