See also:

• STEPHEN
• STEPHEN (1097?-1154)
• STEPHEN (ISTVAN) BATHORY (1533-1586)
• STEPHEN, SIR JAMES (1789-1859)
• STEPHEN, SIR JAMES FITZJAMES, BART
• STEPHEN, SIR LESLIE (1832-1904)

STEPHEN See also:

• VAN

VAN See also:

• RENSSELAER

RENSSELAER (1764-1839)  , See also:

• AMERICAN

American See also:

• POLITICAL

political See also:

• LEADER, BENJAMIN WILLIAMS (1831– )

leader and soldier, " last of the patroons," was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at New See also:

• YORK
• YORK (HOUSE OF)
• YORK, EDMUND OF LANGLEY, DUKE OF (1341-1402)
• YORK, EDWARD
• YORK, FREDERICK AUGUSTUS, DUKE OF (1763-1827)
• YORK, RICHARD, DUKE

York See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

City on the 1st of See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November 1764 . He was fifth in descent from KILLIAN See also:

• VAN

VAN See also:

• RENSSELAER

RENSSELAER (c . 1580-1645), the See also:

• ORIGINAL

original patroon of Rensselaerwyck, New York, who acquired his large estates between 163o and 1637 . See also:

• STEPHEN
• STEPHEN (1097?-1154)
• STEPHEN (ISTVAN) BATHORY (1533-1586)
• STEPHEN, SIR JAMES (1789-1859)
• STEPHEN, SIR JAMES FITZJAMES, BART
• STEPHEN, SIR LESLIE (1832-1904)

Stephen was graduated at Harvard in 1782 . In 1789-q0 he was a member of the New York See also:

• ASSEMBLY, UNLAWFUL

Assembly, and from 1791 to 1795 served as a member of the See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state See also:

• SENATE (Lat. senatus, from root sen-, as in senex, old; the root is the Sanskrit sana, cf. Gr. 'vos; the same element appears in senor, seigneur, seneschal)

Senate . He was See also:

• LIEUTENANT

lieutenant-See also:

• GOVERNOR (from the Fr. gouverneur, from gouverner, O. Fr. governer, Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, to direct, guide)

governor of New York (1795-1801) for the two terms in which See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John See also:

• JAY (Fr. geai)
• JAY, JOHN (1745-1829)
• JAY, WILLIAM (1769-1853)

Jay was governor . In i8o1 he presided over the state constitutional See also:

• CONVENTION (Lat. conventio, an assembly or agreement, from convenire, to come together)
• CONVENTION, THE NATIONAL

convention, and from 18o8 to 1810 was again in the Assembly . He was an ardent See also:

• PROMOTER

promoter of the See also:

• ERIE

Erie See also:

• CANAL
• CANAL (from Lat. canalis, " channel " and " kennel " being doublets of the word)

Canal, and as a See also:

• COMMISSIONER

commissioner to examine the proposed route, &c., he reported favourably to the Assembly in 1811 . In the second See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

war with See also:

• GREAT

Great . See also:

• BRITAIN (Gr. Hperavuml vi7vot, Bperravia; Lat. Britannia, rarely Britannia)

Britain he commanded the First See also:

• DIVISION (from Lat. dividere, to break up into parts, separate)

Division of the detached See also:

• MILITIA (Fr. milice, Ger. Miliz, from Lat. miles, soldier, militia, military service)

militia of the state of New York, with the See also:

• RANK (O.Fr. rant or rent, mod. rang, generally connected with the O.E. and O.H.G. bring, a ring)

rank of See also:

• MAJOR
• MAJOR (Lat. for " greater ")
• MAJOR (or MAIR), JOHN (1470-1550)

major-See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general; and on the 13th of See also:

• OCTOBER

October 1812 was defeated at the See also:

• BATTLE

battle of Queenston Heights . As he was a Federalist he was severely 'criticised and censured for this defeat and resigned from the See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

army . At the See also:

• CLOSE
• CLOSE (from Lat. clausum, shut)
• CLOSE, MAXWELL HENRY (1822-1903)

close of the war the Erie Canal project was renewed, and from 1816 till his See also:

• DEATH

death he was a member of the See also:

• BOARD (O. Eng. bord)

board of canal commissioners, and for nearly fifteen years was its See also:

• PRESIDENT (Fr. president, from Lat. praesidens, post-Augustan Lat. for praeses, director, ruler, from praesidere, to sit in front of, preside)

president .

