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Specific picture descriptions: Photos above with "i" icons next to the bracketed sequence numbers (e.g. "[1] ") are described as follows:
1. SCHUYM_080605_003.JPG: Schuyler Mansion State Historic Site: Major General Philip Schuyler commanded the Northern Department of the Continental Army until August 1777. After the Battles of Saratoga, British General Burgoyne stayed here as a prisoner-guest.
2. SCHUYM_080605_028.JPG: In December of 1780, the Marquis de Chastellux wrote: "A handsome house halfway up the bank opposite the ferry seems to attract the eye and to invite strangers to stop at General Schuyler's who is its owner as well as its architect. I had recommendations to him from all quarters, but particularly from General Washington and Mrs. Carter, Schuyler's daughter... On shore was the Chevalier de Manduit, who was waiting for us with the General's sleigh, and found ourselves in an instant in a handsome drawing room, near a good fire, with Mr. Schuyler, his wife and daughters. While we were warming ourselves, dinner was served, to which everyone did honor, as well as to the Madeira, which was excellent, and which made us completely forget the rigor of the season and the fatigue of the journey."
3. SCHUYM_080605_059.JPG: Alexander Hamilton, Schuyler's son-in-law
4. SCHUYM_080605_064.JPG: Painting of the surrender at Saratoga. The British guy in the middle is Lt. Gen. John Burgoyne. The full-figure colonial next to him is Maj. Gen. Horatio Gates. Schuyler had been removed from command before the battle. George Washington is *not* present, fighting the British at Germantown, near Philadelphia, on this day.
5. SCHUYM_080605_089.JPG: Schuyler: The Businessman: While still a young man, Schuyler developed the estate he inherited at Saratoga and accumulated the fortunate which secured his position of power and influence. By constructing mills, establishing a herring fishery, and building a store and a church, he encouraged settlement at his growing community, eventually expanding his lands there from 1,000 to almost 20,000 acres. Schuyler shipped timber to New York City, and herring as far as Jamaica and Antigua. After the Revolutionary War, Schuyler acquired almost 18,000 acres in the Mohawk Valley and speculated with other investors in the 1787 purchase of a half million acres along the St. Lawrence River.
6. SCHUYM_080605_090.JPG: Schuyler: The Entrepreneur: During the last decade of his life, Schuyler was occupied with the prospect of inland waterway transportation. In 1792, he incorporated the Western and Northern Inland Lock Navigation companies, and tirelessly promoted his canal enterprise. In 1796, the Western Inland Lock Navigation Company had completed a 4,700-foot canal with five locks around Little Falls. A year later, a two-mile canal system at Fort Stanwix connected the Mohawk River to Wood Creek. The Northern company, which attempted to improve navigation from Albany north to Lake Champlain, met with less success; but Schuyler's initiative led the way for others to make the Erie and Champlain canals a reality.
7. SCHUYM_080605_093.JPG: Schuyler: The Family Man: Schuyler considered the education of his children and grandchildren an important investment. His letters are filled with suggestions of books they should read and encouragement to learn foreign languages. He pain for their schooling, bought them pews in church, purchased clothing, necessities and luxuries for them, and gave constant attention to their health. Too often he had to mourn their deaths. Schuyler surrounded his family with elegance. The Georgian style residence he built and furnished for them on an eighty-acre parcel of farmland overlooking the Hudson River just south of Albany was much more grand than most local homes. It was ornamented with elaborate gardens, orchards, and out-buildings. The Schuylers were prominent in Albany society, and entertained a constant stream of visitors. Without a large staff of servants and slaves, this lifestyle would not have been possible.
8. SCHUYM_080605_096.JPG: Philip Schuyler was a true eighteenth-century gentleman with a broad range of interests and a strong sense of duty to public service. Although his formal education was limited, he acquired a lifelong respect for learning. He was skilled in business, commerce and finance, and promoted agriculture and manufacturing. He studied prison reform, supporting the founding of several area colleges, and served on the New York State Board of Regents from 1787 until his death. Through his marriage to Catharine Van Rensselaer in 1755, Schuyler continued his family's tradition of merging the property, wealth and political power of two prominent Hudson Valley families. Eight of their fifteen children survived to adulthood, and Schuyler spent much time attending to their needs.
9. SCHUYM_080605_100.JPG: Note that the house originally didn't have the front port extension. The back was enclosed in a wall for protection -- at the time, they were considerably outside the safety of Albany.
10. SCHUYM_080605_146.JPG: The Schuyler Mansion 1762 Acquired by the State of New York 1911 Restored and dedicated as an historic monument October 17, 1917 ...
11. SCHUYM_080605_148.JPG: The view from the side of his house. The tall building in the distance is where the state capital was located. The neighborhood itself is pretty well run down.
12. SCHUYM_080605_166.JPG: This is the visitor center
13. SCHUYM_080605_194.JPG: The first of the inside house pictures. This is the window above the front door.
14. SCHUYM_080605_279.JPG: This is the fireplace protector in one of the rooms. The one in the other room features an elderly woman instead of the monkey.
15. SCHUYM_080605_589.JPG: The guide said that this room had been being cleaned up because they had some water damage so it wasn't furnished the way it would have been normally.
16. SCHUYM_080605_724.JPG: There's a notch in the bannister right where the bend is. There are legends that say an Indian attack did it but the cut is way too extreme for a tomahawk to have accomplished it.
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Wikipedia Description: Schuyler Mansion
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Schuyler Mansion is a historic house at 32 Catherine Street in Albany, New York, United States. The brick mansion is now a museum and an official National Historic Landmark. It was constructed from 1761 to 1762 for Philip Schuyler, general in the Continental Army and early U.S. Senator, who resided there from 1763 until his death in 1804. It was declared a National Historic Landmark on December 24, 1967.

History:

Schuyler began acquiring the land around the mansion site by 1760. Most of the house's construction took place while he was in England at the behest of his mentor John Bradstreet. Schuyler called the home "The Pasture" because of the pasture view towards the Hudson River. Schuyler and his wife raised eight of their eleven children in the house which originally included 80 acres of land. The house is also rumored to have been visited by several notable figures including George Washington and served as a host and prison to British General John Burgoyne for several days after his defeat at the Battle of Saratoga. On December 14, 1780, the mansion was the site of the marriage between Alexander Hamilton and Schuyler's daughter Elizabeth. On August 7, 1781, Native Americans raided the mansion in an unsuccessful Loyalist attempt to kidnap Schuyler.

After Philip Schuyler's death in 1804, the land comprised over one hundred building lots which were divided among his numerous children. From 1886 to 1913, the mansion served as an orphanage until the state assumed ownership.
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