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Schuyler, Peter, 1657-1724

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Personal name headingSchuyler, Peter, 1657-1724
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Variant(s)Schuyler, Pieter, 1657-1724
Associated countryUnited States
LocatedAlbany (N.Y.) New York
Birth date1657-09-17
Death date1724-02-19
Place of birthBeverwyck (N.Y.)
Place of deathAlbany (N.Y.)
AffiliationNew York. Governor
New York. Governor
New York. Governor
Profession or occupationMayors Governors
Found inNew York (State). Council. By the Honourable Peter Schuyler Esq.; president of His Majesty's Council for the province of New-York and the territories thereon depending in America, &c. A proclamation, 1720.
MWA/NAIP files (hdg.: Schuyler, Peter, 1657-1724)
Johansen, Bruce E. Encyclopedia of Native American biography, 1997: page 340 (Peter Schuyler; born in Beverwyck, now known as Albany, when it was under Dutch control. In 1678 he was appointed British representative to the Iroquois Confederacy and kept the Iroquois from uniting against the English in King William'' War (1689-1697). Served as Albany's first mayor after it was incorporated in 1686.)
Wikipedia, viewed March 10, 2023: under "Pieter Schuyler" (born September 17, 1657 in Beverwyck, New Netherland, a colony in what is now the eastern United States. Died February 19, 1724 in Albany in the province of New York. Was the first mayor of Albany July 22, 1686 - October 13, 1694 and governor of New York three times: May 6 - May 9, 1709; May 25 - June 1, 1709 and July 21, 1719 - September 17, 1720)
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