The Life of Peter Van Schaack, LL. D - Embracing Selections From His Correspondence and Other Writings, During the American Revolution, and His Exile in England #231227

Although a new field for historic research seemed to open to his view, and to tempt investigation, the author has aimed to confine himself within the lines of biography, without invading the department of politi cal philosophy, or unnecessarily encroaching upon the province of history; and yet a large share of his ma terials possess the qualification of being at once auto biographical and historical.