<div dir="ltr">Touche!<br><br>However, you sir are probably in the minority as most immigrated post-Revolution. It still doesn't reduce my original point, however. :)<br><br>Jeffrey.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Aug 12, 2008 at 4:15 PM, Hal Duston <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:hald@kc.rr.com">hald@kc.rr.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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</div>When my ancestor (Thomas Durston) arrived in 1632, there was no US<br>
consulate that one could visit to apply for a visa. Legally he was<br>
migrating from one part of the British empire to another, and therefore<br>
no visa was required.<br>
<br></blockquote></div><br clear="all"><br>-- <br><br>"He that would make his own liberty secure must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself." -- Thomas Paine<br>
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