tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post8985083839124475603..comments2024-03-28T04:26:30.557-05:00Comments on Boston 1775: President Washington in Sickness and in LexingtonUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-26018415890098522492015-01-20T10:50:20.081-05:002015-01-20T10:50:20.081-05:00Ooh, thanks, Polly! I see that the letter's au...Ooh, thanks, Polly! I see that the letter's author published that detailed self-exposé in 1900, years before the letter was reprinted in the <i>Journal of American History</i>. But obviously the truth could not catch up to the lie. J. L. Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15405157000473731801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-47741107490356624502015-01-20T10:27:39.954-05:002015-01-20T10:27:39.954-05:00Yes, indeed, the letter is a fake. The forger, cau...Yes, indeed, the letter is a fake. The forger, caught up in a "viral" whirlwind before the days of instantaneous online dissemination, comments on the unexpected popularity of his little joke here: https://archive.org/stream/sketchofmunroecl00munr#page/56/mode/2up PKienlenoreply@blogger.com