In a message dated 06/21/2000 10:01:26 AM Central Daylight Time, BRUCE-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: WHAT HAPPENED TO THEM? I don't know if Paul Harvey wrote this, but I understand he read it on his radio program. The only problem is that it is such a gross exageration as to render it untruthful. E. Brooke Harlowe, Asst. Prof. and Coordinator, Intl Studies major/minor, Dept. of Political Science, Susquehanna University Selinsgrove PA 17870 has researched the lives of these men and written a rebuttal. It was posted to AMERICAN-REVOLUTION-L@rootsweb.com on 10 Aug 1999 It is a rather long essay and I don't want to post it to the list without the listowner's permission, but it can be found in the Rootsweb Archives. We owe the founders of this country a huge debt, and most of all we owe them an honest rendition of their lives. Joyce