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The New-York Historical Society Quarterly Bulletin 10 8& THE NEW-YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY QUARTERLY BULLETIN VOL. IX OCTOBER, 1925 No. 3 KEG USED BY GOVERNOR DEWITT CLINTON IN POURING THE WATER OF LAKE ERIE INTO THE ATLANTIC OCEAN AT SANDY HOOK ON NOVEMBER 4TH, 1825, AS PART OF THE CEREMONIES ATTENDING THE COMPLETION OF THE ERIE CANAL ON OCTOBER 26TH, 1825. NEW YORK: 170 CENTRAL PARK WEST PUBLISHED BY THE SOCIETY AND ISSUED TO MEMBERS THE NEW-YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY, 170 CENTRAL PARK WEST (Erected by the Society 1908) Wings to be erected on the 76th and 77th Street corners OFFICERS OF THE SOCIETY For Three Years, ending 1926 PRESIDENT FOREIGN CORRESPONDING SECRETARY JOHN ABEEL WEEKES ARCHER MILTON HUNTINGTON FIRST VICE-PRESIDENT DOMESTIC CORRESPONDING SECRETARY WALTER LISPENARD SUYDAM THOMAS T. SHERMAN SECOND VICE-PRESIDENT RECORDING SECRETARY J. ARCHIBALD MURRAY WILLIAM RHINELANDER STEWART THIRD VICE-PRESIDENT TREASURER ARTHUR H. MASTEN R. HORACE GALLATIN FOURTH VICE-PRESIDENT LIBRARIAN FRANCIS ROBERT SCHELL ALEXANDER J. WALL Robert H. Kelby, Librarian Emeritus THE SCHUYLER FAMILY PORTRAITS The gift by Miss Louisa Lee Schuyler of twelve family portraits, presented to the Society in the name of her sister, the late Georgina Schuyler and herself, added to the collection of Schuyler portraits, bequeathed to the Society in 1915 by her brother, the late Philip Schuyler, and made complete an unbroken series beginning with Johannes Schuyler (1668-1747),* son of Philip Schuyler, the Emi­ grant from Holland, down to and including Miss Louisa Lee Schuyler. This unique collection forms a valuable historical record which the Society is glad to possess. It is the second instance where a complete line of family portraits has come into our possession, for the Schuyler Collection parallels the Stuyvesant Collection. These two series of distinguished New York family portraits are now displayed in sequence in the portrait room of the Society, forming a very interesting exhibit. The direct line represented by the Schuyler portraits is as follows: JOHANNES SCHUYLER (1668-1747) married ELIZABETH STAATS Their son: JOHANNES SCHUYLER JR. (1697-1741) married CORNELIA VAN CORTLANDT Their son: | MAJ. GEN. PHILIP SCHUYLER (1733-1804) married CATHARINE VAN RENSSELAER Their son: PHILIP JEREMIAH SCHUYLER (1768-183 5) married MARY ANNA SAWYER Their son: GEORGE LEE SCHUYLER (1811-1890) married ELIZA HAMILTON Their son and daughters: PHILIP SCHUYLER (1836-1906) GEORGINA SCHUYLER (1841-1923) LOUISA LEE SCHUYLER, the last living member of the name in this branch of the family. In the eighteen portraits of the Schuyler Collection nine are women, and nine are men, representing six generations. Two portraits are photographs from original paintings and three are 75 76 THE NEW-YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY miniatures. Three subjects are represented with two portraits of each. The artists of all except two are known. Those represented are Peter Vanderlyn, John Trumbull, Gilbert Stuart, Seth W. Cheney, Leon Bonnat, Richard M. Staigg, Alexander Cabanel, and John Carlin. From the artistic side, it will be difficult to find two more beautiful Gilbert Stuart portraits than those of Philip Jeremiah Schuyler and his wife, Mary Ann Sawyer. They were painted at Boston in 1807 and are in a perfect state of preservation. The list of portraits recently presented follows: 1. Elizabeth Schuyler (1757-1854), photograph of a painting by T. Earle. 2. Alexander Hamilton (1757-1804), who married Elizabeth Schuyler. Photograph of the Trumbull portrait in City Hall, New York. 3. Philip Jeremiah Schuyler (1768-183 5). Painted by Gilbert Stuart 1807. 4. Mrs. Philip Jeremiah Schuyler (1786-1852). Painted by Gilbert Stuart 1807. 5. Mrs. Philip Jeremiah Schuyler (Mary Ann Sawyer 1786- 1852). Oval crayon from life by Cheney. 6. George Lee Schuyler (1811-1890). Painted by Leon Bonnat, 1883. 7. George Lee Schuyler (1811-1890). Painted in 1839. Artist unknown. (Miniature.) 8. Mary Morris Hamilton (1818-1877). Painted by R. M. Staigg, i860. (Miniature.) 9. Philip Schuyler (1836-1906). Painted by R. M. Staigg, 1865. 10. Louisa Lee Schuyler (1837- ). Painted by Leon Bonnat 1883. 11. Georgina Schuyler (1841-1923). Painted by Alexander Cabanel 1883. 