In 1953, Augustus Van Horne Stuyvesant, Jr, the last direct Stuyvesant descendant, passes away. He had spent the last twenty-five years as a recluse, leaving his Fifth Avenue mansion once a week only to visit his ancestors interred in the family vault. After he is buried with them, the vault is permanently sealed.
In 1953, Augustus Van Horne Stuyvesant, Jr, the last direct Stuyvesant descendant, passes away. He had spent the last twenty-five years as a recluse, leaving his Fifth Avenue mansion once a week only to visit his ancestors interred in the family vault. After he is buried with them, the vault is permanently sealed.
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