mr. zeltner was actually kosciuszko's daughter. and this is a rumor that i present in the book as rumor and just simply provide the evidence that existed at the time but i'm convinced that this was actually his daughter because he leaves money to her so i'm convinced that kosciuszko had two children out-of-wedlock. he tried to get married twice and both times the father said you don't have enough money to marry my daughter. so there's the rumor that he had the child with mrs. zeltner but there's also a rumor that he had a child with the wife of one of his officers in poland. and recently, a friend of mine was here in washington and he met with a french politician by the name of natalie kosciuszko morrisette, how do you have this name? and she said, well, we were supposedly descendents of kosciuszko's brother. .. >> why do i think? because kosciuszko was very good friends with jefferson. and one of the letters that i've found jefferson writes to kosciuszko saying we are both older now and we don't have many years left ahead of us. i

mr. zeltner had was kosciuszko's daughter. this is a rumor that i present in the book as rumor and simply provide the evidence that existed at the time but unconvinced-- i am convinced that this was his daughter because he leaves money to her. so, i am convinced that kosciuszko had two children out of wedlock. he tried to get married twice and both times the father said you don't have enough money to marry my daughter. there is the rumor that he had a child with mrs zeltner but there is also a rumor that he had a child with the wife of one of his officers in poland. recently, a friend of mine was here in washington and he met with a french politician by the name of natalie kosciuszko where i sit. >> elsewhere, kosciuszko, how do you you have this name? she said well, we were supposedly kosciuszko's descendants brother. i contacted her by e-mail and she said, within the family, essentially we all know that my great grandfather said that his great, great grandfather was a descendant of that relationship that kosciuszko had with

mrs. zeltner and also with one of the officers of poland and recently a friend of mine was in washington and met with a french politician by the name of nathalie kosciuszko and he asked her well, kosciuszko, how do you have this name and she said well, we were supposedly descendants of kosciuszko's brother. but i contacted her by e-mail and she said we will thin the family essentially we all know that my great-grandfather said that his great, great grandfather was a descendant of the relationship that kosciuszko had with the wife of one of his officers. so, i don't know about that play but kosciuszko seems to have an active social life on the side. [laughter] are there any other request and? over here. there's a microphone. >> one of the things in your book that's sort of striking at least struck me was the fact jefferson actually offered kosciuszko to come to monticello to be part of his family and to be buried in monticello. that is an incredible offer. didn't kosciuszko take up jefferson on that because that was a very close relationship obviously. >> what do i think? welcome kosciuszko w

mr. zeltner and he was very involved with different theories on education and there was one educator andthere was one educator that kosciuszko became very involved with and tried to introduce him to napoleon and napoleon said i can't waste my time with the abcs. and you mentioned this family, this swiss family, kosciuszko at the end of his life lived in paris for a while and