Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te tau 1855, ko Brainerd tetahi o nga kaiwhakarato o te Rōpū Reipa hou i te wa i hangaia ai hei whakahaere nui mo te mahi pononga. Ko ia te tumuaki tuatahi o te Pāti Reipa o Vermont, ā, ko ia tētahi o ngā tumuaki kāwanatanga tokoiti i tuku i te karanga mō te hui tuatahi o te rōpū
te hui ā-motu i te tau 1856. He mema a Brainerd, a i karanga ia i te huihuinga kia rite ki tana tiamana mo te wa poto.