To the Second Annual Kenneth Rendell lecture on importance of historical letters and documents. Ken rendell has been a dealer since 1959 in historical letters and documents dating from the renaissance to the present period. His business for many years included offices boston and the gallery in new york city encompassed politics. The law, art, literature, music, science, the military amongst, other areas. Ken has authored some of the standard reference volumes in this field, including his history comes to life. Ken has been a member of the grolier club since 1972 and is significant contributions to our club over course over 50 years. Reflect just a few of his many interests and areas of expertise. One of kens historical interests is the american frontier, the foundation of his 2004 book, the western of the American Dream. Its his own extensive collection of western american memorabilia here. And the club was fortunate to have a selection of this material on show in this very room in 200
The president of the grolier club and its my to welcome you to the Second Annual Kenneth Rendell lecture on importance of historical letters and documents. Ken rendell has been a dealer since 1959 in historical letters and documents dating from the renaissance to the present period. His business for many years included offices boston and the gallery in new york city encompassed politics. The law, art, literature, music, science, the military amongst, other areas. Ken has authored some of the standard reference volumes in this field, including his history comes to life. Ken has been a member of the grolier club since 1972 and is significant contributions to our club over course over 50 years. Reflect just a few of his many interests and areas of expertise. One of kens historical interests is the american frontier, the foundation of his 2004 book, the western of the American Dream. Its his own extensive collection of western american memorabilia here. And the club was fortunate to have a
The president of the grolier club and its my to welcome you to the Second Annual Kenneth Rendell lecture on importance of historical letters and documents. Ken rendell has been a dealer since 1959 in historical letters and documents dating from the renaissance to the present period. His business for many years included offices boston and the gallery in new york city encompassed politics. The law, art, literature, music, science, the military amongst, other areas. Ken has authored some of the standard reference volumes in this field, including his history comes to life. Ken has been a member of the grolier club since 1972 and is significant contributions to our club over course over 50 years. Reflect just a few of his many interests and areas of expertise. One of kens historical interests is the american frontier, the foundation of his 2004 book, the western of the American Dream. Its his own extensive collection of western american memorabilia here. And the club was fortunate to have a
Fersons instructions to lewis was to send to washington the chiefs of tribes. They encountered seven chiefs. Chiefs were greeted in washington by jefferson on january four, 1806. His indians seen here was delivered by him. That day and signed by him. It is one of the most memorable western documents. It is easy to read it cynically but think jefferson was being hopeful yet paternalistic. It was his version of his American Dream. We all know that within two american nightmare. Jefferson addressed my friends and. We are now your fathers. I. The desire of becoming a with you. All my children. Be on theand you are naming them with us as we have done those on side of that river in the friendship. I wish to learn what we could to benefit them, furnishing them the necessary as theyant in exchange for their furs. I sent beloved cat man captain lewis to get acquainted with all the indian us what what way could be useful to them. In establishing a we to make no profit. We shall ask what everythi
Clear that were not talking about the indian wars in this kind of lecture thats going to be in a couple weeks and were gonna use that as as a way to link. Kind of wars throughout the 19th century all the way up to it including the spanishamerican war so our focus is were kind of around that. Were thinking more kind of legal policy and issues and and such so the goal is to think in that broad 19th century way so our start point is a couple key things we need to kind of deal with the second half of our semester one of the Big Questions were picking up on is what does it mean to be an american . All right who can claim to be an american . Thats one of the Big Questions thats going to kind of . Take us through the end of our semester into as we deal with the 19th century. So in upcoming weeks were going to talk about, you know, immigrants. Were going to talk about kind of the progressive error and things like that. I think this is a good start point. To think about who is claiming american