Status Updates From Arthur St. Clair: The Invis...

I'm not sure I like this book. I think the writing is sloppy and repetitive. I'm not sure if I like the non chronological presentation either. So far a 1/4 of the way through the book, he doesn't even really mention St. Clair's Defeat by name or even provide a general overview. He mainly sings praise of St. Clair's lineage and character. I agree St Clair's image may need revisiting but this is overkill.

The author asserts that Newport Tower in Rhode Island dates to the 1300s and was built by a Scottish Templar ancestor of St. Clair named Henry Sinclair after an alleged pre-Columbian voyage to North America. This is all an unproven fringe theory that he states as fact. 1990s Carbon dating & other 19th & 20th century investigation of the mortar dates it to the mid 1600s. This makes me suspicious of his other research.

I do not envy the people tracking this part of the family tree

This family tree is big lol

Wow, he did alot for Ohio

All this mistrust, bad decisions, and "political infighting" makes me want to go back in time and bitch-slap some people

Congress screwed up back then

Won't finish this today as I hoped but made some progress at least, maybe by friday.. not a quick read but a fascinating one overall with only a couple dry spots

picture of arthur st clair

One might think that, for one as giving as St. Clair, the art of compromise might have come easily. It did not; in fact, some might have called him stubborn. --- hehe, something in common with my ancestor

Unlike Washington's Mount Vernon and Jefferson's Monticello, St. Clair's Hermitage residence has not survived the years. However, the St. Clair family's original cabin/parlor are now a featured display at the Fort Ligonier Museum.
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I have got to get up to that museum soon:)



the house

This is fascinating

Wow

Belated Christmas present from a friend, and it's my ancestor!:) My uncle Jim got a mention in the preface, so awesome!