Philip John Schuyler account book, 1763-1770

Account book kept by Philip John Schuyler in Saratoga, New York. Schuyler was an American soldier and statesman of Albany, New York. He was a participant in the French and Indian war and the American Revolution and was the owner a substantial estate in Saratoga, New York. Entries record small daily sales of a general store trading in such merchandise as rum, tea, salt, boards, wheat, flour, hides, sugar, molasses, drygoods, herring, fabrics, powder, glass, etc. and additionally include payments for labor and services such as mending shoes, keeping cattle, sawing logs, weaving, dressing flax, milling, repairs, etc. Hundreds of daily entries include the names of Cornelius Van Denbergh, William Vrooman, John Earhart, William McNeash, Benony Smith, Robert Armstrong, William Duer, Elihu Webster, William Boyd, Joseph Chethert, Nicholas Clute, Abraham Welch, and many other early residents of Saratoga and neighboring communities.