In a message dated 2/4/03 8:24:44 PM, [email protected] writes: <<how about that!" department of "it's a small world", I was born in Gallatin, TN,>> Interesting, Debra! It looks like a lot of us have connections to towns and people named for the original Albert Gallatin. Here's a bit of biographical information to help us appreciate why our Barrett ancestors thought he was important. Karen Hett Gallatin, Abraham Alfonse Albert (1761-1849) -- also known as Albert Gallatin -- of Fayette County, Pa. Born in Geneva, Switzerland, January 29, 1761. Democrat. Delegate to Pennsylvania state constitutional convention, 1790; member of Pennsylvania state house of representatives, 1790-92; U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania, 1793-94; U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 11th District, 1795-1801; U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, 1801-14; U.S. Minister to France, 1815-23; U.S. Minister to Great Britain, 1826-27. His portrait appeared on the $500 U.S. Note in the 1860s. Died in Astoria, Queens, Queens County, N.Y., August 12, 1849. Entombed at Trinity Churchyard, New York, N.Y. Gallatin counties in Ill., Ky. and Mont. are named for him. Books about Albert Gallatin: John Austin Stevens, Albert Gallatin: An American Statesman; L. B. Kuppenheimer, Albert Gallatin's Vision of Democratic Stability.