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From: Lisa Bowes <>
Subject: Re: [ADAIR] James Adair the author & Sir Wm. Johnson
Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2002 13:44:17 -0800 (PST)
In-Reply-To: <000401c28a92$367e4b60$f9813f42@kiyoko>


Larry,
You are completely misunderstanding the post. Mr James Adair, Indian Trader and author is the genealogy topic being covered. The reference quoted is in refernce to this James Adair, and has nothing to do with the religious beliefs of anyone but this said James Adair.
In addition, this is a moderated list, and it is the moderators' function to decide what should and should not be posted. You should read more carefully before you jump to a mistaken conclusion.
Lisa
"Larry L. Fillhard" <> wrote:I see no relevance to genealogy in the below. Post your and other's
religious beliefs elsewhere.

Larry

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Subject: [ADAIR] James Adair the author & Sir Wm. Johnson


> This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list.
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> Surnames: Adair
> Classification: Query
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> Message Board URL:
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http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/JG.2ADEB/828.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1.1.1.
1.1.1.2
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> Message Board Post:
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> From
> http://oliverowdery.com/textx/prst1826.htm
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> " Manasses Ben Israel, wrote a book "The Hope of Israel," the main pillar
of his evidence is James Adair, Esq.
>
> Mr. Adair was a man of established character, as appears from good
authority. He lived a trader among the Indians, in the south of North
America, for forty years. --
>
> He left them and returned to England in 1774 (actually in 1772 he was in
Cork Co. Ireland chasing Mr. McGaw who had his, Adair's, manuscript), and
there published his "History of the American Indians" .
>
> Mr. Adair gives his opinion, that the ten tribes, soon after their
banishment from the land of Israel, left Media, and reached this continent
from the north-west, probably before the carrying away of the Jews of
Babylon. A summary will be given of the arguments of Mr, Adair, and of a
number of other writers on this subject.
>
> As the evidence given by Mr. Adair appears in some respects the most
momentous and conclusive, I shall adduce a testimonial in his behalf. In the
"Star in the West," published by the Hon. Elias Bondinot,LL. D. upon this
subject, that venerable man says; "The writer of these sheets has made a
free use of Mr. Adair's history of the Indians; which renders it necessary
that something further should be said of him. Sometime about the year 1774
(actually Feb 27 1769), Mr. Adair came to Elizabethtown, (Union co NJ ?)
where the writer lived, with his manuscript, and applied to Mr. Livingston,
(afterward governor of New-Jersey -- a correct scholar,) requesting him to
correct his manuscript. He brought ample recommendations, and gave a good
account of himself.
>
> Our political troubles with Great Britain then increasing, Mr. Adair, who
was on his way to Great Britain, was advised (1769 ??) not to risk being
detained from his voyage, till the work could be critically examined; but to
set off as soon as possible. He accordingly took passage in the first vessel
bound to England.
>
> As soon as the war was over,(Mr. Boundinot adds of himself.) the writer
(Boudinot) sent to London to obtain a copy of this work . After reading it
with care, he strictly examined a gentleman, then a member with him in
congress, and of excellent character, who had acted as our agent among the
Indians to the southward, during the war, relative to the points of fact
stated by Mr. Adair, without letting him know the design, and from him found
all the leading facts mentioned in Mr. Adair's history, fully confirmed from
his own personal knowledge."
>
> Here are the evidences of two great and good men most artlessly uniting in
the leading facts stated by Mr. Adair. The character of Mr. Boudinot (who
was for some time President of the American Bible Society,) is well known.
He was satisfied with the truth of Mr. Adair's history and he hence
published his "Star in the West". "
>
> ..............The above views are not necessarily the views of the writer
of this message............
>
> One would have thought that if James Adair had returned to America these
gentlemen would have contacted him personally, and that James Adair would
have been mentioned in the newspapers as giving talks, whatever, on his
book.
>
> Adair appeared to have a close association with Sir William Johnson and in
the will of 1778 there was the mention of "Alexander Johnson or his heirs
in Ireland or his heirs in co. of Chester, 17 pounds". Would this have been
Chester, PA.
>
> The Rev. War information on Sir William Johnson may shed some light on
Adair. Interesting for me is the Thomas Addis Emmet donated papers to an
American library concerning Sir William Johnson. Emmet's descendant has
written to me from my grandfather's grandfather's house where he lived near
Dublin, Ireland. Seems a conflict of interest there somewhere, however that
is another story.
>
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