sentences:  In 1820 he received an honorary degree from Harvard University, and was elected a member of the American Antiquarian Society in 1822.Van der Kemp started to translate the 17th century records in English, but his translation in the New York State Library went up in smoke in 1911.Van der Kemp began to write his autobiography, but died of cholera on September 7, 1829 at the age 77 and is buried in the Olden Barneveldt cemetery Trenton, N.Y. Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts received his library.