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Photographer: Howard C. Ohlhous
Taken: July 25, 2012
Caption: Burying Ground Marker
Additional Description: This metal shield had been on display at the Van Schaick burial grounds until vandals ripped it down and discarded it where it was later found by Cohoes police who returned it to the owners of the Van Schaick Mansion. The text at the bottom of the plaque has been chiseled off. The text that remains reads as follows:
In This Burying Ground rests the mortal remains of John Gerritse Van Schaick and his wife Anna. Ardent and Generous Patriots, at whose house south of this spot General Philip Schuyler made his headquarters Aug. 14. 1777, to Aug. 19. 1777, when he was superseded by General Horatio Gates who made his headquarters at the same house, until the advance of the Army northward Sept. 8. 1777.
Submitted: July 29, 2012, by Howard C. Ohlhous of Duanesburg, New York.
Database Locator Identification Number: p213757
File Size: 2.484 Megabytes

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