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Rh Anthony's son. Montgomery, journalist, b. in Ithaca, "8. Y., 19 Aug., 1843, entered Ilohart col- lege in 1S5S. but was not graduated. lb' bc- came connected with the New York "World" in 1865. and remained with this journal until 1883. when he joined the editorial staff of the New York " Times." Mr. Schuyler has given special study to architecture, and has published critical papers on that art in " Seribner's Magazine," " Harper's Magazine," "The American Architect," and simi- lar periodicals, as well as occasional poems. In conjunction with William C. Conant, he issued "The Brooklyn Bridge" (New York, 1883).— George Washington, great-grandson of the first Peter's brother, Philip, state official, b. in Still- water, X. Y., 2 Feb., 1810; d. in Ithaca. X. Y.. 1 Feb., 1888. was graduated at the I'nivcrsity of the rily nf New York in 1837, and at first studied the- ology, but then engaged in business in Ithaca, N. Y. In 1863-'5 he was treasurer of the state, after which, on 3 Jan., 1866, he was appointed superin- tendent of the banking department of New York, and served until February, 1870. He was elected to the assembly in 1875, was chairman of its com- mittee on banks and banking, and during his membership obtained the passage of the general savings-bank law, and of a law for the protection of railway employes. From 1 Jan., 1876, till May. 1880, he was auditor of the canal department, and he was the first to propose making the canals free waterways by the abolition of tolls, which was sub- sequently effected by constitutional amendment- Mr. Schuyler was a trustee of Cornell university from its foundation, and its treasurer in 1868-'74. He was the author of " Colonial New York : Philip Schuyler and his Family " (2 vols., New York, 1885). George Washington's son. Eugene, diplo- matist, b. in Ithaca, N. Y.. 26 Feb., 1840 : d. in Venice, Italy, 16 July, 1890, was graduated at Yale and at, Columbia law-school, after which he prac- tised law, and devoted his leisure to literary pur- suits. He entered the diplomatic service nf I he United States in 1866, and was consul at MUM/OW in 1867-'9, and at Reval in 1869-70. and secretary of legation at St. Petersburg in 1870-'6. While holding the last place he was on several occasions acting charge d'affaires, and in 1873. during a leave of absence, made a journey of eight months through Russian Turkestan, Khokan, and Bokhara. He became secretary of legation and consul-gen- eral in Constantinople in 1876, during the summer of that year was sent to investigate the Turkish massacres in Bulgaria, and made an extended report to his government, which did much to in- fluence the subsequent history of that part of Turkey. In 1878 he was sent to Birmingham as consul, and a year later he was transferred to Rome as consul-general, after which, in 1880. he became charge d'affaires and consul-general in Bucharest, and in 1881 was authorized by the United States to conclude and sign commercial and consular treaties with Rou mania and Servia. From 1882 till 1884 he was minister resident and consul- general to Greece. Servia. and Roumania, and he then returned to the United States, where he re- sumed his literary work, and also lectured. He was elected a corresponding member of the Rou- manian academv. and also to the London. Russian. Italian, and American geographical societies, and decorations were presented to him by the govern- ments of Russia, Greece, Roumania, Servia. and Bulgaria. The degree of LL. D. was conferred on him by Williams in 1882, and by Yale in 1885. In addition to contributions to magazines and re- views in the United States and England, he edited John A. Porter's "Selections from the Kalevala" (New York, 18IJ7); translated Ivan Turgi'nieff's "Fathers and Sons" (1867); and Leo Tolstoi's "The Cci-~aeks, a tale of the Caucasus" (1878); and was the author of "Turkestan: Notes of a Jour- ney in Russian Turkestan, Khokand, Bokhara, and Kiildja " (1876) ; " Peter the Great, Emperor of Russia " (2 vols., 1884) ; and " American Diploma- cy and the Furtherance of Commerce " (1886).

SCHUYLER, Philip John, soldier, b. in Al- bany, N. Y., 22 Nov., 1733; d. there, 18 Nov.. 1804. He was the second son of John, nephew of Peter. He studied at schools in Albany, and received his higher education in New Rochelle, N. Y., where he was placed under the care of a Huguenot minister. In 1755, at the opening of the last French and In- dian war. he was authorized by James De Lancey, acting governor of the province, to re- cruit a company for the army, and he was com- missioned its captain on 14 June, 1755. His company served under General Phineas Ly- man, and took part in the bat- tle of Lake George on 8 Sept.. 1755. Schuyler spent the ensuing inter at Full Edward, and in the spring of 1856 accompanied Col. John Bradstreet to Oswego as commissary. In an attack that was made on the colonial force on their return by a superior number, he showed unusual ability and military skill. The incapacity of the British generals and apparent indifference of the authorities in London led to his resigning from the army in 1757, but he was frequently consulted in an advisory capacity and at times in providing supplies for the army. In the spring of 1758, at the earnest solicitation of Bradstreet, he joined the army again as his deputy commissary, with the rank of major, and served until the close of the campaign. Much important business was transacted directly by him, owing to Bradstreet's feeble health, and in 1761 he went to England, as the latter's agent, to settle accounts with the home government. After the peace of 1763 he turned to the management of his private business. His property was large, and his estate in Saratoga was rich in timber, which he transported down the Hudson on his own vessels to New York. He also built a flax-mill, the first of its kind in the country, for which he received a medal from the Society for promoting arts. In 1764 he was appointed by the general assembly of New York a commissioner to manage the controversy on the part of his province respecting the boundary-line between that colony and Massachusetts bay. and later he was concerned in the settlement of the similar difficulty between New Y'ork and the New Hampshire grants. He was appointed colonel of a new regiment of militia in the territory lying north of Albany, and in 176W was chosen to represent Albany in the colonial assembly. He advocated the bold measures of the times in support of