12. Georgina Schuyler (1841-1923). Painted by John Carlin 1845. (Miniature.) There is no portrait of Eliza Hamilton, first wife of George Lee Schuyler and mother of his children. None is known to exist. His second wife, Mary Morris Hamilton, is represented by a miniature. We reproduce following, eleven of the eighteen portraits, being the direct line of descent. q !W > H W j^^^^S rfz&wwr | w a t- V < ""% • # , v \ ^ g w CAPTAIN JOHANNES SCHUYLER (1668-1747) AND HIS WIFE, ELIZABETH STAATS ( 1739) Son of Philip Pieterse Schuyler, the Emigrant Painted by Evert Duyckinck, 3rd ? Bequeathed by Major General Philip Schuyler (1836-1906) 1915 78 THE NEW-YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY CAPTAIN JOHANNES SCHUYLER (1697-1741) Second son of Captain Johannes Schuyler Painted by Peter Vanderlyn Bequeathed by Major General Philip Schuyler 1915 QUARTERLY BULLETIN 79 MAJOR GENERAL PHILIP SCHUYLER (1733-1804) OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION Son of Captain Johannes Schuyler and Cornelia Van Cortlandt Painted by John Trumbull Bequeathed by his great grandson, Major General Philip Schuyler, 1915 80 THE NEW-YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY MRS. PHILIP SCHUYLER (1734-1803) (CATHARINE VAN RENSSELAER) Daughter of John and Engeltie Livingston Van Rensselaer Artist unknown Bequeathed by Major General Philip Schuyler, 1915 QUARTERLY BULLETIN L8i PHILIP JEREMIAH SCHUYLER, OF RHINEBECK, N Y. (1768-1835) Son of Major General Philip Schuyler and Catharine Van Rensselaer Schuyler. Member of Congress 1817-1819 Painted in Boston by Gilbert Stuart, 1807 Gift of Louisa Lee Schuyler and the late Georgina Schuyler, 1925 82 THE NEW-YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY MRS. PHILIP JEREMIAH SCHUYLER (1786-1852) Mary Anna Sawyer, of Newburyport, Mass. Painted in Boston by Gilbert Stuart, 1807 Gift of Louisa Lee Schuyler and the late Georgina Schuyler, 1925 QUARTERLY U L L E T I N 83 GEORGE LEE SCHUYLER (1811-1890) Son of Philip Jeremiah Schuyler and Mary Anna Sawyer Schuyler Painted in Paris by Leon Bonnat, t883 Gift of Louisa Lee Schuyler and the late Georgina Schuyler, 1925 84 THE NEW-YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY MRS. GEORGE LEE SCHUYLER (r8i8-i877) Mary Morris Hamilton/ second wife of George Lee Schuyler, daughter of James A. Hamilton and Mary Morris, and granddaughter of Alexander Hamilton Painted by R. M. Staigg, of Newport, R. I., r86o Gift of Louisa Lee Schuyler and the late Georgina Schuyler, 1925 QUARTERLY BULLETIN 85 MAJOR GENERAL PHILIP SCHUYLER (1836-1906) Son of George Lee Schuyler and Eliza Hamilton Schuyler, great grandson of Major General Philip Schuyler and Alexander Hamilton. Served in Union Army, 1861-1865 as private, 7th Regiment N. G. N. YT, and Captain 14th Infantry, U. S. A. Painted by R. M. Staigg, of Newport, R. I., r86s Gift of Louisa Lee Schuyler and the late Georgina Schuyler, 192s 86 THE NEW-YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY LOUISA LEE SCHUYLER (1837 ) Daughter of George Lee Schuyler and Eliza Hamilton Schuyler. Member of U. S. Sanitary Commission, 1861- 1865. Founder of The State Charities Aid Association of New York, 1872. Initiator of The Bellevue Training School for Nurses, 1873. Leader of The Philanthropic Legislative Reform Movement for Providing State Care tor all the Dependent Insane of the State of New York, 1881-1891. Organizer of New York State Committee for The Prevention of Blindness, 1908 i Painted in Paris by Leon Bonnat, 1883 Gift of Louisa Lee Schuyler and the late Georgina Schuyler, 1925 I QUARTERLY BULLETIN 87 #v™ GEORGINA SCHUYLER (1841-1923) Daughter of George Lee Schuyler and Eliza Hamilton Schuyler. Trustee of Schuyler Mansion, Albany, N. Y. Member and Trustee of All Souls Unitarian Church of New York City. Composer of Music for Lyrical Verses. Painted in Paris by Alexander Cabanel, 1883 Gift of Louisa Lee Schuyler and the late Georgina Schuyler, 1925 88 THE NEW-YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY A SUIT OF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN'S CLOTHES In that well-nigh forgotten book, "Men and Times of the Revolution," Elkanah Watson tells us several amusing anecdotes aboat the famous modeller in wax, Mrs. Patience Wright, who was on seems of friendship with Dr. Frariklin. Mrs. Wright wa&ii Paris in 1781, while Watson was there, and was employed* bysfcrn to make a heacLof Franklia. Watson says: "After it was completed, we both were invited to dine with Franklin, and I conveyed her to Passy in my carriage, she bearing the head upon her lap. No sooner in presence of the Doctor, than she had placed one head by the side of the other. 'There,' she exclaimed, 'are twin brothers.' The likeness was truly admirable; and, at the suggestion of Mrs. Wright, to give it more effect, Franklin sent me a suit of silk clothes which he wore in 1778. Many years after­ ward, the head was broken in Albany, and the clothes I presented to the 'Historical Society of Massachusetts.' . "The head and clothes I transmitted to Nantes; and they were the instru­ ments of many frolics, not inappropriate to my youth, but perhaps it is hardly safe to advert to them in my age. A few I will venture to relate. On my arrival at Nantes, I caused the head to be properly adjusted to the dress, which was arranged in natural shape and dimensions. I had the figure placed in the corner of a large room, near a closet, and behind a table. Before it I laid an open atlas, the arm resting upon the table, and mathematical instruments strewn upon it. A handkerchief was thrown over the arm-stumps; and wires were extended to the closet, by which means the body could be elevated or depressed, and placed in various positions. Thus arranged, some ladies and gentlemen were invited to pay their respects to Dr. Franklin, by candle-light.
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