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Gerrit Hendricksen (1620-1683/1684), probably a son of Hendrick Gerryts and his wife Geertje or Grietje, immigrated in 1637 from Holland to New Amsterdam, New York, and went up river to Rensselaerwick as an employee. By 1646 he was back in New Amsterdam, where he married twice, and was known as Gerrit Hendricksen de blau boer (probably referring to his farm land). His children and later descendants used Blauvelt as a surname. Descendants and relatives lived in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, Kansas, Iowa, Nebraska, Oregon, Virginia, Delaware, Florida and elsewhere.
A compilation of newspaper columns titled "The Liberty Pole", "How Things Began in Rockland County", and "Names on Our Land" by the author. The columns were printed from the 1940's through the 1960's in the following newspapers: Rockland County leader, Orangetown telegram, and the Rockland independent. The newspapers are no longer published.
Distinguished journalist Benjamin C. Bradlee’s intimate biography of President John F. Kennedy and his Camelot years. Conversations with Kennedy is legendary reporter and executive Benjamin C. Bradlee’s account of his intimate dialogues with JFK—a man he counted as a confidante and friend. Beginning in 1958, when Kennedy was a US senator running for president, and continuing until 1963, the year that Kennedy died, Bradlee shared a close professional and personal relationship with the charismatic politician. Both men were war veterans, idealists, and up-and-coming American leaders, and they shared values that drove their friendship. Kennedy was a politician equally at home with the brui...
The author chronicles the lives of three generations of reckless and remarkable Kennedys, men who were unable to cope with the curse and cachet of the family name, and the women who loved them.
Issues for 1900/01- include report of the 12th- year of the Jewish Publication Society of America, 1890-1900- (issued also separately in some year); issues for 1908/09- include Report of the American Jewish Committee for 1906/08- (issued also separately in some years).