ukusela iziselo ngoMgqibelo ebusuku kwihotele i-Plaza Athenee e-East 64th Street.
Umnumzana Van Rensselaer unento ayaziyo malunga nendlela ilizwe ebelisebenza ngayo kudala: utatomkhulu wakhe, omkhulu-, omkhulu-amaxesha-ngaphezulu-utat'omkhulu wegama elifanayo wayengumbambisene Inkampani yaseDutch West India kwaye wongamela iRensselaerswyck, indawo ejikeleze malunga neekhilomitha ezili-1,200 zeNew York yanamhlanje. INkosi yokuqala yeManor, njengoko yayibizwa njalo, yaphelelwa lixesha ngo-1643, kodwa izinto ezaphunyezwa ngabazala bakhe-babala injengele enye kwiMfazwe yoQhushululu, uninzi lwamalungu e-congress, iirhuluneli ezimbalwa ezilawulayo-zaqinisekisa igama likaVan Rensselaer ixesha elide.
Ngoku eyi-38, uKiliaen Van Rensselaer wangoku ukhulele eWestport, eConn., Wafudukela eManhattan emva kwekholeji.
Njengosapho, besisoloko singabucala kakhulu, utshilo. Wayenxibe ihempe emhlophe efakwe ikhola, ijezi enavy, ijean kunye ne loafers. Umnombo wakhe wawubonakala ebusweni — izidlele eziphakamileyo, isilevu esikwere, impumlo onokuxhoma kuyo umnqwazi ophezulu-kunye nokuzithemba kwakhe. Wayekhe weza nentombi yakhe, uMonique Menniken, owayesakuba ngumdlali wentenetya oqeqeshiweyo waseJamani, ngoku omenza aphile njengomzekelo.
Ndifunde okuninzi malunga notatomkhulu wam wokuqala owayenegama lam, utshilo uMnu. Van Rensselaer, owayengumbali waseMelika kwiTrinity College wayenamava awodwa okukwazi ukufunda ukuvela komthi wakhe. Wazalwa ngo-1580 eAmsterdam kwaye waba yinxalenye yeDutch West India Inkampani, kwaye babandakanyeka ekubekeni imali eninzi emngciphekweni, kuba bathumela iinqanawa ezininzi kunye nethemba lobukoloniyali kunye nezilwanyana kunye nezityalo nezinto ukuzama yenza iseti yamasimi kunye neekoloni eziphumeleleyo. Ndiyingxowankulu enkulu yentengiso yasimahla, ke ndiyaluqonda uhlobo lomngcipheko onxulunyaniswa nokuthumela nje inqanawa apho kunokuthi kwenzeke khona naliphi na inani lezinto. Kwaye ukuba idlulile, ngokucacileyo bekunzima kakhulu ukusinda. Ke inyani yokuba yajika yaba yinto, kwaye yayiyeyona kuphela yeekoloni eziphumeleleyo ezazimiselwe ngasese, luhlobo olupholileyo lokucinga ngalo.
Umngcipheko kunye nomvuzo. Yindlela yaseMelika. Kuze kube kungenjalo: UMnu Van Rensselaer uchasene nokukhutshwa kukarhulumente kushishino lwezezimali.
Mhlawumbi iqala ngelifa lokuqala likaKiliaen Van Rensselaer wokuqala, othathe umngcipheko omkhulu wokuseka ikoloni, utshilo. Ndikhulele kusapho lwaseConnecticut oluneevenkile ezithengisa ukutya ekuthiwa yiHay Day. Umama wakhe, uSallie Drackett, waya kwisikolo sokupheka wayiphatha imveliso kunye nezinto ezibhakiweyo ngelixa utata wakhe, u-Alexander, wayekhathalela icala loshishino. Oko kwaqala njengevenkile kamama kunye nepop yakhula yaba yintambo edumileyo yeemarike, iivenkile zokubhaka kunye neevenkile zewayini, ezathi ekugqibeleni zathengwa yiSutton Place Gourmet zaphinda zaziwa njengeBalducci.
Kwaye ke ndikhule ndibhaka ukutya kunye nokugcina iitumato, kwindawo enamashishini amancinci apho ubuxabisa kakhulu umoya woshishino, utshilo. Kwanasemva kokuba eqale umsebenzi wakhe, abazali bakhe bamenza ukuba asebenze evenkileni kusuku olungaphambi koMbulelo, njengesimboli esingumfuziselo ukuze wonke umntu azi ukuba wonke umntu ungena ngaphakathi, nkqu noVan.
Wayefunda e-Fairfield Country Day School kwaye usakhumbula isiqubulo sesikolo: gweba iinzame; , Oko kuthetha ukuba sigwetywa ngezenzo zethu. Emva koko yayikukuya kwisikolo sokubhoda eSt George's, eNewport, eRI, apho izizukulwana ezininzi zikaVan Rensselaers zichithe ixesha labo lasehlotyeni zihamba ngomkhumbi kwaye zinika umdla kwiNew York Yacht Club nakwiSpouting Rock Beach Association.
