. History of the city of New York . Schuyler Arms on Window. 154 HISTORY OF THE CITY OF NEW Schuyler Mans on at the Flats in 1875 merit ot New Ncthtiluuluus tor trade tlitui toiquite young to 2\l\\ An teen, the Eev. Mcolaus Van Rensselaer; and, after liis death, the famousPiobert Livingston. Peter, the next son in the order of age, was the firstmayor of Alljany. He was the great colonel whose wise counsels and personal exertions at oneperiod preserved the prov-ince from an Indian war ;and who, at another, es-corted five Indian chiefsto England to persuadethe government to drivethe Frenc
. History of the city of New York . Schuyler Arms on Window. 154 HISTORY OF THE CITY OF NEW Schuyler Mans on at the Flats in 1875 merit ot New Ncthtiluuluus tor trade tlitui toiquite young to 2\l\\ An teen, the Eev. Mcolaus Van Rensselaer; and, after liis death, the famousPiobert Livingston. Peter, the next son in the order of age, was the firstmayor of Alljany. He was the great colonel whose wise counsels and personal exertions at oneperiod preserved the prov-ince from an Indian war ;and who, at another, es-corted five Indian chiefsto England to persuadethe government to drivethe French out of 1719, as the oldestmember of the executivecouncil, he assumed, for aseason, the entire govern-Brandt, who had more ge-command, went, whenttidiiu -^ where he married, in 1682,Cornelia Van Cortlandt, the daughter of Oloff S. Van Cortlandt, andsister of Stephanus. Arent likewise took up his abode in the metropolis.^Sibylla died in infancy. Philip settled in Albany. John, the youngestson, held a captains commission in 169U, when only twenty-three years ofage, and led into Canada
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