In a message dated 6/9/2002 2:17:01 PM Eastern Daylight Time, janheil@attbi.com writes: << In 1821 Chief Justice John Jay said to his nephew William Heathcote DeLancey: "let me tell you, William: the *true* history of the American Revolution can *never* be written". >> This is true of the true history of anything. It's well-known that two witnesses to the same event are very apt to give conflicting testimony. Anne