Please do not do that. Leslie is too valuable a person to loose from the List. I have corresponded with her for several years, and have the highest regard for her. I look forward to her messages. Carl Hommel ----- Original Message ----- From: "Leslie B. Potter" <> To: <NYWASHIN-admin@rootsweb.com>; <nywashin@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, June 29, 2008 10:26 PM Subject: [NYWASHIN] A Community History of the Saratoga Tax District1764-1777 > Dear List Administrator and List: > > Oops, I gather that I have offended someone. I apologize for offending > your sensibilities. I do not apologize for my research. > > I have never made any secret about wanting to publish a book, which > would debunk John Burgoyne's spin concerning why he lost the battle of > Freeman's farm. He said that he lost because he had been forced to > fight in a 'wilderness'. The cherished myth is that John Freeman's farm > (Farm 3, Great Lott 16) was a 12 acre clearing in the midst of a forest > primeval and no one else lived any closer than John Neilson, who rented > a farm in Great Lott 13. However, from my research into primary source > records, it would appear that Burgoyne's "wilderness" had a population > of about 10,000 people (i.e. equal to the population of Boston in 1777) > and 32 mills, one of which was a cotton mill in Washington County (not > exactly a subsistence enterprise). > > So I have been attempting to document, who lived the the Saratoga Tax > District and when did they settled there. Consequently, I have been > climbing all over my family tree and everyone's family tree too, as well > as, posting transcribed tax lists, deeds and other strange documents on > the Washington, Saratoga, and Albany County Gen Web sites, plus the New > York Archive gen web site. > > Although in the past, I have enjoyed sharing my research and networking > with other list members, I am the first to confess that my activities > are not strictly limited to pure genealogical in their scope. > Accordingly, I shall cease and desist. Kindly remove my name and my > e-mail address from the Washington County, NY List immediately. > > Thank you for your kind consideration in this matter. > > Very truly yours, > > Leslie B. Potter > Glen Mills, PA > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NYWASHIN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message