noah webster published the american dictionary of the english language in 1828. up next on booktv, jushua kendall, author of the forgotten founding father reports on mr. webster s political career, his circle of friends and his tenure as editor of american minerva, of the first daily newspaper. this is a little under an hour. it is my pleasure to welcome you here this evening. we are happy to have this jointly sponsored program by the american historical society. it is a natural fit for this evening s program. i am very pleased to introduce crist of the, executive director to introduce our speaker this evening. thanks to all of you for coming out tonight. what a pleasure to have joshua kendall with us and to be able to collaborate with the historical society. i would like to thank the greater arts council which has allowed me to do this collaboration tonight. really appreciate their support. i first met joshua kendall when he was researching noah webster and then