Indiana University Robert h Mckinney School of law. Hes the author of many books which weve had the pleasure of discussing at the ncc and the most recent which were here to talk about is washingtons air the life of justice, bushrod, washington. Maybe marcus is Research Professor of law and directer of the institute for constitutional studies at the George Washington University Law school where weve been colleagues for many years as editor of the documentary history of the Supreme Court of the United States 1789 to 1800 professor marcus published eight volumes with many articles on legal history. She was appointed by the librarian of congress as the general editor of the Oliver Wendell holmes devised the history of the Supreme Court of the United States in 20 15 and walter starr is a historian a New York Times best selling author a twotime winner of the seward award for excellence in civil war biography. Hes the author of several books including john jay founding father and most recentl
Weve been colleagues for many years as editor of the documentary history of the Supreme Court of the United States 1789 to 1800 professor marcus published eight volumes with many articles on legal history. She was appointed by the librarian of congress as the general editor of the Oliver Wendell holmes devised the history of the Supreme Court of the United States in 20 15 and walter starr is a historian a New York Times best selling author a twotime winner of the seward award for excellence in civil war biography. Hes the author of several books including john jay founding father and most recently Salmon P Chase lincolns vital rival. Thank you so much for joining us gerard maybach and walter if i may gerard let us begin with you. Why did you choose to write about justice bushrod, washington . Why should our ncc friends be interested in him . Well, thanks jeff for inviting me and its wonderful to be here with such a great panel. I decided to write about bushrod, washington for a couple
Indiana University Robert h Mckinney School of law. Hes the author of many books which weve had the pleasure of discussing at the ncc and the most recent which were here to talk about is washingtons air the life of justice, bushrod, washington. Maybe marcus is Research Professor of law and directer of the institute for constitutional studies at the George Washington University Law school where weve been colleagues for many years as editor of the documentary history of the Supreme Court of the United States 1789 to 1800 professor marcus published eight volumes with many articles on legal history. She was appointed by the librarian of congress as the general editor of the Oliver Wendell holmes devised the history of the Supreme Court of the United States in 20 15 and walter starr is a historian a New York Times best selling author a twotime winner of the seward award for excellence in civil war biography. Hes the author of several books including john jay founding father and most recentl
Live at 7 00 eastern tomorrow night here on sees and. ,eason two of first ladies influence and image, began monday begins monday, and. Mber 9, with a second all this month, we are showing encore presentations of season one each weeknight at this time, 9 00 a. M. Eastern. Programs on every first lady tom barbara washington Abigail Adams. Tonight, Abigail Adams area adams. Abigail would grow to be the equal of john adams as confidante and dearest friend. She has really revealed herself as, yes, an 18thcentury woman, but her concerns sound very modern to us today. John and Abigail Adams have become so prominent in the minds of americans because of this collection of papers. The story of Abigail Adams and the revolutionary war is the story of sacrifice, of commitment to country. Abigail rose to the occasion. Abigail was adamantly opposed to slavery. She was quite a behindthe scenes dynamo. She warned her husband, you cannot rule without including what women want and what women have to cont
A wife and a daughter. The thing that i always think about with abigail is the relationship, the partnership. Without abigail, there is no john. Without john, there is no abigail. John is important to history. Yes. With the support she provided to him in europe, in the presidency, in the vice presidency, she was so trustworthy that she could to take care of things. So he could go off and be this great public person, which was exactly what she wanted. To our guests, our thanks for helping us understand more about the life and legacy of americas second first lady Abigail Adams. Thank you for your time. Thank you. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2013] wednesday night, we continue our encore of the first season ladies, with dolly madison. , september 9, a look at the life of Edith Roosevelt. Our website has a special section on the first ladies, including welcome to the white house, which chronicles life in the exec