Henry, John C. Miller died in 1991 well before the DNA controversy. I think most of his response in _Wolf by the Ears_ was in reaction to Win Jordan (perhaps Brodie, but I think that may have come after?) in _White Over Black_. Jim Hershman Henry Wiencek wrote: > I have what I hope is a straightforward question for the list. For my > book on GW and slavery I have made use of Prof. John Chester Miller's > "The Wolf By the Ears: TJ and Slavery." Prof. Miller wrote forcefully > against the thesis that TJ fathered children with Hemings. My question: > does anyone know if he stated a new position after the DNA announcement > or is he not persuaded by the DNA findings and historical evidence? I > don't think he participated in the research and writings of the TJ > Heritage group, but I may be wrong. I'm not asking for commentary on > his position and I don't want to re-open the rumpus on this. If anyone > could point me to any recent writings by Prof. Miller I would be > grateful. > > I also ask the list's help on a related topic. I am having trouble > tracking a GW-related Jefferson document that is supposedly in the > Library of Congress. The editors of both the Jefferson Papers and the > Washington Papers have tried to help me with this and have come up > empty. There is a widely quoted statement supposedly made by George > Washington to Edmund Randolph, and supposedly written down by Jefferson, > that if the Union ever broke up along northern and southern lines, "he > had made up his mind to move and be of the northern." James Thomas > Flexner quotes this in his GW biography (vol 4, --_George Washington: > Anguish and Farewell_--p. 482), citing "Jefferson, Heads of Information > given me by E. Randolph, n.d., LC" Flexner further cites: "M, III, > 297n." The Jefferson experts tell me that "M" stands for the Dumas > Malone biography of Jefferson, but they checked Malone and find no such > statement. So we are thrown back on the citation to the LC. The people > at the TJ Papers and the GW Papers all ran computer searches on the > American Memory site and couldn't find any "Heads of Information" in the > undated material. The specialists at LC Manuscripts have also come up > empty so far. This is a widely quoted saying and yet the original > source seems elusive. Any help will be very greatly appreciated. > Henry Wiencek > Charlottesville > > To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions > at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html