Mr. Dixon:  I think it is interesting that an individual of that era and
particular political culture, with its refined notions of honor and fame,
would not address such a libelous statement.  Hamilton did in the
Reynolds affair (he owned up); Edmund Randolph did (and in terms that
impugned the character of his accuser George Washington).  When these men
weren't penning their own vindications, other were doing it for them.
Where were Jefferson's defenders?  If there is silence in the evidence it
seems it is on both sides.

David Kiracofe
College of Charleston


On Thu, 28 Mar 2002 12:26:16 -0500 (EST) "Richard E. Dixon" wrote:

> In a message dated 3/28/02 11:20:05 AM Eastern Standard Time,
> [log in to unmask] writes:
>
> << 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?
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