The tombstone of Harriet Van Rensselaer, with blue tape, has been earmarked for repair in the Van Rensselaer plot at Albany Rural Cemetery on Thursday, April 28, 2016, in Menands, N.Y. (Will ...

Liam Cronan (U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts) recently published, Rent, Riots, and Rensselaer: The Patroon System of New Netherland and Its Lasting Influence on the History ...

Van Rensselaer was born in New York City, the firstborn of Stephen Van Rensselaer II and Catharina Livingston. He grew up in baronial splendor at the family manor just north of Albany. His father ...