It may be of interest that ca. 1790 Richard Henry Lee admired the northern states and felt that he would be more comfortable living there. Jon Kukla Henry Wiencek wrote: > Back in April I queried the list about an elusive quotation from GW on > his intention to move to the North if the Union broke apart. I am happy > to report that the source has been found by Mary Thompson at Mount > Vernon, who writes: > > On page 568 of Volume 28 of The Papers of Thomas Jeffersona, John > Catanzariti, editor (Princeton, New Jersey, and Oxford: Princeton > University Press, 2000) is "Notes of a Conversation with Edmund > Randolph," which is dated by the editors to "[after 1795]". The last > note reads: "the P. speaking with R. on the hypothesis of a separation > of the Union into Northern and Southern said he had made up his mind to > remove and be of the Northern." The footnote (on page 569) for this note > reads: "This paragraph written on verso in different ink." > > Thanks to everyone who helped with this. > > Henry Wiencek > > 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