[June 22, 1776, cont.] People above 15 Miles traveling
& it is now
used as a Post Road to
Philadelphia & is
a
Saving of about 9 Miles -- in the after=
-noon Lieuts
Wheeler, Makepeace,
& myself
visited Mr Schuyler, about 4 Miles
distance found him a very
agreable Gentleman of about 28 years,
with him we tarried all Night, & could not
excuse ourselves from So doing -- An old
Man accompanied us as a Pilot & in our
Way he Shewed us the Copper Mines
Copper> belonging
to Mr Schuyler, the Work which we could
perceive had been done in them was Suff-
-icient to astonish any Man who had Seen
So little of the World as I had -- Nothing
had been done in these Mines for 4 Years,
(the Engine for throwing of the Water)
having been burnt about that Time, this
cost about 3 Thousand Sterling & would
cast out of the Earth 80 Hogsheads in
a Minute. The Gen This was actuated
by Fire, & from fire it had its only
Mo=
-tion, & it was constructed upon the
Same
Principles & much in the Same Form as
that of
N York for watering the City, but
(from necessity) the Works of Mr
Schuyler
were greatly Superiour in Magnitude
to those of the City, of which I could Judge
by the incombustible Matter which was
Still remaining.