P268 Dr Isaac Bartlett  P356 Homestead of Dr Isaac Bartlett in Hope  P357 Lucy's piano (see text)

From a pamphlet published by the Courier-Gazette in July of 1967

So, once more the piano (once owned by Lucy Flucker Knox wife of Major General Henry Knox) entered a life of warmth and usefulness in the family of Dr. Isaac Bartlett of Hope. His two children, Mornelva and Westbra learned to play it. It couldn't have found a better home or a more appreciative reception for the fact of its historic association with the Knox family was never forgotten during its fifty-eight years of adoption.

Young Westbra Bartlett kept a fine daily Journal from 1856 to 1868.
Excerpts from this Journal reveal the story of life in the country and the social activities of those days. Most of the social gatherings included the little piano. Possibly it suffered a few indignities such as being "taken for a ride" in the back of a sleigh or bob-sled, without its legs but it was built sturdily and survived it all. Needless to say the excellent condition of the piano legs today is because they stayed at home while the boxed piano gaily attended parties and dances for which Westbra played the piano, accompanied by his uncle Orrison and his "fiddle."

The people of that day worked hard and if they found they could combine
a good deed and still derive pleasure from it was a worthy project.
One of the popular social yet charitable affairs occasionally enjoyed was a "tax party," namely to assist a worthy widow in paying her taxes. Refreshments were carried by the surprise guests and during the evening a collection was "taken up" unobtrusively left for the widow for her kind hospitality. The little piano gave out merry tunes for both singing and dancing. Westbra's Journal noted one of these occasions Feb. 5, 1858. "Had a taxparty" tonight. Went to the Widow Knight's. Had eight sleighs go."