Harold,
You sound mighty negative on these reports. Aren't you interested in
discovering the truth, if that is possible?
Bill Bryant
----- Original Message -----
From: "Harold S. Forsythe" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2001 10:59 AM
Subject: Re: Jefferson-Hemings-Woodson DNA Study
> I am sure we all look forward to the report from the "'Blue Ribbon
Commission'" of "'volunteer...unbiased'"
> experts. But precisely what "fiasco" is referenced in this message?
>
> Harold S. Forsythe
> History & Black Studies
> Fairfield University
>
> Date sent: Tue, 27 Mar 2001 00:05:10 -0500
> From: Herbert Barger <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Jefferson-Hemings-Woodson DNA Study
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Send reply to: Discussion of research and writing about Virginia
history
> <[log in to unmask]>
>
> > In reply to the many historians and researchers asking about the status
of
> > the DNA Study I offer the following for details:
> > www.angelfire.com/va/TJTruth and www.tjheritage.org
> >
> > A new book, "The Jefferson-Hemings Myth, An American Travesty",
sponsored
> > by the Thomas Jefferson Heritage Society, will be available in May 2001
> > and you may now place your orders at Amazon, B&N, Borders, etc.
> >
> > The Scholars Commission (composed of over 16 well known professors) will
> > be releasing their unbiased findings in a report around Thomas
Jefferson's
> > birthday, April 13, 2001. This Blue Ribbon Commission, all volunteers
and
> > NOT Monticello employees, are giving freely of their time to give the
> > public the benefit of their unbiased research into this fiasco, known as
> > the Jefferson-Hemings DNA Study.
> >
> > You may recall that the report of the Thomas Jefferson Memorial
Foundation
> > (now known as the Thomas Jefferson Foundation, thus dropping
"memorial"),
> > released on Jan. 26, 2000, stated that the best evidence available
> > suggests the strong likelihood that Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings
had
> > a relationship over time that led to the birth of one, and perhaps all,
of
> > the known children of Sally Hemings. As in medicine, it is ALWAYS
> > appropriate to get a "second opinion."
> >
> > Herbert Barger
> > Jefferson Family Historian
> >
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