Peter van Schaack

Peter Van Schaack was an American lawyer, born in Kinderhook, New York. His ancestors were settlers. He studied law at Columbia University under Willam Smith.

Van Schaack was born in March 1747, the fourth son and youngest child of Cornelius Van Schaack and Lydia Van Dyck. His father owned a large estate in Kinderhook, New York. Together, his parents had

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