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Leendert "Leonard" Gansevoort (14 de julio de 1751 - 26 de agosto de 1810) fue un líder político estadounidense de Nueva York que se desempeñó como delegado al Congreso Continental en 1788. [ 1 ]

Primeros años de vida

Nació en 1751 en el condado de Albany, Nueva York, hijo de Harmen Gansevoort (1712–1801) y Magdalena Douw Gansevoort (1718–1796), ambos pertenecientes a destacadas familias holandesas. Era hermano menor del general de brigada Peter Gansevoort (1749–1812). [ 2 ] [ 3 ]

Los antepasados ​​de Gansevoort habían estado en Albany desde 1660, cuando era la colonia holandesa de Fort Orange , y Harmen Harmense Gansevoort (ca. 1634–1709) era propietario de una cervecería y granjas. [ 4 ] El hijo de su hermano, Peter Gansevoort, Herman Gansevoort (1779–1862) construyó la Mansión Gansevoort en 1813 en el terreno de 1500 acres (6,1 km² ) de su padre en Gansevoort en el condado de Saratoga, Nueva York . [ 5 ] [ 6 ] Su padre fue el tercero de la generación de su familia en América, quienes fueron cerveceros y comerciantes prominentes en Albany. [ 2 ] 

Su madre descendía de la familia Van Rensselaer, ya que su madre, Anna Van Rensselaer, era hija de Hendrick van Rensselaer (1667–1740), quien se había casado con Peter Douw. Además, su primo hermano, Leonard Gansevoort (1754–1834), [ 7 ] abogado y concejal de Albany, estaba casado con Maria Van Rensselaer (1760–1841), hija del coronel Kiliaen van Rensselaer (1717–1781), nieta de Hendrick van Rensselaer y hermana de Henry K. Van Rensselaer (1744–1816), Philip Kiliaen van Rensselaer (1747–1798) y Killian K. Van Rensselaer (1763–1845). [ 8 ] [ 9 ]

Carrera

Tras el estallido de la Guerra de Independencia , se convirtió en miembro del Comité de Correspondencia de Albany , donde ejerció como tesorero hasta noviembre de 1775. Cuando el 2.º Congreso Provincial de Nueva York se reunió en la ciudad de Nueva York el 6 de diciembre de 1775, fue uno de los doce diputados elegidos por el Comité de Albany. [ 10 ]

El 31 de octubre de 1775 le escribió a su hermano Peter , declarando: [ 4 ]

"Dr BrotherI can hardly express my Distress upon receiving a Letter from Mr James Van Rensselaer acquainting me with your indisposition and that you in consequence thereof had been obliged to leave Chanblee and that you was then in Coll: Biddels Camp on the North side of St John's; every thing seem'd to consire to confirm me in the Opinion that you must have been very ill you cannot be ignorant of the Emotions in my Breast when you consider that Fraternal Affection which has always subsisted between us, and in what Manner I must have also felt when prompted by Duty I communicated the Contents of the Letter to our Joint Parents, I was oblig'd to meliorate the News by telling them that your indisposition was the Fever Ague but do assure you that upon reading the Letter from the same Gent. to Mr Philip Van Rensselaer that tho' you was then yet pretty Weak you was greatly recovered, I seem'd to be rais'd from the lowest Abyss of dispondence to the highest pinnacle of Hope and I will leave you to reflect how industrious I was to communicate it to the old people - I beg Dear Brother as you Love your Friends who are under the greatest uneasiness yet that you will write us a Line if you are able, and if not procure some one to write for you - and beg further that if you are not recovered on receipt of this that you will apply for leave to come down and write me before you set out that I may meet you on your Way - I should have been up with you already If I could possibly have obtained leave of HettyWe are well I am Your loving BrotherLeonard GansevoortAlbany Octr 31 1774To Peter Gansevoort Junr Esqr [Provincial Camp at St Johns]"[4]

He was also appointed to the 3rd and 4th Provincial Congresses in 1776 and 1777, where the Constitution of the State of New York was adopted on April 20, 1777.[11] From April 18, 1777, to May 14, 1777, he was the president of the New York Provincial Congress committee of safety.[12]

