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Biography

Robert Hewson Pruyn is referenced by Frederick William Seward in the context of his role as minister to Japan (1861-1865) in his letter to Frances Miller Seward on November 23, 1861. After his time as minster, he was involved in various banking activities - National Commercial Bank of Albany, Albany Savings Bank, Metropolitan Trust Company, etc - and educational boards - trustee, Rutgers' College; Board of Directors president, Dudley Observatory; Board of Trustees Vice President, Albany Medical College, etc. 

Pruyn was born to Casparus Francis and Ann (nee Hewson) Pruyn in Albany. Before being appointed to be minister to Japan by President Lincoln, he married Jane Ann Lansing (daughter of Gerrit Yates and Helen Ten Eyck Lansing). They had four children: Edward Lansing, Robert Clarence, Helen Lansing, and Charles Lansing.

Letter References

Letter from Frederick William Seward to William Henry Seward, June 5, 1856

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, November 5, 1841

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Frederick William Seward, July, 1864

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Biography: 
Robert Hewson Pruyn is referenced by Frederick William Seward in the context of his role as minister to Japan (1861-1865) in his letter to Frances Miller Seward on November 23, 1861. After his time as minster, he was involved in various banking activities - National Commercial Bank of Albany, Albany Savings Bank, Metropolitan Trust Company, etc - and educational boards - trustee, Rutgers' College; Board of Directors president, Dudley Observatory; Board of Trustees Vice President, Albany Medical College, etc. Pruyn was born to Casparus Francis and Ann (nee Hewson) Pruyn in Albany. Before being appointed to be minister to Japan by President Lincoln, he married Jane Ann Lansing (daughter of Gerrit Yates and Helen Ten Eyck Lansing). They had four children: Edward Lansing, Robert Clarence, Helen Lansing, and Charles Lansing.
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http://www.schenectadyhistory.org/families/hmgfm/pruyn-1.html
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From the website: "[This information is from Vol. I, pp. 137-144 of Hudson-Mohawk Genealogical and Family Memoirs, edited by Cuyler Reynolds (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1911). It is in the Reference collection of the Schenectady County Public Library at R 929.1 R45. Some of the formatting of the original, especially in lists of descendants, may have been altered slightly for ease of reading.]"
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From the website: "[This information is from Vol. I, pp. 137-144 of Hudson-Mohawk Genealogical and Family Memoirs, edited by Cuyler Reynolds (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1911). It is in the Reference collection of the Schenectady County Public Library at R 929.1 R45. Some of the formatting of the original, especially in lists of descendants, may have been altered slightly for ease of reading.]"
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http://www.schenectadyhistory.org/families/hmgfm/pruyn-1.html
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Wednesday, May 13, 2020 - 21:00
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Wednesday, May 13, 2020 - 21:00
Author(s) or Editor(s): 
Cuyler Reynolds
Citation Notes: 
From the website "[This information is from Vol. I, pp. 137-144 of Hudson-Mohawk Genealogical and Family Memoirs, edited by Cuyler Reynolds (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1911). It is in the Reference collection of the Schenectady County Public Library at R 929.1 R45. Some of the formatting of the original, especially in lists of descendants, may have been altered slightly for ease of reading.]"