Neil McDonald writes: "your normal sources require a paid subscription for individuals having no affiliation with their membershp entities -- and visiting a large library out here on the frontier must be a planned pack-horse trip, not one we make on a daily or even weekly basis." Have you signed up for "Find It Virginia"? This database of news articles and scholarly journals (some articles available online in full text) is open to all holders of a public library card. Go to the Library of Virginia website, click on "What We Do" and you'll find the link for Find It Virginia. If you like what you see, urge your delegate and state senator to fund the service. LVA is currently begging the General Assembly to fund this service, which is designed to help Virginians "out here on the frontier." McDonald also writes: "I was surprised to learn how 'interpretations' of some extant personal files of Thos. Jefferson . . . has led to some surmising about Jefferson possibly philandering with young John Walker's wife . . . " Thomas Jefferson confessed to making advances to Walker's wife. I don't think there is any dispute whatever over this point. In "Jefferson Vindicated," page 30, Cynthia Burton writes, "When Jefferson denied the Sally accusations, he admitted to the Walker affair . . . " Henry Wiencek Charlottesville To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html