Little Rivers

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Henry Jackson van Dyke Jr. (1852 1933) was an American author, educator, diplomat, and Presbyterian clergyman. Van Dyke was born on November 10, 1852, in Germantown, Pennsylvania. He was the son of Henry Jackson van Dyke Sr. (18221891), a prominent Brooklyn Presbyterian clergyman known in the antebellum years for his anti-abolitionist views. The family traced its roots to Jan Thomasse van Dijk, who emigrated from Holland to North America in 1652.

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