good evening, ladies and gentlemen. good evening. my name is kevin butterfield. i m the executive director of the washington library. it s my great pleasure to welcome you here tonight on behalf of the mount vernon ladies association and to our annual martha washington lecture. the event was created to share scholarship and insights into the life and times of martha washington and is made possible through a generous grant from the richard s reynolds foundation of richmond, virginia. tonight s exciting program celebrates the publication of an important new book, the papers of martha washington, one many years in the making actually part and related to a much bigger project, the papers of george at the university of virginia and sponsored by the mount vernon ladies association. since 1968, the project began with the ambitious aim of publishing all of george washington s correspondence, but it s since expanded to include other members of his family, allowing us to know so much m
good evening, ladies and gentlemen. good evening. my name is kevin butterfield. i m the executive director of the washington library. it s my great pleasure to welcome you here tonight on behalf of the mount vernon ladies association and to our annual martha washington lecture. the event was created to share scholarship and insights into the life and times of martha washington and is made possible through a generous grant from the richard s reynolds foundation of richmond, virginia. tonight s exciting program celebrates the publication of an important new book, the papers of martha washington, one many years in the making actually part and related to a much bigger project, the papers of george at the university of virginia and sponsored by the mount vernon ladies association. since 1968, the project began with the ambitious aim of publishing all of george washington s correspondence, but it s since expanded to include other members of his family, allowing us to know so much m
good evening, ladies and gentlemen. good evening. my name is kevin butterfield. i m the executive director of the washington library. it s my great pleasure to welcome you here tonight on behalf of the mount vernon ladies association and to our annual martha washington lecture. the event was created to share scholarship and insights into the life and times of martha washington and is made possible through a generous grant from the richard s reynolds foundation of richmond, virginia. tonight s exciting program celebrates the publication of an important new book, the papers of martha washington, one many years in the making actually part and related to a much bigger project, the papers of george at the university of virginia and sponsored by the mount vernon ladies association. since 1968, the project began with the ambitious aim of publishing all of george washington s correspondence, but it s since expanded to include other members of his family, allowing us to know so much m
good evening, ladies and gentlemen. good evening. my name is kevin butterfield. i m the executive director of the washington library. it s my great pleasure to welcome you here tonight on behalf of the mount vernon ladies association and to our annual martha washington lecture. the event was created to share scholarship and insights into the life and times of martha washington and is made possible through a generous grant from the richard s reynolds foundation of richmond, virginia. tonight s exciting program celebrates the publication of an important new book, the papers of martha washington, one many years in the making actually part and related to a much bigger project, the papers of george at the university of virginia and sponsored by the mount vernon ladies association. since 1968, the project began with the ambitious aim of publishing all of george washington s correspondence, but it s since expanded to include other members of his family, allowing us to know so much m
good evening, ladies and gentlemen. good evening. my name is kevin butterfield. i m the executive director of the washington library. it s my great pleasure to welcome you here tonight on behalf of the mount vernon ladies association and to our annual martha washington lecture. the event was created to share scholarship and insights into the life and times of martha washington and is made possible through a generous grant from the richard s reynolds foundation of richmond, virginia. tonight s exciting program celebrates the publication of an important new book, the papers of martha washington, one many years in the making actually part and related to a much bigger project, the papers of george at the university of virginia and sponsored by the mount vernon ladies association. since 1968, the project began with the ambitious aim of publishing all of george washington s correspondence, but it s since expanded to include other members of his family, allowing us to know so much m