Want to run. It is like saying, with all due respect [laughter] grimm in my courtroom. We do have some great scholars with us this morning. Aephen angle, the author of great book about lincoln and the nations governors. Ofathan white, author midnight in america. Soon to be with us a book called a little monitor. Catherine clinton is no stranger to us, author of many books. He told me, and i hope i am not revealing any confidence, he has. Glint in his eye good luck with that. Abouture we will hear secretary of the treasury salmon chase from professor clinton. Let me start with this. John barr, one of our members, wrote a great book but it is a door stopper, it is huge. Lincoln. Ed lonely he says in his introduction that William F Buckley junior once said americans shall not remember why lincoln was locked until we come to understand why he was hated. Until lincoln was loved we come to understand why he was hated. , as williamho whorsen said, even those commemorated or tried to memoriali
Stephen engle, the author of a great book about lincoln and the nations governors. Jonathan white, author of midnight in america. And soon to be with us, a book, our little monitor. And of course, Catherine Clinton , no stranger to us, author of many books. And, and author of a great ongraphy as well as edwards standin, called stand on edward stanton, called stanton. He told me, and i hope i am not revealing any confidence, he has a glint in his eye. Good luck with that. I am sure we will hear about secretary of the treasury salmon chase from professor clinton. Let me start with this. John barr, one of our members, wrote a great book but it is a door stopper, it is huge. Lincoln. Led loathing he said in his introduction that william f. Buckley, jr. Once said americans shall not remember why lincoln was loved until we come to understand why he was hated. Both emotions were shown after his assassination in 1865. Even those who as william , petersen said, even those who commemorated or tr
Series. So id like to thank quay and devon who currently run the program here and remind you there are several more coming up in july and august. The next is powerhouse arena with sarah girard and hannah tente speaking. A little bit about this book and about erica wagner. As you can tell from the backdrop here, this is a great topic for this setting in Brooklyn Bridge park. You know, not most great monuments dont have, dont inspire great writing, but i would say the Brooklyn Bridge is an exception to all of that. You know, from hart crane, you know, to many other poets and writers and notably to the nonfiction writer David Mccullough, there have been really inspired writing on this subject. And err can ca wagner is right up there erica wagner is right up there. What shes done with this biography of Washington Roebling is even remind everyone how even though she was the son of he was the son of a designer, he was the person along with his wife who got it through, you know, a dozen or so
Salon while her sister Marion Campbell was embedded when several knickerbocker circles. Mrs. Eames in d. C. And she would later befriend 345irmary lincoln. The physical attributes of the district did not recommend it. Noah brooks described the streets as canals of liquid mud. It would be difficult to could be receive of a meaner street in architectural adornments than pennsylvania avenue, and as we just heard maybe the architect architectureal recommendations of real estate on pennsylvania avenue remain there. There were of course areas of the city which boasted palatial homes, the finest aide of Stephen Douglass near i street and jersey avenue where his wife adelle a legendary beauty, nearly 25 years his junior held equally sumptuous was the mansion built by senator William Gwynn from california who spent 75,000 to furnish his home. Gwen harbor was arrested on charges of disloyalty when the war began was imprisoned until 1863. Then he went off to paris and became involved in a scheme
To organize his government, mary launched her own campaigns hosting family and friends, greeting diplomats and statesmen, anticipating her new set of duties, and she sought to maneuver the treacherous shoals of secession. The coldness and snobbery of easterners was wearing her down. She confronted one of the most idiosyncratic of american institutions Washington Society. At the heart of the citys bow monday, the toughened core of social arbiters were known as cave dwellers. Their tenure and tenacity gave them influence over the parade of newcomers who straggled into the city at irregular but certainly every fouryear intervals. The inner city of d. C. Society was surrounded by the money bags whose rung on the ladder was bought, and then there were the high brows, whose station was secured by talent regardless of wealth although it was considered felicitous when the two went together. Three outer rings applied steady social pressure jockeying for improved position, the diplomats, the arm