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Subject: [ADAIR] Re: James Adair the author & Sir Wm. Johnson
Date: 12 Nov 2002 17:20:51 -0700
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Shirley,
I found confirmation of what you and I both suspected regarding the location of Elizabeth Town. The original text is unambiguous:
"Adair lived forty years entirely domesticated with the southern Indians and was a man of learning and great observation. Just before the revolutionary war he brought his manuscript to Elizabeth-Town, in New Jersey, to William Livingston, Esq. (a neighbour of the writer) to have it examined and corrected, which was prevented by the troubles of a political nature, just breaking out." [Elias Boudinot, "A Star in the West: or, a Humble Attempt to Discover the Long Lost Ten Tribes of Israel, Preparatory to their Return to their Beloved City, Jerusalem," (Trenton, NJ: Publshed by D. Fenton, S. Hutchinson, and J. Dunham), pp. 116. 117]
Shawn Potter
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