John Jay to Philip Schuyler, 11 July 1777

Kingston 11 July 1777

Sir

The Council have directed me to transmit to you by Express the enclosed Extracts of a Letter from General Schuyler. 2 They think it of Importance that you should from time to time be apprized of the Situation of Affairs in the Northern Department, & will omit no opportunity of communicating to you whatever Intelligence they may recieve from that Quarter–€”

The Evacuation of Ticonderogah appears to the Council highly reprehensible, and it gives them great Pain to find that a Measure so absurd & probably criminal should be imputed to the Direction of General Schuyler in whose Zeal Vigilance & Integrity the Council repose the highest Confidence–€” I have the Honor to be &c a .

P.V.C. 3

Dear Sir

As the Contents of the above Letter may be agreable to You, I take this opportunity of transmitting to You a Copy of it–€” Let not the hasty Suspicions of the ignorant or the malicious Insinuations of the wicked, discompose You. The best & greatest Men in all Ages have met with the like Fate, and gloriously risen superior to Calumny.

I wont detain You longer than to assure you how sincerely I am your Friend

John Jay

N.B. The Extracts sent to Putnam contain nothing of your Letter to Gen. Washington. 4