Government and decide how it should function. This is an hour and a half recorded at the American Historical Association annual meeting held this year in washington. Hi, everybody, im Cokey Roberts and im here in my history hat as a writer of history and student of current history, but it is a thrill to have this panel on First Federal congress. It is such an incredibly important subject and one that these folks have mined asid uously for many, many years. The history project on the First Federal congress is really one of the most remarkable institutions and outputs that ive ever seen. Among other things, its complete, which you know, doesnt happen that often. I mean, the Founding Fathers papers will be you know, being published when were all dead. And so this fact that this group of people so marvelously put together 22 fabulous volumes and really tell the story of the founding of the country in a way that is incredibly important and one that i recommend to all, because you know, the
Next on American History tv, journalist Cokie Roberts mod races s moderates a discussion on the First Federal congress at the american historical Associations Annual meeting. The panel talks about the nations founders including James Madison and George Washington who met from 1789 to 1791 to determine the structure of the new federal government and decide how it should function. This is an hour and a half, recorded at the American Historical Association annual meeting held this year in washington. Hi, everybody. Im Cokie Roberts and i am here in my history hat as a writer of history and a student of current history, but it is a thrill to have this panel on the First Federal congress because it is such an incredibly important subject and one that these folks have mined assiduously for many, many years. The history project on the First Federal congress is really one of the most remarkable institutions and outputs that i have ever seen. Among other things, its complete which, you know, do
Many years. The history project on the First Federal congress is really one of the most remarkable institutions and outputs that ive ever seen. Among other things, its complete which doesnt happen that often. The Founding Fathers papers will be published when were all dead. So the fact that this group of people so marvelously put together 22 fabulous volumes and really tell the story of the founding of the country in a way that is incredibly important and one that i recommend to all because, you know, the guys got together and wrote the constitution pretty quickly given the fact that they had to, as bill clinton says, the constitution should be called lets make a deal. But we in the press werent there which made it a lot easier. And then theyve got this piece of paper and basically they sell it, and they sold it quite variously with different people selling Different Things and contradicting each other. I reread quickly the executive sections of the federalist papers and the difference
History and a student of current history. But it is a thrill to have this panel on the First Federal congress because it is such an incredibly important subject. And one that these folks have mined assiduously for many, many years. The history project on the First Federal congress is really one of the most remarkable institutions and outputs that i have ever seen. Among other things, its complete, which, you know, doesnt happen that often. I mean, the Founding Fathers papers will be, you know, being published when were all dead. And so this the fact that this group of people so marvelously put together 22 fabulous volumes, and really tell the story of the founding of the country in a way that is incredibly important, and one that i recommend to all. Because, you know, the guys got together and wrote the constitution pretty quickly. Given the fact that they had to, as bill clinton says, the constitution should be called lets make a deal. And but, you know, we and the press werent there
You may have noticed the protesters outside, the group complained that he publishes his direct is too quickly, we can keep up with them. He started with charles dickens, he wrote a hypnotic book about dickens and mesmerism. [laughter] thank you. You will wake up eventually when fred comes out. He wrote a biography of thomas carlyle. That was a finalist in the National Book critics circle. Mark twain, John Quincy Adams, abraham lincoln, and this great book he will be talking about theght, lincoln and abolitionists. Historians want to tell you about what happened in the world and why it is important. This is from the carlisle biography one of the most famous librarians in history , he used to go there a lot. He did not do well. The library and a librarian where generating small antagonisms toward each other. This culminated in the public criticism during parliamentary hearings. That is when libraries were really important. On the future of the museum in of9, he was one more example the a