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    1. Re: [NYSARATO] Leslie Potter to talk on Saratoga Patent June 12
    2. Delighted to hear you will be publishing. Soon, I hope. Please let the list know when the article will be available and how we can purchase copies. Robert Miles Eddy In a message dated 6/20/07 7:00:03 PM, lbpotter@comcast.net writes: > Hi Sonja, > > I have just returned from the Sataroga Tax District.  (Actually, I got in at > 12:35 a.m. this morning and have not even started to unpack my trailer yet.) > > The talk that I gave to the Old Saratoga Historical Association was a > combination of the main parts of my paper entitled, "A Lawyer's Analysis of > Burgoyne's 'Wilderness': The Saratoga Tax District of Albany County" and > "Debunking Burgoyne's Rationale for the British Defeat at Freeman's Farm". > > I am sorry but I can not post either of the original papers or the combined > paper on the internet if I want to get my research published by a reputable > publisher.   Make no mistake about it, I do want to get my papers published. > Last year after the 2006 Conference on New York State History, I submitted > my "Burgoyne's 'Wilderness' " paper to the RECORD.  The editor of the RECORD > was interested in my paper.  So I just have to make the formatting changes > that the editor requested, before I send it back to the RECORD.  Eventually, > I hope to produce a book on the civilian population of the Rev War Era > Saratoga Tax District, but I still have a lot of title work and genealogical > research to do first. > > However, I am still willing to share and swap information from my database > with other researchers.  I am not sure how to access the material now, but I > have posted the 1779 Saratoga District Tax Lists on the NY Gen Web Archives > and some of the individual county Gen Web sites.  So if list members can > access those lists and then contact me, I'll be please to lend them a hand. > > Please be patient with the pace at which I am getting my research published. > > Sincerely, > > Leslie > ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com.

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