June 29 1776
It is not from any Parsimonious Views
that Mr Schuyler or his Wife employ
themselves in many Matters which is
uncommon for People of their Fortune,
but as they often told me when, I expr-
essed my Surprise at it, that this was
their greatest Pleasure, & they would
both in passionate Terms lament & pity
the Fate of those People of Fortune who
were So blinded by their Education, as not
to discover Some Such Expedient to employ
those many leisure Hours which they are
daily racking their Invention to kill
& which nevertheless hang heavy on their
Hands -- nor do either of them wholly
Slight the diversions of the Town, but
frequently they were wont, while the
Town was in Peace, to Spend a few Days
at a time in the City & Sometimes they
make Small
excursions in the Country.
Mr Schuylers Mansion House
is a large grand and magnificent building
built partly of Stone & the rest brick
most beautifully Scituate upon an
Eminence on the cast Bank of what is
called Hackensack River on the West
Side of the River by the Water is the
Road which leads to
Hackensack
Alb=
- any &c by which are a considerable
number of Buildings & two Churches
the one a Dutch & the other an English
Church built by Mr Schuylers Father