The QUESTION was not the succession, the QUESTION was: If, how many, and when did the issue of GW being made King occur during the early years of the country. Harris Kern ----- Original Message ----- From: <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Sunday, October 12, 2008 9:15 AM Subject: Re: New Subject > Were Washington designated king, George Washington Parke Custis was his > adopted, and only,?son.? GWPC as king designate had four children, but > only one survived to adulthood, Mary Anna Randolph Custis.? She married > Robert E. Lee.? Therefore, at the time the War of Northern Invasion took > place, the Lee family would have ruled the U.S. for quite some time, and > the whole unnecessary mess would never have taken place. REL would have > seen that slavery, an institution he detested,?was ended, and we would all > live happily ever, except for Sally Hemmings descendants who are still > trying to figure out whom daddy was. > > By the way, I am working on a theory that Sojourner Truth had an > illegitimate son by Robert E. Lee.? If there is anyone out there who would > like to assist me in the project, please register at the for-profit site > jsouth.com (or is it .org?). > > J South > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Harris Kern <[log in to unmask]> > To: [log in to unmask] > Sent: Sun, 12 Oct 2008 8:35 am > Subject: Re: New Subject > > > You people are amazing.? > ? > When asked a real question about VA Hist.? > ? > "The closest reference at hand was HIS EXCELLENCY by Ellis and a quick > index search found two instances where this might have come about, right > after Yorktown and the Newburgh Conspiracy.? > ? > I'm sure there were others, so I'm asking if anyone one this list can > enlighten me so I can pass the information on."? > All you can do is belittle the person asking and then somehow use a > question about GW to continue your petty little school yard taunting.? > ? > Harris Kern? > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Craig Kilby" <[log in to unmask]>? > To: <[log in to unmask]>? > Sent: Sunday, October 12, 2008 12:07 AM? > Subject: Re: New Subject? > ? >> Friends:? >>? >> This really crosses the bar from-used-to-be-scholarly exchange to > >> often-just-plain-annoying to now-just-plain-stupid. Is there another > >> list server that is not contaminated that one can join? Please, > >> obviously, respond off list I am off of this list. Don't waste your time >> > responding to me on this list, because I am off it. But, if anyone can >> > find Anne's "off" switch, please use it.? >>? >> Craig? >>? >> On Oct 11, 2008, at 11:44 PM, Anne Pemberton wrote:? >>? >>> J South,? >>>? >>> Robert E. Lee is not more a "worthy subject" for Virginia History than >>> >> Sally Hemmings or any other slave. Without slave labor, you probably >>> >> would not have a building to work in. Most historical public >>> buildings >> in Virginia were built with the labor of the illegitimate >>> children of >> slaves who were forbidden by law to marry. The father/s >>> of Sally's >> children may well have wanted to make her a honest woman, >>> but was >> constrained by the law or the whims of her owner, or both.? >>>? >>> But if you want to discuss another slaveowner, Robert E. Lee, go right >>> >> ahead. How did he treat his slaves? Did he give them permission to >> >>> marry? Did he purchase "breeders", or sell same? How did he provision >> >>> his slaves? How much meat was his weekly alotment? And how did Mrs. >> >>> Robert E. Lee treat those of their joint slaves which were purported to >>> >> be hers?? >>>? >>> Anne? >>>? >>> Anne Pemberton? >>> [log in to unmask] >>> http://www.erols.com/apembert? >>> http://www.educationalsynthesis.org? >>> ______________________________________? >>> 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? >> ? > ______________________________________? > 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 > ______________________________________ To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html