Revolutionary Patriot, Chief Judge of the NY State Supreme Court, Member of the NY Provincial Congress – received a copy of the Declaration of Independence and sent it on to Albany. Member of the Committee that drafted NY's first constitution, Anti-Federalist supporter of the Clintons.
Together with his uncle, Abraham, Jr., Philip Schuyler, Gerrit Lansing and Abraham Cuyler, composed Albany's Committee of Correspondence that adopted a resolution supporting the Boston Committee following the Battle at Lexington and also received a message from Ethan Allen on 5/12/1776 notifying them that he had captured Ticonderoga.
A delegate to the first US Constitutional Convention with Alexander Hamilton and John Lansing, he withdrew on the grounds that the committee was exceeding its power. He was recognized as a leader of the Anti-Federalists and opposed the adoption of the Constitution. His Anti-Federalist paper #84 authored under the name "Brutus," proposed that the Constitution not be adopted unless it contained a Bill of Rights. Attorney and surveyor, pre-pared a 1770 map of Albany.
Together with his uncle, Abraham, Jr., Philip Schuyler, Gerrit Lansing and Abraham Cuyler, composed Albany's Committee of Correspondence that adopted a resolution supporting the Boston Committee following the Battle at Lexington and also received a message from Ethan Allen on 5/12/1776 notifying them that he had captured Ticonderoga.
A delegate to the first US Constitutional Convention with Alexander Hamilton and John Lansing, he withdrew on the grounds that the committee was exceeding its power. He was recognized as a leader of the Anti-Federalists and opposed the adoption of the Constitution. His Anti-Federalist paper #84 authored under the name "Brutus," proposed that the Constitution not be adopted unless it contained a Bill of Rights. Attorney and surveyor, pre-pared a 1770 map of Albany.
Revolutionary Patriot, Chief Judge of the NY State Supreme Court, Member of the NY Provincial Congress – received a copy of the Declaration of Independence and sent it on to Albany. Member of the Committee that drafted NY's first constitution, Anti-Federalist supporter of the Clintons.
Together with his uncle, Abraham, Jr., Philip Schuyler, Gerrit Lansing and Abraham Cuyler, composed Albany's Committee of Correspondence that adopted a resolution supporting the Boston Committee following the Battle at Lexington and also received a message from Ethan Allen on 5/12/1776 notifying them that he had captured Ticonderoga.
A delegate to the first US Constitutional Convention with Alexander Hamilton and John Lansing, he withdrew on the grounds that the committee was exceeding its power. He was recognized as a leader of the Anti-Federalists and opposed the adoption of the Constitution. His Anti-Federalist paper #84 authored under the name "Brutus," proposed that the Constitution not be adopted unless it contained a Bill of Rights. Attorney and surveyor, pre-pared a 1770 map of Albany.
Together with his uncle, Abraham, Jr., Philip Schuyler, Gerrit Lansing and Abraham Cuyler, composed Albany's Committee of Correspondence that adopted a resolution supporting the Boston Committee following the Battle at Lexington and also received a message from Ethan Allen on 5/12/1776 notifying them that he had captured Ticonderoga.
A delegate to the first US Constitutional Convention with Alexander Hamilton and John Lansing, he withdrew on the grounds that the committee was exceeding its power. He was recognized as a leader of the Anti-Federalists and opposed the adoption of the Constitution. His Anti-Federalist paper #84 authored under the name "Brutus," proposed that the Constitution not be adopted unless it contained a Bill of Rights. Attorney and surveyor, pre-pared a 1770 map of Albany.
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