It is a pleasure to welcome on our panel from my left to right the politicalf life of Abraham Lincoln volume one, a selfmade man, sidney blumenthal. And richard burr kaiser, the author of founder son a life of Abraham Lincoln. Author, not the only of the recently published american ulysses, a life of ulysses s grant, but a biographer of Abraham Lincoln, an author of a lincoln and expert of lincolns writings, harold wright. Welcome to you all. [applause] youur goal is to hear from and to see if we can evoke differences of opinion. The evil certainly welcome audience the well certainly we will certainly welcome audience for dissipation. I will give you a single to line up and engage with us. The first person i want to talk to in relation to lincolns inspiration are the three sets of parents. The three sets of parents in his life. You have all written about them. By the three amine the woman he referred to as his angel mother, nancy lincoln. The woman regarded him as his son, his stepmoth
David jeanne and i are delighted to be at mount vernon. It is a treat to come back to the home of George Washington which is a monument to him. They have preserved his home and the ground on which he walked. Its always a pleasure to be in the company of good people who are dedicated and diligent and the good people here at mount vernon combine that admiral admirable bull trait with a gracious hospitality that makes everyone who comes here feel warm and welcome. Stephen macleod has smoothed the logistical edges of our journey here. In the book, we acknowledge mary thompson, who is one of the historians here on staff for her invaluable insight and great scholarship. The staff here, whether it is the knowledgeable docents or the master craftsman or the , historians in the abundant archives have turned John Kennedys description of washington, d. C. , on its head. Mount vernon is a place that has northern efficiency and southern charm. [laughter] david that in itself exemplifies the charact
Randolph during the 1780s and 1790s. Through these relationships, they seek to more clearly understand the first president s leadership style. This hourlong program was hosted by mount vernon. And i arer jeanne delighted to be here at mount vernon this evening with you all, especially. It is always a treat to come back here. Visit the home of George Washington, which is a monument to him. And a tribute to the mount vernon ladies association, hoover 162 years have preserved his memory by preserving his home and maintaining the ground on which he walked. It is always a pleasure to be in the company of good people. Who are dedicated and diligent. And the good people here at mount vernon combine that admirable trait with gracious hospitality that makes everyone who comes here feel warm and welcome. Smoothed theod has edges, logistical edges, of our journey here. In the book, we acknowledgment thompson, who is one of the historians here on the staff for her invaluable insights and great sch
Each week, american artifacts takes you to museums and Historic Places to learn what artifacts reveal about american history. Williamsburg was the capital 17051779. Ginia from up next, we take a tour of the courthouse. We learned the role of justices, clerks, and lawyers before and after the american revolution. Tom my name is tom hey, i am the site supervisor of the herehouse capital and jail in colonial williamsburg. We are currently in the courthouse of 1770. This courthouse served as the courthouse for both the city of as the city as well county court for virginia. The court met here once a month for about three or four days. The courts were the local government of the 18th century. They not only had official business, people coming to sue be sued, that stay also but they also came here to get tavern licenses, to be appointed to various minor offices, take care of widows and orphans, any number of things like that. Being part of the british empire, they were following English Commo