People
Park volunteers dressed in ante bellum period clothing. National Park Service At any time during Martin Van Buren's twenty-one year residency, an intriguing collection of people lived within his home and in the nearby communities. There was a stream of family, politicians, friends, guests and children constantly coming and going. Additionally, there was a ever-changing mix of domestic and agricultural employees. Some of the workers were native born, many were immigrants, most were white, some were black. To read what some of the extensive research reveals about the people associated with Lindenwald and President Van Buren click on the links below.
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National Park Service Research Scholarship is critical to the work that is accomplished at Martin Van Buren National Historic Site. The need for current, factual, balanced historical research is, of course, essential to the preservation of the physical resources of the site. It is even more important to the understanding and interpretion of President Van Buren and the ante bellum period of American history. National Park Service professionals and noted national scholars have conducted many of the studies. Much of the research is arranged through the National Park Service's agreement with the Organization of American Historians. Some of the more recent studies can be accessed below: The Little Magician after the Show: Martin Van Buren, Country Gentleman and Progressive Farmer, 1841-1863 Return to His Native Town, Martin Van Buren's Life at Lindenwald 1839-1862 From Homeland to New Land: A History of the Mahican Indians, 1600-1830 Plant Yourself in My Neighborhood: An Ethnographic Study of Farming and Farmers in Columbia County, New York |
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Did You Know?
That widower Martin Van Buren proposed marriage to the daughter of his former law mentor shortly after he took up residence at Lindenwald, but that Margaret Sylvester turned him down!