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"Richard E. Dixon" <[log in to unmask]>
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In a message dated 3/28/02 11:20:05 AM Eastern Standard Time,
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<< Jefferson never
 really went public in his denials, so is that any more misleading than
 any other presidential philanderer  >>

My goodness, Jefferson did not publish a full page denial of the third party
hearsay that plagued him about Sally Hemings. Would that have made a
difference in the predisposition of many academics unaffected by the absence
of any direct evidence?
_____________________________________________________________________ Richard
E. Dixon
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