Following the end of Revolution in 1789, he bought a country house and estate known as Whitehall, which was located a mile and a half from Albany, from John Bradstreet Schuyler, the son of Philip Schuyler.[13] Gansevoort was known for his entertainment of many prominent state and national political figures.[2] In 1778 and 1779, he served as a member of the New York State Assembly.[1]

Al principio de su carrera política se alineó con el grupo patricio de los grandes terratenientes e intereses comerciales, pero más tarde se involucró en la evolución inicial del Partido Demócrata en Nueva York. Volvió a servir en la Asamblea Estatal de 1787 a 1788 y en el Senado Estatal de 1791 a 1793 y de 1796 a 1802, [ 14 ] donde fue presidente del comité, [ 10 ] como federalista . [ 1 ]

En 1794, fue nombrado coronel de la milicia de Nueva York . De 1794 a 1797 fue juez en Albany. De 1799 a 1810 fue juez del tribunal de sucesiones. [ 1 ]

Vida personal

El 10 de abril de 1770, se casó con Hester Cuyler (1748–1826), [ 15 ] hija de Abraham Cuyler Jr. (1713–1749), primo de Abraham Cuyler , y Jannetje Beekman (1719–1798), [ 16 ] descendiente de Wilhelmus Beekman (1623–1707). Juntos tuvieron: [ 17 ]

Murió en 1810 en su casa en Albany y fue enterrado en el cementerio rural de Albany . [ 1 ]

Descendientes

A través de su hija Magdalena, fue abuelo de Hester Gansevoort Ten Eyck (1796–1861), Abraham Gansevoort Ten Eyck (1798–1830), Leonard Gansevoort Ten Eyck (1801–1881), Jacob L. Ten Eyck (1804–1875), Herman Gansevoort Ten Eyck (1806–1881) y Peter Gansevoort Ten Eyck (1810–1891). [ 22 ] [ 23 ] [ 9 ]

A través de su hija, Catharine, fue abuelo de Elizabeth Ann Van Vechten (1812–1812), Leonard Gansevoort Van Vechten (1813–1837), Hester Elizabeth Van Vechten Trotter (1815–1881), Teunis Van Vechten (1819–1859), Cuyler Van Vechten (1823–1825) y Cuyler Van Vechten. (1830–1875). [ 20 ] [ 9 ]

He was also the granduncle of Moby Dick author Herman Melville.[24]

