Henry Roelif Brinkerhoff, War of 1812 militia officer and New York assemblyman, later served as a Democratic U.S. congressman from Ohio (1843–1844). He died in office and was buried in Plymouth, Ohio.
Abraham Ten Broeck (1734–1810), prominent Albany merchant, militia general, and mayor, managed the Van Rensselaer estate, served in colonial government, and led local forces during the Revolutionary era.
Abraham Ten Broeck (1734–1810), prominent Albany merchant, militia general, and mayor, managed the Van Rensselaer estate, served in colonial government, and led local forces during the Revolutionary era.
Tom Brokaw, longtime NBC Nightly News anchor, became one of America’s most trusted journalists, covering major events from Watergate to the fall of the Berlin Wall and authoring The Greatest Generation.
Van Wyck Brooks was an American literary critic and historian known for chronicling nineteenth-century American literature. His Makers and Finders series, including The Flowering of New England, helped revive interest in major American authors.
