Pittstown Historical Society Anti-Rent War Lecture

The Pittstown Historical Society will host historian Michael Barrett on Thursday, May 16th at 7:30 PM at the Pittstown Town Hall, 97 Tomhannock Road as he presents a lecture on the Anti-Rent War, 1839-1845. The conflict revolted against the leasing of property that tenant farmers paid to their feudal landlord, the Patroon of Rensselaerwyck. Barrett is the Executive Director of the Hudson Mohawk Industrial Gateway and the Burden Iron Works Museum in Troy.