The QUESTION was not the succession, the QUESTION was:
If, how many, and when did the issue of GW being made King occur during the
early years of the country.
Harris Kern
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> Were Washington designated king, George Washington Parke Custis was his
> adopted, and only,?son.? GWPC as king designate had four children, but
> only one survived to adulthood, Mary Anna Randolph Custis.? She married
> Robert E. Lee.? Therefore, at the time the War of Northern Invasion took
> place, the Lee family would have ruled the U.S. for quite some time, and
> the whole unnecessary mess would never have taken place. REL would have
> seen that slavery, an institution he detested,?was ended, and we would all
> live happily ever, except for Sally Hemmings descendants who are still
> trying to figure out whom daddy was.
>
> By the way, I am working on a theory that Sojourner Truth had an
> illegitimate son by Robert E. Lee.? If there is anyone out there who would
> like to assist me in the project, please register at the for-profit site
> jsouth.com (or is it .org?).
>
> J South
>
>
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> From: Harris Kern <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Sent: Sun, 12 Oct 2008 8:35 am
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>
>
> You people are amazing.?
> ?
> When asked a real question about VA Hist.?
> ?
> "The closest reference at hand was HIS EXCELLENCY by Ellis and a quick
> index search found two instances where this might have come about, right
> after Yorktown and the Newburgh Conspiracy.?
> ?
> I'm sure there were others, so I'm asking if anyone one this list can
> enlighten me so I can pass the information on."?
> All you can do is belittle the person asking and then somehow use a
> question about GW to continue your petty little school yard taunting.?
> ?
> Harris Kern?
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Craig Kilby" <[log in to unmask]>?
> To: <[log in to unmask]>?
> Sent: Sunday, October 12, 2008 12:07 AM?
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> ?
>> Friends:?
>>?
>> This really crosses the bar from-used-to-be-scholarly exchange to >
>> often-just-plain-annoying to now-just-plain-stupid. Is there another >
>> list server that is not contaminated that one can join? Please, >
>> obviously, respond off list I am off of this list. Don't waste your time
>> > responding to me on this list, because I am off it. But, if anyone can
>> > find Anne's "off" switch, please use it.?
>>?
>> Craig?
>>?
>> On Oct 11, 2008, at 11:44 PM, Anne Pemberton wrote:?
>>?
>>> J South,?
>>>?
>>> Robert E. Lee is not more a "worthy subject" for Virginia History than
>>> >> Sally Hemmings or any other slave. Without slave labor, you probably
>>> >> would not have a building to work in. Most historical public
>>> buildings >> in Virginia were built with the labor of the illegitimate
>>> children of >> slaves who were forbidden by law to marry. The father/s
>>> of Sally's >> children may well have wanted to make her a honest woman,
>>> but was >> constrained by the law or the whims of her owner, or both.?
>>>?
>>> But if you want to discuss another slaveowner, Robert E. Lee, go right
>>> >> ahead. How did he treat his slaves? Did he give them permission to >>
>>> marry? Did he purchase "breeders", or sell same? How did he provision >>
>>> his slaves? How much meat was his weekly alotment? And how did Mrs. >>
>>> Robert E. Lee treat those of their joint slaves which were purported to
>>> >> be hers??
>>>?
>>> Anne?
>>>?
>>> Anne Pemberton?
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