In his correspondence on founders online hosted by the National Archives, through the National Historical publications. Founders online has transcript of thousands of documents written by and to the nations founders. You can find washingtons letter to his cabinet written in savanna, georgia, his itinerary and instructions should any serious matter occur in his absence. You can read entries from his diary recording places he was in, the conditions of roads and lodgings, the weather and the terrain and the crops of the area. Following washingtons path, Nathaniel Philbrick came to know our first president not as a monumental figure from history but as a man traveler like himself, and the words preserved in traditional and digital archives, we can become more familiar with washington and the other founders. Nathaniel philbrick is the author of awardwinning books including New York Times bestseller mayflower which was a finalist in 2007 Pulitzer Prize in history and the Los Angeles Times bo
Husband Samuel Powell two of George Washingtons very closest friends and we figure with this being the year of the woman. Why not . Talk about a superpowerful woman that really helped shape the founding of the the republic so i myself am a all scholar and i have been working on the project that ive been doing for about three years and i will have a chapter coming out in an edited volume thats going to be published by the university of virginia, press in january 2022. So i very much look forward to sharing that with you all in the future and im going to go ahead and pass it over to my colleague and dear friend kayla anthony. Um, and i will pass over to you. Thank you so much, sam and thank you to mount vernon for asking me to participate today. Im excited to also share elizabeths story. I think youll all enjoy it very much. Im the executive director for the Philadelphia Society for the preservation of landmarks and we are an 89 year old nonprofit that stewarts for Historic House museums
That really helped shape the founding of the the republic so i myself am a all scholar and i have been working on the project that ive been doing for about three years and i will have a chapter coming out in an edited volume thats going to be published by the university of virginia, press in january 2022. So i very much look forward to sharing that with you all in the future and im going to go ahead and pass it over to my colleague and dear friend kayla anthony. Um, and i will pass over to you. Thank you so much, sam and thank you to mount vernon for asking me to participate today. Im excited to also share elizabeths story. I think youll all enjoy it very much. Im the executive director for the Philadelphia Society for the preservation of landmarks and we are an 89 year old nonprofit that stewarts for Historic House museums the pal house where i am today, so i am the ballroom at the palouse. This is the home the ancestry home of san juan Elizabeth Powell. We also have the health visit
And were going to be discussing elizabeth willing powell and her husband Samuel Powell two of George Washingtons very closest friends and we figure with this being the year of the woman. Why not . Talk about a superpowerful woman that really helped shape the founding of the the republic so i myself am a all scholar and i have been working on the project that ive been doing for about three years and i will have a chapter coming out in an edited volume thats going to be published by the university of virginia, press in january 2022. So i very much look forward to sharing that with you all in the future and im going to go ahead and pass it over to my colleague and dear friend kayla anthony. Um, and i will pass over to you. Thank you so much, sam and thank you to mount vernon for asking me to participate today. Im excited to also share elizabeths story. I think youll all enjoy it very much. Im the executive director for the Philadelphia Society for the preservation of landmarks and we are
Of thousands of documents written by and to the nations founders. You can find washingtons letter to his cabinet written in savanna, georgia, his itinerary and instructions should any serious matter occur in his absence. You can read entries from his diary recording places he was in, the conditions of roads and lodgings, the weather and the terrain and the crops of the area. Following washingtons path, Nathaniel Philbrick came to know our first president not as a monumental figure from history but as a man traveler like himself, and the words preserved in traditional and digital archives, we can become more familiar with washington and the other founders. Nathaniel philbrick is the author of awardwinning books including New York Times bestseller mayflower which was a finalist in 2007 Pulitzer Prize in history and the Los Angeles Times book prize. His book in the heart of both the won the National Award for nonfiction and was adapted into a film in 2015. Joining him is evan thomas, the