Autograph letter signed (“H V Schaak”) to Theophilus Parsons, Pittsfield, 10 October 1787
Two pages, with integral address panel, 4to. Henry van Schaak (1733-1825): banished from New York State during the American Revolution because of his Loyalist sympathies. He moved to Massachusetts, first settling in Richmond and then in Pittsfield. He was a close friend and correspondent of Philip Schuyler, James Duane, and.....