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Subject: Re: [LDR] MSA?? Janet Hunter new email address
Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2001 21:25:31 EDT

In a message dated 4/16/01 11:26:11 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
writes:

<<
Once again I had the opportunity last week to research at MSA. Ran across
John Lyon who brought me up to date on his project to chronicle land
transactions in 3 of 23 Maryland counties (all on the Eastern Shore). >>

Hello Everyone,

AOL and I had an "encounter" over electronic billing errors, and I have a new
account, new email address (wouldn't give me my old one back till we agree).
So I am now longer at (though I still have that AOL Instant
Message screen name, don't ask me how), but at Lee being
my middle name after family friends...apparently hell-fire Baptist ministers
as parents, two brothers both named Elihu, with different middle names.

I suppose I should be strung up for this because I should know the answer,
but is MSA the Maryland State Archives located in my birthplace?

Also about a month ago Craig O'Donnell sent me a note that an article
appeared in the 1930s??(from memory), that one of our Eastern Shore Fassitt
boys, Thomas, was responsible for the murder of General Edward Braddock in
1755, during the utter defeat suffered by his forces as they failed in their
attempt to capture Fort Duquesne from the French and Indians in War of same
name.

In brief, Braddock was ticked off because Washington's militia men, mostly
Virginians, chose to fight from the trees like the French and Indians were as
opposed to marching down the middle of the road in proper military style to
provide their opponents with non-challenging target practice. It is
acknowledged in many accounts that Braddock took his sword and hit his
soldiers in the trees to get them back in the road. The story goes that
Braddock actually killed one of the Fassitt brothers in the trees, and the
still living Thomas shot Braddock in revenge and he died four days later.
(This is quite a story, and George Washington emerges as quite a hero. Just
enter General Edward Braddock in any search engine and you'll get an earfull).

I put a query out on a couple of Virginia wide lists to find confirmation for
this (ended up getting flamed and causing all manner of ruckus because I
repeated a statement on a History Channel documentary comparing Geo.
Washington to the enterprising, perky Martha Stewart, oh well). In the
process, I was given a second reference to the incident, naming Fassit
brothers, although it doesn't look like they are on the Eastern Shore.
Craig's version has them going back "home" there. I sent the link to Craig
about the time I went under at AOL, so he may have tried to respond.

In any case, for you history buffs and students of our FAssitt line, here is
the link that certainly gives Braddock no quarter. Curious if any of you
think they are our Fassitts. Craig?

http://www.garlock-elliott.org/archive/YllwCrkSt/CHAPTER15.htm

This is at a most entertaining website primarily devoted Ohio stories, but
since Fort Duquesne was near present day Pittsburgh that's pretty close.
Here is the Table of Contents for "Yellow Creek STories"
http://www.garlock-elliott.org/archive/YllwCrkSt/CONTENTS.htm

And for you with Ohio folks, here is the home page with more information:
http://www.garlock-elliott.org/index.html It is well done.

Best Regards,

Janet (Baugh) Hunter

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