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Albany, February 6, 1776.
"SIR: The Continental Congress having ordered one regiment to be raised in this Province to go into Canada, I requested of that respectable body to know if the companies
"I am, sir, your most humble servant,
"PHILIP SCHUYLER.
"To the President of the New-York Congress."
Letter from General Schuyler, of February 6
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that I ordered to be raised for garrisoning Crown-Point, Ticonderoga, Fort George, &c˙, were to be considered as part of them. You will probably receive directions on this head; and that no delay may be made in the arrangement of the officers to the regiment, I do myself the honour to enclose you the names of such as I gave recruiting orders to. If Major Gansevoort should be provided for, or Colonel Yates promoted, and if Captain Curtis had the majority given him, I believe it would tend to fill up the regiment with much expedition, as he has great influence in the part of the country where he resides, which is about Canaan.