Erick and List Members: Here's another response that I got along the same lines as David O'Dell's which I got permission to forward to the list. It also adds another factor, the Rhode Island economy after the war. Subj: Re: [Rensselaer] Rhode Island Families to Rensselaer County Date: 01-04-23 17:06:06 EDT From: tseanc@att.net To: MHoff12140@aol.com I had heard that the reason so many Rhode Islanders came to Rense. County was due to active advertisement by the Patroon Van Rensselaer to seek tenants for his land combined with general economic depression that occurred in Rhode Island after the Revolutionary War.