References

Notes
  1. 12345"GANSEVOORT, Leonard - Biographical Information". bioguide.congress.gov. Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved 20 April 2017.
  2. 123Bassett, Fred (December 1999). "Leonard Gansevoort Papers: Manuscripts and Special Collections: New York State Library". www.nysl.nysed.gov. New York State Library. Retrieved 20 April 2017. Account books accessioned in 1925 from an unknown source. Collated with other items previously accessioned and catalogued separately, March 1995
  3. ↑Gale, Robert L. (1995). A Herman Melville Encyclopedia. Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN 9780313290114. Retrieved 20 April 2017.
  4. 1234Gansevoort, Jr., Peter (October 1, 2014). Hero of Fort Schuyler: Selected Revolutionary War Correspondence of Brigadier General Peter Gansevoort, Jr. McFarland. ISBN 9780786479481. Retrieved 20 April 2017.
  5. ↑Doris Vanderlipp Manley (April 1976). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Gansevoort Mansion". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Archived from the original on 2012-10-17. Retrieved 2010-12-06.
  6. ↑"National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  7. ↑A GLIMPSE OF AN OLD DUTCH TOWN. Harper's New Monthly Magazine | Harper & Brothers. 1881. Retrieved 20 April 2017.
  8. ↑Bielinski, Stefan. "Leonard Gansevoort, Jr". nysm.nysed.gov. New York State Museum. Retrieved 6 February 2017.
  9. 123Reynolds, Cuyler (1911). Hudson-Mohawk Genealogical and Family Memoirs: A Record of Achievements of the People of the Hudson and Mohawk Valleys in New York State, Included Within the Present Counties of Albany, Rensselaer, Washington, Saratoga, Montgomery, Fulton, Schenectady, Columbia and Greene. Lewis Historical Publishing Company. p. 197. Retrieved 20 April 2017.
  10. 12Jensen, Merrill; DenBoer, Gordon (February 1, 1987). The Documentary History of the First Federal Elections, 1788-1790. University of Wisconsin Press. ISBN 9780299106508. Retrieved 20 April 2017.
  11. ↑Schechter, Stephen (1990). "The New York State Constitution, 1777". In Schechter, Stephen (ed.). Roots of the Republic: American Founding Documents Interpreted. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. p. 169. ISBN 1461642795. LCCN 90-6396.
  12. ↑Launitz-Schurer, Leopold, Loyal Whigs and Revolutionaries, The making of the revolution in New York, 1765-1776
  13. ↑Bielinski, Stefan. "Leonard Gansevoort". exhibitions.nysm.nysed.gov. New York State Museum. Retrieved 20 April 2017.
  14. ↑Hutchins, Stephen C. (1891). Civil List and Constitutional History of the Colony and State of New York. Weed, Parsons & Company. Retrieved 20 April 2017.
  15. ↑New York Colony Committee; New York State (1968). New York Marriages Previous to 1784. Genealogical Publishing Com. ISBN 9780806302591. Retrieved 20 April 2017.
  16. ↑Bielinski, Stefan. "Hester Cuyler Gansevoort". exhibitions.nysm.nysed.gov. New York State Museum. Retrieved 20 April 2017.
  17. 123Munsell, Joel (1871). Collections on the History of Albany: From Its Discovery to the Present Time; with Notices of Its Public Institutions, and Biographical Sketches of Citizens Deceased, Vol. IV. Albany, N.Y.: J. Munsell 82 State Street. Retrieved 20 April 2017.
  18. ↑Gebhard, Elizabeth Louise (1910). The Parsonage Between Two Manors: Annals of Clover-Reach. Claverack, N.Y.: Bryan Printing Company. Retrieved 20 April 2017.
  19. ↑ Looney, J. Jefferson; Woodward, Ruth L. (14 de julio de 2014). Princetonians, 1791-1794: A Biographical Dictionary . Princeton University Press. ISBN 9781400861279Consultado el 20 de abril de 2017 .
  20. 1 2 Seymour, Mary Jane (1899). Libro de linaje . Washington, DC: Sociedad Nacional de las Hijas de la Revolución Americana . Recuperado el 20 de abril de 2017 .
  21. ↑ Reynolds, Cuyler (1906). Albany Chronicles: A History of the City Arranged Chronologically, from the Earliest Settlement to the Present Time; Illustrated with Many Historical Pictures of Rarity and Reproductions of the Robert C. Pruyn Collection of the Mayors of Albany, Ownered by the Albany Institute and Historical and Art Society . JB Lyon Company, impresores. p. 522. Consultado el 20 de abril de 2017 . 
  22. ↑ "TEN EYCK, Peter Gansevoort - Información biográfica" . bioguide.congress.gov . Directorio biográfico del Congreso de los Estados Unidos . Consultado el 20 de abril de 2017 .
  23. ↑ "Peter Gansevoort Ten Eyck" . www.newnetherlandinstitute.org . Consultado el 20 de abril de 2017 .
  24. ↑ "Capítulo General Peter Gansevoort" . Hijas de la Revolución Americana.
Fuentes
  • Kenney, Alice P.; Los Gansevoort de Albany: Patricios holandeses en el valle superior del Hudson ; 1969, Syracuse University Press, Syracuse, Nueva York, ISBN 0-8156-2137-X.
  • Kenney, Alice P.; Stubborn for Liberty: The Dutch in New York ; 1975, Syracuse University Press, ISBN 0-8156-0113-1. (1989 Edición de bolsillo: ISBN 0-8156-2482-4)
  • Launitz-Schurer, Leopold, Whigs leales y revolucionarios, La gestación de la revolución en Nueva York, 1765-1776 , 1980, ISBN 0-8147-4994-1
  • Biografía del Congreso de Leonard Gansevoort
  • Guía de consulta de los documentos de Leonard Gansevoort, 1778-1799, en la Biblioteca Estatal de Nueva York , consultada el 16 de mayo de 2016.