> > > Actually, Jefferson and Franklin were literate. > > > > > > Richard A. Pence <richardpence@pipeline.com> > > > > Eh? Where di this come from? > > > > Since Benjamin Franklin was apprenticed as a printer, he would have > > been very well read and could compose type with the best of them. > > For that matter he was literate in both English and French! > > > > As for Thomas Jefferson, he wrote several thousand letters and had a > > 3000 book library and was a master land surveyor, I cannot believe > > for a moment that he was illeterate. > > > > Howerever, I do agree with you that at one point in their lives (as > > we both were) illeterate ­ from birth until age ten years or so. > > > > <aepalmer@a-znet.com> > > Eh? > > I think if you will actually read what I wrote - and what you quoted > - you will see that I said that both Jefferson and Franklin were > LITERATE - meaning they were well-schooled and quite capable of > reading and writing and even spelling. <g> > > In case you didn't get it - as you apparently didn't - the remark > was a little dig at President Andrew Jackson, who - by some > accounts - was barely literate. > > "Richard A. Pence" <richardpence@pipeline.com> I stand corrected -- perhaps it is the use of Arial Font. Capital I's and lc Ls look the same. I also agree about the comment about Presidemnt Jackson. Cheers. -- <><><><><><><><><><><> Arrowhead Images <aepalmer@a-znet.com> <><><><><><><><><><><> A mizer may be hard to live with, but makes a great ancestor !