In 1818 he was again elected to the Assembly; in 1819 he became a See also:

• REGENT (from Lat. regere, to rule)

regent of the State University of which he was for a See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time See also:

• CHANCELLOR (M. Eng. and Anglo-Fr. canceler, chanceler, Fr. chancelier, Lat. cancellarius)

chancellor; and in 1821 he was a delegate to the New York constitutional convention . From 1822 to 1829 he was a member of the See also:

• NATIONAL

National See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

House of Representatives,' and there voted for John See also:

• QUINCY
• QUINCY, JOSIAH (1744–1775)

Quincy See also:

• ADAMS
• ADAMS, ANDREW LEITH (1827-1882)
• ADAMS, CHARLES FRANCIS (1807-1886)
• ADAMS, HENRY (1838— )
• ADAMS, HENRY CARTER (1852— )
• ADAMS, HERBERT (i858— )
• ADAMS, HERBERT BAXTER (1850—1901)
• ADAMS, JOHN (1735–1826)
• ADAMS, JOHN QUINCY (1767-1848)
• ADAMS, SAMUEL (1722-1803)
• ADAMS, THOMAS (d. c. 1655)
• ADAMS, WILLIAM (d. 162o)

Adams for the See also:

• PRESIDENCY

presidency, and .served as chairman of the See also:

• COMMITTEE (from commute, an Anglo-Fr. past participle of commettre, Lat. committere, to entrust; the modern Fr. equivalent comite is derived from the Eng.)

committee on See also:

• AGRICULTURE
• AGRICULTURE (from Lat. ages, field, and colere, to cultivate)
• AGRICULTURE, BOARD OF

agriculture . In 1820-23 he sent out at his own expense Professors See also:

• AMOS
• AMOS, SHELDON (1835–1886)

Amos See also:

• EATON, DORMAN BRIDGMAN (1823-1899)
• EATON, MARGARET
• EATON, THEOPHILUS (c. 15go-1658)
• EATON, WILLIAM (1764-1811)
• EATON, WYATT (1849-1896)

Eaton (1776-1842) and See also:

• EDWARD

Edward See also:

• HITCHCOCK
• HITCHCOCK, GEORGE (1850-- )
• HITCHCOCK, ROSWELL DWIGHT (1817–1887)

Hitchcock to make extensive surveys, results of which were published as An Agricultural and See also:

• GEOLOGICAL

Geological Survey of the See also:

• DISTRICT

District adjoining the Erie Canal (See also:

• ALBANY
• ALBANY, DUKES OF
• ALBANY, LOUISE MAXIMILIENNE CAROLINE, COUNTESS OF (1752-1824)

Albany, 1824) . In 1824 he founded a school in See also:

• TROY
• TROY, JEAN FRANCOIS DE (1679–1752)

Troy which was incorporated two years later as the Rensselaer See also:

• POLYTECHNIC (Gr. aroWus, many, and rEXvn, an art)

Polytechnic See also:

• INSTITUTE (from Lat. instituere, to establish or set up)

Institute . He died at Albany, New York, on the 26th of See also:

• JANUARY

January 1839 . See D . D . See also:

• BARNARD, FREDERICK AUGUSTUS PORTER (1809–1889)
• BARNARD, GEORGE GREY (1863— )
• BARNARD, HENRY (1811-1900)
• BARNARD, JOHN
• BARNARD, LADY ANNE (1750–1825)

Barnard, A Discourse on the See also:

• LIFE

Life, Services and See also:

• CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

Character of Stephen Van Rensselaer (Albany, 1839) .