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Schuyler

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Schuy·ler  (sklr), Philip John 1733-1804.
American Revolutionary general of American forces in New York State who was relieved of his command after the British capture of Fort Ticonderoga (1777). He later served as a U.S. senator from New York (1789-1791 and 1797-1798).
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The railroad which ran through this section ascended from the south-west to the north-west by Great Island, Columbus, an important Nebraska town, Schuyler, and Fremont, to Omaha.
Around The World In Eighty Days by Verne, Jules View in context
One of these worthies--a tall, lank figure, brandishing a rusty sword of immense longitude--purported to be no less a personage than General George Washington; and the other principal officers of the American army, such as Gates, Lee, Putnam, Schuyler, Ward and Heath, were represented by similar scarecrows.
From Twice Told Tales by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context
It is a very extravagant compliment to pay to Brant, or to General Schuyler, or to General Washington.
Essays, First Series by Emerson, Ralph Waldo View in context
 
 
 
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