Description: Letter written by P. Barbour at Brainard, NY, on June 5, 1858, to his sister, Elizabeth Spicer Barbour Comstock. Rev. P. Barbour, b: 1806; d: 1889, was once a pastor of the Presbyterian church of Augusta, NY and served in Malta, NY with home mission appointments in April 1878 and in June 1879. Brainard is in the southeastern corner of the town of Nassau (a town in Rensselaer County, New York). It was first called Brainard's Bridge. Many distinguished visitors came to Nassau. In 1825 General Lafayette came with his friend Stephen Van Rensselaer. Joseph Bonaparte - brother of Napoleon Bonaparte, Emperor of France - passed through on his way to Lebanon Springs. Martin Van Buren, former President of the United States, often ate his Sunday dinner at the hotel there. Elizabeth Spicer Barbour Comstock, b: Jun. 13, 1813 New York; d: Nov. 28, 1897, Pontiac, Oakland County, Michigan. A2
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Location: Mount Sinai, New York
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Time Period Manufactured: Pre-1900
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