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From: "Michael Hait" <>
Subject: Re: [TGF] Social Commentary from beyond the grave
Date: Sun, 23 May 2010 13:30:35 -0400
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Annette Gordon-Reed also discusses the practice of inoculation in THE
HEMINGSES OF MONTICELLO -- Thomas Jefferson reportedly inoculated his slave
Sally Hemings while the two were in France (before his Presidency).
Michael Hait
http://www.haitfamilyresearch.com
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From: "Melissa Barker" <>
Sent: Sunday, May 23, 2010 12:38 PM
To: "Christy Fillerup" <>;
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Subject: Re: [TGF] Social Commentary from beyond the grave
> Christy,
>
> Thanks for sharing, this is very interesting. If you are looking into the
> practice of inoculating for small pox I would suggest that you check out
> Abigail Adams, wife of John Adams, one of our founding families. During
> the
> small pox epidemic she was one of the first and few to engage in the
> inoculating process with her children and herself.
>
> Melissa Barker
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> Specializing in Tennessee and Kentucky Genealogy Research
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