It is me, your professor. Im excited to offer an lecture on the political culture of the antebellum congress. The outline, we start with a review of the party system. I will introduce a concept of political culture. I will compared to something that we have encountered before, Political Parties and finally, the bulk of the letter will be presenting new evidence, some from my own research and for those of other scholars in the area on the antebellum political culture. As you see, i three major areas of evidence to talk about today. Tobacco culture. Political friendships. And affairs of honor. We will conclude there after getting through those. Likely off into the necklace, we are going to start today with an image on the screen and im going to ask you to tell me what d. C. We this is Lady Washingtons reception from 1861. Take it in. Who can point out something right away that strikes you . There we go, yes. Lady washington is on a platform. How high do you think she is off the ground .
Colleague from George Washington university. Before he introduces our speaker acknowledge our partnership with the National History center and the American Historical Association we are cosponsoring and coorganizing this seminar with. Donorsacknowledgment our , the George Washington University History department as well as a number of individuals for this series. We want to acknowledge roger lewis, the cochairman of the seminar. Hes here all the way from texas. Andnt to welcome all of you to the ones who do the heavy lifting in terms of getting is here and organize. We are grateful to you. [applause] thank you. With that, i think we should turn it over to eric. One last technical ofouncement, if you have one these devices, and i suspect everyone in the room does. Turn it to vibrate or silence, that will prevent embarrassment and interruption in the next hour and a half. With that, it is my pleasure to introduce this afternoons speaker, an independent historian and economist living in w
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