What things grew out of that tradition. Our guest will talk a lot about some things that are very similar to what is an art exhibit. He comes from another museum that has a significant collection of George Washingtons items. It ties in very well to our collection so im delighted to curator at tutor place to store cass and garden. Prior to coming to tutor place, he was the assistant curator of collections at the James Madison mike kelly or and worked for nearly nine years on the mansion interiors Initiative Team to research and furnish the Market Leader mansion following is architectural restoration. Prior to his arrival, he was the staff archaeologist at james monroe long silent. Long island. Arts in master of anthropology with a concentration in historical archaeology from the university of south carolina. Him. E welcome good afternoon. I want to thank heidi and 84 their invitation to speak today. My talk directly relates to this exhibition as im focusing on how members of the peter f
So im delighted to welcome our guest here today to is going to talk about some themes that are very similar in our exhibit. Exhibit from another that has a collection of George Washingtons items. It ties in very well to our collection so im delighted to introduce the curator at tutor place castle and garden. Prior to coming to tutor place, he was the assistant curator of collections at the James Madison mike kelly or and worked for nearly nine years on the mansion interiors Initiative Team to research and furnish the Market Leader mansion following is architectural restoration. Prior to his arrival, he was the staff archaeologist at james monroe long silent. Long island. He has a master of arts in anthropology with a concentration in historical archaeology from the university of south carolina. Please welcome him. Good afternoon. I want to thank heidi and 84 katie for their invitation to speak today. My talk directly relates to this exhibition as im focusing on how members of the peter
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Jim thompson discussing his new who is billy lee, George Washingtons mulatto man. Toward acquired, in his words, 1767. Atto man, in he was wellknown known to washingtons staff, including lafayette. Thompson presents an analysis of washingtons complex relationship with billy lee and discusses a deeper relationship between the two. Mr. Thompson is the author of a number of books on the arts and history, among them being the birth of virginias aristocracy and Thomas Jeffersons enlightenment. After his presentation, there will be a q a and mr. Thompson will be happy to sign copies of his book. Please take the opportunity to explore our library and museum with its new exhibition, remembering the american resolution. We also have 31 period rims detecting life in early america. Resources are free and open to the public. O, pleaseurther ad welcome jim thompson. [applause] mark, for the, fine introduction, and thank you all for coming today. I appreciate you joining me and learning with me abou
Youre watching American History tv. All weekend, every weekend, on cspan 3. Follow us on twitter for information on our schedule and to keep up with the latest history dues. History news. William lee, known as billy lee, was short washingtons personal slave. Washington granted billy lee land and freedom in his will. Next, author James Thompson discusses his theory explaining why washington may have taken this action. The daughters of the American Revolution hosted this onehour event. Today, we are pleased to have jim thompson discussing his new book, who is billy lee, George Washingtons mulatto man. Toward acquired, in his words, my mulatto man, in 1767. He was wellknown known to washingtons staff, including lafayette. Thompson presents an analysis of washingtons complex relationship with billy lee and discusses a deeper relationship between the two. Mr. Thompson is the author of a number of books on the arts and history, among them being the birth of virginias aristocracy and Thomas J