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Portrait of May King Van Rensselaer that appeared in The Evening World in 1920.

May King Van Rensselaer (née Maria Denning King; May 25, 1848 – May 11, 1925), was an American author, historian and prominent member of the New York Historical Society. She was instrumental in the founding of the Museum of the City of New York.

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May King Van Rensselaer

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May King Van Rensselaer (née Maria Denning King; May 25, 1848 – May 11, 1925), was an American author, historian and prominent member of the New York...

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Stephen Van Rensselaer

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Stephen Van Rensselaer III (/ˈrɛnslər, -slɪər/; November 1, 1764 – January 26, 1839) was an American landowner, businessman, militia officer, and politician...

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Van Rensselaer family

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The Van Rensselaer family (/ˈrɛnslər, -slɪər/) is a family of Dutch descent that was prominent during the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries in the area now...

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Henry Bell Van Rensselaer

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Henry Bell Van Rensselaer (May 14, 1810 – March 23, 1864) was an American military officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War, and a politician...

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Jeremiah Van Rensselaer

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Jeremiah Van Rensselaer (August 27, 1738 – February 19, 1810), from the prominent Van Rensselaer family, was the lieutenant governor of New York and a...

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Solomon Van Rensselaer

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Solomon van Vechten van Rensselaer (August 9, 1774 – April 23, 1852) was a United States representative from the state of New York, a lieutenant colonel...

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Martha Van Rensselaer

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Martha Van Rensselaer (June 21, 1864 – May 26, 1932) was a founding co-director of the College of Home Economics, which led to the establishment of the...

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Van Cortlandt family

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Stephanus Van Cortlandt in 1697 by King William III. Among the Van Cortlandt family tree are members of the Philipse family, van Rensselaer family, Schuyler...

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Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

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common purposes of life...  — Stephen van Rensselaer of Albany to Samuel Blatchford of Lansingburgh. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (/rɛnsəˈlɪər/; RPI)...

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Gracie Mansion

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its preservation. The Patriotic New Yorkers—led by the writer May King Van Rensselaer, one of Gracie's descendants—had been contemplating taking over...

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History of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

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current Albany, Rensselaer, and Columbia counties. In 1659, Jan Barentsen Wemp, with the permission of Jan Baptist van Rensselaer and Arent van Corlaer, purchased...

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Wolfert Gerritse van Couwenhoven

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Albany, Rensselaer, and Brooklyn." Wolfert was born on 1 May 1579 in Amersfoort, Netherlands,[unreliable source?] one of three sons of Gerrit Suype Van Kouwenhoven...

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Alida Schuyler

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Alida van Rensselaer Livingston (née Schuyler; 1656–1727) was a Dutch businesswoman in Dutch Colonial America (New Netherlands) who exerted a considerable...

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Angelica Schuyler Church

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Van Rensselaer Schuyler. Her parents were from wealthy Dutch families prominent since early colonial days. Catherine was a descendant of Kiliaen van Rensselaer...

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Playing card

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also collector's items. In 1911, the New York Times described May King Van Rensselaer's playing card collection of over 900 decks as the largest in the...

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Anne Dunkin Greene

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(née Dunkin) and Judge John Sanders Van Rensselaer and grandchildren of U.S. Representative Killian Van Rensselaer. Her paternal grandfather was Mary Ann...

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Philip Schuyler

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Catherine Van Rensselaer (1734–1803) at Albany. In the Bible entry, he was called "Philip Johannes Schuyler" and she was called "Catherina Van Rensselaer". She...

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Old money

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the 1840s. Johan van Rensselaer was the second patroon of the Manor of Rensselaerswyck, was the eldest son of Kiliaen van Rensselaer, and his first wife...

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Pieter Schuyler

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first married Nicholas van Rensselaer and then second, Robert Livingston the Elder, Brant Schuyler, who married Cornelia Van Cortlandt, Arent Schuyler...

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William Denning

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Emily Denning, who married Jacob Rutsen Van Rensselaer, the son of Cornelia De Peyster and Jacob Rutsen Van Rensselaer (1767–1835). Through his daughter Hannah...

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List of richest Americans in history

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Stephen Girard A. T. Stewart Frederick Weyerhäuser Jay Gould Stephen Van Rensselaer Marshall Field Sam Walton Warren Buffett The following is a list compiled...

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