was googling for other info and found this: Copied from: www.indiana.edu/~liblilly/lilly/mss/html/brooks.html "The Brooks mss., 1838-1845, consist of letters to Thomas Jefferson Brooks at Mt. Pleasant, Martin County, Indiana, from John Bell of Louisville, Kentucky, agent for trustees of Bell Evans Co., Daniel Hunt of Boston, Massachusetts, David Jones of Belleville, Illinois, Nancy Newell of Pittsford, Virginia, George Brown, Henry B. Shields, Thomas Lacy Smith, and Charles Woodruff of New Albany, Indiana; and to Lewis Brooks at New Albany, Indiana, from Rufus Brown of Mt. Pleasant, Indiana. Thomas Jefferson Brooks was born in Lincoln, Massachusetts, in 1805......" Go to site for more. .................................................................... http://www.winchestermass.org/black_history.html SLAVERY WAS PART OF WINCHESTER HISTORY By ELLEN KNIGHT © Some Brooks are mentioned in this ......................................................................... I give up googling for Salmon Brooks, ...but I'm learning all about flyfishing..... Maura Amrich, Tyngsborough, MA