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Re: Mr. Jefferson's Women
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Henry Wiencek <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 17 Jul 2008 09:05:07 -0400
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Unless I am mistaken, Herb's theory (and this is a new theory) that the
French servant Adrien Petit fathered children with Sally Hemings at
Monticello does not hold water. Adrien Petit worked for Jefferson in
Philadelphia and he returned to France in January 1794, a year before Sally
Hemings conceived Harriet 1, who was born in October 1795. Petit was across
the sea when Hemings conceived children at Monticello. If there is a record
that states otherwise I will be glad to see it. 

Henry Wiencek

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