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To: KLP who wrote (144254)	10/23/2005 9:23:46 PM
From: LindyBill	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 794012

I've been transcribing old letters from the early 1800's, and again, none of them had the advantages of a single person today who has public education, or private education. But, all of them were smart enough to learn how to read, and write a coherent sentence.. I am reading David McCullough's "1776" right now and just read his segment on Washington's lack of formal education. He was always distressed about it. He had a tutor to the equivalent of an 8th grade education, then read on his own for the rest. And this worked just fine. You just bought or borrowed books. People today have no idea how important the opening of free libraries were to the people of this country. That's where my father got a lot of his educaton in the early 20th century. The advent of cheap books at the time also helped. You should definitely read "1776."