"Blue Laws" in 1755

[Joel S. Berson]

Yes, Alice, you're correct.  Fred's message corroborating the 1755
date and identifying the 1775 dates as part of the dream essay was
sent to the ADS-L list (and perhaps not noticed by George
Thompson).  It was only my response to Fred that was off-list.

Joel

At 11/7/2007 12:53 AM, you wrote:
>Joel S. Berson wrote:
>>Unfortunately, the messages that Fred and I exchanged recognizing the
>>dream and the genuineness of the 1755 date were off-list.  My
>>apologies to ADS-L.
>
>Were they? I could have sworn I skimmed some posts about the legitimacy
>of the 1755 date.
>
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