Elaine: I've been ROFL. I did the search you mentioned just out of curiosity, and the first page I came to, in small print at the botttom, said: "The above information was taken verbatum from the American Revolution message board for genealogy.com. It was written and posted as message #3250 by Ed, a historian on the American Revolution." Good grief! Someone citing me as an authority! Amazing! Actually, you didn't have to go that far - all the information is right here in the archives of the AMERICAN-REVOLUTION-L list, where I've posted it two or three times over the years (not the text of the acts, just a synopsis.) Best regards, Ed -- For Revolutionary War information on the Internet, your fsirst choice should be AMERICANREVOLUTION.ORG