Charles wilson peale in january 1802 i have for a considerable time been meditating a plan of a general university for the state of virginia on the most extensive and liberal scale that our circumstances would call for jefferson considered the university to be one of his three greatest achievements with the declaration of independence and the virginia statute for religious freedom. In his postpresident ial years he was able to devote himself to fulfilling the dream of an academical village. Today, well hear from Andrew J Oshaughnessy about jeffersons aspirations for his university. His book is a twin biography of jefferson and retirement and of the university of virginias first years in seeking to understand figures from the past the ability to read their own recorded thoughts is immensely valuable todays author andrew j. Oshaughnessy used founders online in researching. This book founders online a website hosted by the National Archives through the National Historical publications and
University of Virginia Thomas jefferson wrote to artist Charles Wilson peale in january 1802 i have for a considerable time been meditating a plan of a general university for the state of virginia on the most extensive and liberal scale that our circumstances would call for jefferson considered the university to be one of his three greatest achievements with the declaration of independence and the virginia statute for religious freedom. In his postpresident ial years he was able to devote himself to fulfilling the dream of an academical village. Today, well hear from Andrew J Oshaughnessy about jeffersons aspirations for his university. His book is a twin biography of jefferson and retirement and of the university of virginias first years in seeking to understand figures from the past the ability to read their own recorded thoughts is immensely valuable todays author andrew j. Oshaughnessy used founders online in researching. This book founders online a website hosted by the National A
Shulman, a former editor of the Dolly Payne Todd madison papers. Associate Senior Editor of the papers of James Madison in 2004. Dr. Shooulman continued to publh Dolly Madison papers which she has grants from the Historic Preservation and Records Commission of the national archives. Please welcome holly shulman. [ applause ] those of you who are interested in the full papers of Dolly Payne Todd madison, what i do now is as complete as possible edition of the Dolly Madison papers in the Dolly Madison edition. Like the book, its published by the university press. Unlike the book is published by their electronic imprint, the name which is rotunda. If you go and you take a look at it, i hope you enjoy it. Do you want me to do oh, okay. Having said that, i want to thank, of course, as everyone speaking as thanked, the three organization that is have sponsored this and thank them for putting on a conference which is so beautifully focused so the papers can talk to each other in a way that do
They have an overcapacity of electricity this europe, and as a result, they have a very low wholesale prices, which is good. But their residential rates and their manufacturing rates are the highest in the world because of renewable surcharges. And so whats happening over there is theyre trying to make this transition too quickly, in my view, and thats what people are trying to do in america as well. But whats happening over there is that the utilities, the base load utilities have lost like 800 million in market valuation over the last 15 months or so. And so as you go to renewables and you try to, you have to place more emphasis on distribution at the local levels, theres not enough capital this in the Utility Industry in the Utility Industry there to meet those needs. And so they have a real conflict in europe right now. And interestingly enough, theyve mothballed 30 gigawatts of plants producing electricity from natural gas in europe because of the high cost of natural gas with com
Okay. Our next speaker this mornings session will be talking about Dolly Madison and the british invasion of washington, d. C. In the war of 1812. We have heard some things about Dolly Madisons role in the war of 1812. Now, well hear more from holly shulman, a former editor of the Dolly Payne Todd madison papers. Associate Senior Editor of the papers of James Madison in 2004. Dr. Shooulman continued to publh Dolly Madison papers which she has grants from the Historic Preservation and Records Commission of the national archives. Please welcome holly shulman. [ applause ] those of you who are interested in the full papers of Dolly Payne Todd madison, what i do now is as complete as possible edition of the Dolly Madison papers in the Dolly Madison edition. Like the book, its published by the university press. Unlike the book is published by their electronic imprint, the name which is rotunda. If you go and you take a look at it, i hope you enjoy it. Do you want me to do oh, okay. Having s