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NL #47, October-November 2004

This newsletter announces a change of location for the 2005 meeting from Salt Lake City to Plymouth, Massachusetts, due to unfavorable hotel contract obligations in Salt Lake City. A review of the area and "things to do in Plymouth" was presented next, along with the tentative schedule of events for the meeting. Also in this issue is an article including comments and observations from Dr. Jeremy Bangs, a former curator of the Plimouth Plantation, of a painting by the Dutch artist Adam Willaerts (1577-1664) known for his accuracy. A "View of New Plymouth in 1638" shows several Dutch ships approaching Plymouth harbor. Next is presented an article about BENJAMIN FRANKLIN DELANO, NAVAL CONSTRUCTOR U.S.N. Like his brothers William Hartt Delano and Edward Hartt Delano, Benjamin Franklin Delano was a well-known ship builder in the mid-1800s. The brothers were seventh generation DELANOs in the "Dr. Thomas Branch". Also noted in this issue is the recent addition of Philippe Delano to the SPEEDWELL Passenger List by the Mayflower Society as a result of research done in 1994 by B.N. Leverland and Dr. Jeremy Bangs. To view this newsletter in it is entirety, click here

NL #46, July-August 2004

This issue reviews the very successful 2004 Reunion held at the Mystic Seaport, June 25-27, 2004, and reports on the annual membership meeting. Other articles covered the publication of part one of Cousin Muriel Cushing?s compilation of the fifth and sixth generations of Philip Delano's descendants by the General Society of Mayflower Descendants, the conversion of our genealogical database to Family Tree Maker format, a list of those who received Delano Kindred Documentation Certificates since 2000, and a review of Sara And Eleanor, The Story of Sara Delano Roosevelt And Her Daughter-in-Law, Eleanor Roosevelt by Jan Pottker. To view this newsletter in it is entirety, click here

NL #45, March 2004

This issue presents the plans for the 2004 Reunion meeting, to be held in Mystic, Connecticut, June 25-27, 2004. There is a brief discussion regarding whether President Franklin Delano Roosevelt actually had polio, or whether it was instead Guillain-Barre disease. The symptoms of Roosevelt's illness, which first became apparent in 1921, more closely resembled those of Guillain-Barre, also known as acute ascending polyneuritis, a team at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston said. Also included was a story about William Adams Delano, a noted architect of the eminent architectural firm Delano and Aldrich. Various records show there were many people with the name de Lannoy or variations thereof in Leiden. Presented in this issue is a discussion of some of this information. Also presented are the results of the 2003 membership questionnaire. To view this newsletter in it is entirety, click here

NL #44, December 2003

In this issue is a full report on the 2003 Reunion held in Hyde Park, New York, at Bellefield, the National Park Service headquarters for both the Roosevelt and Vanderbilt estates. There is a reminder that the portrait reported to be of Philippe Delano's mother on Plate III in the GHAAHD is not actually Philippe's mother. There is mention of how the Pilgrims spent Christmas in 1620 in "New Plymouth," followed by a discussion of where Philippe might have been at that time. To view this newsletter in it is entirety, click here

NL #43, June 2003

This issue presents details regarding the upcoming Annual Meeting and Reunion to be held at Bellefield, Hyde Park, New York. Home of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt and part of the FDR National Historic Site, Bellefield is the National Park Headquarters and is situated along the northern boundary of the Roosevelt property that includes the FDR Library and Museum and Springwood, the Roosevelt family home. Other news in this issue included:

• Cousin John H. Somers visits the home of Whaling Captain Obed Delano in Marion. John is Obed's great-grandson, and we learn much about Obed and his family through this article.
• A history of WELLFORDS WHARF on the Rappahannock River in Virginia is presented.
• A review of the book Before the Trumpet, the history of young Franklin Roosevelt from 1882 to 1905, by Geoffrey C. Ward.
• A story about Amanda Sepúlveda Délano, the Great-Granddaughter of Paul Hinkley Delano, who is 102 years old!
• A visit to the Portland Head Light that Brazillai Delano (GHAAHD pg.182) helped establish in 1790.
• Delano Beach (Washington) revisited, Captain George E. Delano and the wreck of the AUSTRIA.
• An article describing the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Trail, a hiking trail starting at FDR's summer home on Campobello Island in Canada and extending to Washington, D.C.
• A story by Robert F. Huber about how President Ulysses S. Grant's son Major General Frederick Dent Grant and his son, Major General Ulysses Simpson Grant III, used Delano ancestry to join the Mayflower Society.

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