They knew what to do if there was infection in their homes. They knew the rules. I think that is something we are relearning, so maybe we can shed some light there. I want you to imagine the emotions running through the mind of 19yearold Abigail Smith in the spring of 1764. She and her then fiance john had been betrothed for at least a year when john announced he intended to delay their proposed spring or Summer Wedding to the fall so he could have himself purposefully infected with smallpox, the most dreaded disease of the age. When john left abigail on april 7, 1764, to begin the preparatory regimen for taking smallpox by inoculation, he described their parting as painful but remarked the six weeks of separation gave him more concern than the procedure he had volunteered to undergo. To be clear, we are talking about inoculation for smallpox. It was a procedure that took someone who was infected with smallpox, took the matter from one of those sores, purposefully inserted under the sk
He is talking about lets make peace with everybody else and go after these guys. Lets attack the apaches and end these raids on new mexico and other spanish settlements. What makes it so difficult to defend new mexico and other spanish settlements . What is the strategic difficulty . Sam . It is a big place. It is a large colony. It is thinly settled, so it is not densely populated. You have a large area with a lot of outlying ranches and small villages. What is the great danger for a Spanish Ranch in the 1750s . Yeah. Go ahead. The apaches could burn your house, do a little dance, and leave before anyone realized what was happening. Exactly. The spanish cannot keep a military force at every ranch in new mexico. They have all these dispersed settlements. All of these are highly vulnerable. The apaches are mobile. They can attack in outlying settlement and the spanish cannot do much about it. On page 308, he talks about the people of new mexico. Because of extreme poverty, they are wort
And the revolutionary war is the story of sacrifice, commitment to country. She rose to the occasion. She was opposed to slavery. She was quite a behindthescenes dynamo,. She said cannot rule without including what women want. The backdrop to the occupancy of the white house is one of personal tragedy. She is worried about her husband. And defend him against slander. She is concerned about her children their upbringing, their , education. She could hold her own with anybody. In her own time and since, she was in every way her husband equal her husbands equal. Born in 1744, Abigail Smith married john adams at age 19. Over 54 years of including a future president. Ahead of her time in many ways and a writer perhaps unparalleled to any first lady, she pens this to her husband during the American Revolution susan good evening and welcome to first ladies. For the next 90 minutes we will be learning more about Abigail Adams the second first lady of , the United States. We have two guests, au
Modern to us today. John and Abigail Adams have become so prominent in the minds of americans because of this collection of papers and the publications that have opened them up to the world. The story of Abigail Adams in the revolutionary war is a story of sacrifice, of commitment to country and abigail rose to the occasion. Abigail was adamantly opposed to slavery. She was quite behindthescenes dynamo, i think. She warned her husband. You cant rule without including what women want and what women have to contribute. The backdrop to the adams brief occupancy of the white house is one of political defeat and personal tragedy. She is worried about her husband and defends him against slander. She is concerned about her children, their upbringing their education. She could hold her own with anybody, in her own time and since. She was in every way her husbands equal. Susan swain born in 1744, Abigail Smith married john adams at age 19. Over 54 years of marriage, they have five Children Toge
Guest these are characteristics captured. Host we are wrapping it up quickly. We just had a president ial election. The winner he was president already so hes been filtered for four years, but mitt romney. Was he extremely filtered . Guest unfiltered without a doubt. In historical is not a lot of time in politics. Had he won the presidency, he wouldve been second second only to wilson and arguably Grover Cleveland in terms of the shortness of his political career before he became president. Host well, listen, thank you. This is a fascinating books. Alexis totino, the toes he says he dont know about it. Guest thank you very much. The fact that was, but tv signature programs in which authors are interviewed by policymakers, legislators and others familiar with their material. After words errors at 10 00 p. M. On saturday, 12 00 p. M. And 9 00 p. M. On monday. You can also watch after words online. Go to booktv. Org and click on the booktv series and topics list on the upper right side of