Mr. Jackson--

You misunderstand the exercise here.  We are concerned here to identify the things we can all agree on.  What these facts mean is another matter entirely.  Let's not get ahead of ourselves.

And this is NOT about *me*.  Its about *you* too, no?  The whole point is to figure out what basic facts we can agree about.  That means you too.  At the moment we are working to produce consensus about what we *can* agree about.

So.  Of the children of Sally Hemings whom we know she carried to term--who lived--we know that TJ was at Monticello roughly 9 months earlier.  If I remember correctly, Sally Hemings had six children for whom this is true.

Do you have reason to disagree with that claim?

I don't see how your questions below matter, with regard to the very basic claim above I am suggesting you and I both can agree about.

All best,
Kevin

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>Date: Sun, 12 Oct 2008 22:46:17 -0400
>From: Hist Docs <[log in to unmask]>  
>Subject: Re: What we know about Sally Hemings, first revision  
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>  >6.  All of Heming's recorded pregnancies correspond with times when Jefferson was at Monticello
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>  You have evidence that SH carried all her children to full term?  If not, then it is a fair assumption that she did not carry all/any of her pregnancies to full term.  If the assumption that TJ fathered SH's child(ren) is based solely upon the delivery date of SH's child(dren), then the charge against TJ is baseless.
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>  R Burnett Jenkins
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Department of History
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