Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. Good evening. My name is kevin butterfield. Im the executive director of the washington library. My great pleasure to welcome you here tonight on behalf of the Mount Vernon Ladies Association to our annual Martha Washington lecture. The event was created to scholarship and insights into the and times of Martha Washington and was made possible through a generous grant from the Richard Reynolds foundation of richmond. Tonights Exciting Program celebrates the publication of an important new book, the papers of Martha Washington. One many years in the making actually part and related to a much bigger project the papers of George Washington at the university of virginia and sponsored by the Mount Vernon Ladies Association. Since 1968, the project began with the ambitious aim of publishing all of George Washingtons correspondence, but it since expanded to include other members of his family, allowing us to know so much more about the personal lives and ass
Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. Good evening. My name is kevin butterfield. Im the executive director of the washington library. My great pleasure to welcome you here tonight on behalf of the Mount Vernon Ladies Association to our annual Martha Washington lecture. The event was created to scholarship and insights into the and times of Martha Washington and was made possible through a generous grant from the Richard Reynolds foundation of richmond. Tonights Exciting Program celebrates the publication of an important new book, the papers of Martha Washington. One many years in the making actually part and related to a much bigger project the papers of George Washington at the university of virginia and sponsored by the Mount Vernon Ladies Association. Since 1968, the project began with the ambitious aim of publishing all of George Washingtons correspondence, but it since expanded to include other members of his family, allowing us to know so much more about the personal lives and ass
Im the executive director of the washington library. My great pleasure to welcome you here tonight on behalf of the Mount Vernon Ladies Association to our annual Martha Washington lecture. The event was created to scholarship and insights into the and times of Martha Washington and was made possible through a generous grant from the Richard Reynolds foundation of richmond. Tonights Exciting Program celebrates the publication of an important new book, the papers of Martha Washington. One many years in the making actually part and related to a much bigger project the papers of George Washington at the university of virginia and sponsored by the Mount Vernon Ladies Association. Since 1968, the project began with the ambitious aim of publishing all of George Washingtons correspondence, but it since expanded to include other members of his family, allowing us to know so much more about the personal lives and associates of this remarkable founding at this time, id like to thank each of the d
To our annual Martha Washington lecture. The event was created to scholarship and insights into the and times of Martha Washington and was made possible through a generous grant from the Richard Reynolds foundation of richmond. Tonights Exciting Program celebrates the publication of an important new book, the papers of Martha Washington. One many years in the making actually part and related to a much bigger project the papers of George Washington at the university of virginia and sponsored by the Mount Vernon Ladies Association. Since 1968, the project began with the ambitious aim of publishing all of George Washingtons correspondence, but it since expanded to include other members of his family, allowing us to know so much more about the personal lives and associates of this remarkable founding at this time, id like to thank each of the donors of the papers the Martha Washington project. Hold your applause to the end because there are several the Richard Reynolds foundation. Id like
A political casualty. But after the constitutional onvention, which, of course, washington sanctioned and mason it spelled in , many ways an end to their friendship. Twitter, george and Martha Washington, quite the power couple. We close out bringing us full circle, what are the important things for people to the influence of Martha Washington. I think its important to powerful she and on and how dependent he was her. His achievements were his achievements. Him aving her there with made them much more possible. I think thats true. Defined influence in a way that perhaps contemporary have difficulty understanding. But the fact of the matter is, she was the most influential of the earth face with the president of the United States. This says Richard Norton of george graphy washington patriarch Still Available if youd like to learn weve been talking about the book martha ashington with the striking portrait of young martha on the cover and widely available for people who want to know more