SYLVESTER, Nathaniel Bartlett, author, born in Denmark, Lewis County, New York, 22 February, 1825. Both his grandfathers were soldiers of the Revolution. He received his early education at the Denmark academy, studied law at Lowville, New York, and was admitted to the bar at Oswego, New York, 5 April, 1852. He founded in 1856 and edited for two years a newspaper at Lowville, New York, which is still published there as the "Lewis County Democrat," and in 1866, having been appointed a commissioner of the United States circuit court, he removed to Troy, New York, where he now (1888) resides. He is the author of "Historical Sketches of Northern New York and the Adirondack Wilderness" (Troy, 1877); "History of Saratoga County, New York" (Philadelphia, 1878); "History of Rensselaer County, New York" (1879); " History of the Connecticut Valley in Massachusetts" (Troy, 1879); "History of Ulster County, New York" (Philadelphia, 1880); "Indian Le-tends of Saratoga and the Upper Hudson Valley" (1884) ; and "Historical Narratives of the Upper Hudson, Lake George, and Lake Champlain" (Philadelphia, 1888).