Folks, you know I have no financial interest in these things. Personally, it angers me to see family history being piecemealed out to "strangers" as collectibles. I regard the dealers as little better than vultures. Nonetheless I hold my nose and pass on eBay listings related to Brooks families of New England. Best never sold, but if sold, then to one of us, is my philosophy. Today's listing contains 4 letters of the Rev. Phillips/8 Brooks, of the Medford line originating with Capt. Thomas/1 of Concord, MA and then descending through Caleb/2 Brooks of Medford. Here's your chance to have an autograph of "Philly" himself! :-) Phillips Brooks really WAS a great man, regardless of his surname. If you're not familiar with him, there's a fairly detailed profile in the first issue of the Tributaries publication, which you can download from the Publications link at the Tributaries website. The eBay URL will break into two lines. Copy and paste it into a continuous string in your browser to see the auction listing. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=125&item=6 525145456&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW Chris |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| Christopher Brooks BROOKS Families of New England http://www.tributaries.org ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||