Genealogical and family history of southern New York and the Hudson River Valley : a record of the achievements of her people in the making of a commonwealth and the building of a nation . ,yir:^^^^y.^^</fp7^r~^ ,. SOUTHERN NEW YORK 1163 He received his early tuition from his mother,and went to school in Dresden, Saxony, andBournemouth, England. He prepared forcollege in New York City, and entered Har-vard University, in 1892. He was an ardentyachtsman, devoted to water sports, passingthe summers with his mother at Marion,Massachusetts, where, since his death, thememorial Griswold Van Renss
Genealogical and family history of southern New York and the Hudson River Valley : a record of the achievements of her people in the making of a commonwealth and the building of a nation . ,yir:^^^^y.^^</fp7^r~^ ,. SOUTHERN NEW YORK 1163 He received his early tuition from his mother,and went to school in Dresden, Saxony, andBournemouth, England. He prepared forcollege in New York City, and entered Har-vard University, in 1892. He was an ardentyachtsman, devoted to water sports, passingthe summers with his mother at Marion,Massachusetts, where, since his death, thememorial Griswold Van Rensselaer cup isawarded each season to the winning yacht inthe races on Buzzards Bay. He died sud-denly at Colorado Springs, April 22, 1894,when supposed to be convalescent from thefatal disease which had cut short his unusual mental gifts had caused his col-lege instructors to predict for him a remark-able future. Inheriting brilliant talents com-bined with rare nobility of character, hisbrief life amply fulfilled its early promise, andleft with the many who saw and loved thefine and engaging qualities of his nature adeep and abiding sense of loss. 5. James \an Rensselaer, born at No. 42Clinton place.
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