Wonderful letter. But its a letter which is here in the library. He wrote from never about to go and take command at cambridge. But he was worried that she would be lonely and that, and he was worried that he would be worrying about her being lonely. Well, as it turned out, he was lonely. And they never thought at the beginning of the war that she would be going to him, but he was who sent for her. And i think the war changed their relationship as wars do change relationships. But i think that was when he really realized, and that was when he said during the war, he said to Benjamin Franklins daughter, mrs. Batch, im not sure which is right, he said dancing at a ball during the war he said ive been, today it was 12 night, it was epiphany, january the 6th, and he said this is the day 20 years ago i was married to mrs. Washington. And much later he told marthas wayward granddaughter, eliza custis who i rather love, he said to her that marriage is the foundation, most Important Foundation
Marthas great granddaughters in her papers are in louisiana. And so its, hopefully, everyones going to come forward with new martha letters which would be exciting. And there might be a diary. That will be too exciting for words. [laughter] [applause] so, flora, thank you very much. You will all be delighted to know that flora fraser will be outside to sign books. I invite you all out for a cocktail reception, and i want to thank you all for being here, so thank you very much. Thank you. [applause] tomorrow House Speaker paul ryan will talk about the state of american politics. Well show it to you in its entirety at 8 p. M. Eastern on cspan. Tomorrow night on booktv in prime time, a focus on disease and medical care with books on cancer, psychiatry, awe thetism and tracking autism and tracking contagions. Join us at 8 p. M. Eastern on cspan2. On the on booktv tonight on booktv, a focus on George Washington. Next, author t. H. Breen talks about his book on the long journey George Washin
Now we kick off the weekend with th who recounts George Washingtons journey. Currently the james marsh professor at large at the university of vermont a guggenheim fellow, professor t. H. Breen has taught classes at oxford, yale, university of chicago and also Northwestern University which he just retired from. Hes written several books on an Early American History on subjects ranging from the Tobacco Culture of early tidewater planters to the consumer politics of the American Revolution. His new book tells a story about journeys George Washington took during his first term in office and during the account of the travels, professor t. H. Breen demonstrates the importance of the ambitious trip. In the review of the renowned historian notes its hard to think anything new could be said about George Washington, but hes done it and hes given us new insight into the acute political skill of the first president in the state of the country in the 1790s. Please join me in welcoming professor ti
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