I just read a piece in the Washington Post which mentioned that  
Patrick Henry sired 17 children. I had no idea- wow, quite a large  
family! How many of them reached adulthood and had children of their  
own? Or did the typical high mortality rate for children of the  
period take its sad toll?

Nancy

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I was never lost, but I was bewildered once for three days.

--Daniel Boone

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