us. i would like to acknowledge some very important people who are with us this evening. matt s parents, tim and debbie costello, and his wife, kristen. and the two most important, his two little wonderful kids, i guess they are at home, sophia and theodore. welcomealso like to some members of the board of directors who are with us tonight. nan stock. [applause] and bob mcgee. [applause] and we have two that are coming, anita mcbride and gail west. both will be with us tonight. steve strong is the national cochair of our white house, national council on white house history. he and his wife andrea are here with us tonight. this is one of our most important groups here at the white house historical association. their support, their encouragement, their inspiration and their wisdom really puts the wind in the sails of so much of what we do. we are grateful to have you with us here tonight, steve. the program tonight, dr. matt costello, is going to share with us about his brand-n
of the artifacts that have been uncovered. we are in alexandria virginia. house that was built by george washington in 1767 and then it stayed in the washington family. when martha washington die, it went back to the washington which had been controlled by lawrence washington. the original was held in 1749. the second auction was held in 1763 and george washington bought two of them. one lot was 112. lot 118 was purchased for 10,000. this one was purchased for 38,000. george washington was a good businessman. when he purchased the lot, he purchased it when it meant something to him. there were two sleighs in the city of alexandria. the other was on oracle day. george washington new the importance of surveying and he knew the importance of location. he makes the decision on what you need and what is going to make the most money from for him. lot inther had bought a 1749. build athat he had to house on this lot within two years. that is the townhouse that was built in 176
last 20 years in afghanistan and iraq and other nations. he is a washington ancestor. a descendent. you are not that old. he is the fifth great grandnephew of george washington through his brother. he began his writing at uc berkeley covering the rugby team. then conflict reporting on parma and cambodia. he has interviewed many important leaders. also to publications for you know, the atlantic monthly and the new york times. he is the author of two other books. my brother my enemy. al qaeda s greatest escape. he has received three pulitzer prize nominations for his articles. most importantly among all of this he has been one of the research fellows at the mount vernon research fellows. he is somebody who puts us off to go cover a war. that is unusual but we are very accommodating. we welcome him in suggesting presenting his newest book read writing with riding with george. let s give a warm welcome to him. [applause] phillip: thank you very much. it is obvious a incredibl
afghanistan, and other nations. he is a washington ancestor. a descendent. you are not that old. he is the fifth great grandnephew of george washington through his brother. he began his writing at uc berkeley, covering the rugby conflict reporting on burma and cambodia. he has interviewed many important leaders. includingpublications the atlantic monthly and the new york times. he is the author of two other books. my brother my enemy. al qaeda s greatest escape. he has received three pulitzer prize nominations for his articles. most importantly among all of this he has been one of the research fellows at the mount vernon research fellows. he is somebody who puts us off to go cover a war. that is unusual but we are very accommodating. we welcome him in suggesting presenting his newest book read writing with riding with george: sportsmanship and chivalry in the making of . erica s first president let s give a warm welcome to him. [applause] phillip: thank you very much.
coming up tonight, booktv in prime time features books about the founding fathers. first, the author of first entrepreneur. and then the life of john quinty adams. and then lous louisa. next, edward lengel talks about his book on george washington. it took place at the president s former home mount vernon. [inaudible conversations] good evening, everyone. lovely to get a full crowd like this. my name is doug bradford and i am the founding director of the study of george washington which is where you are in the ruben stein hall. you made it. it is very exciting to have these book talks, free book talks, and thank you for supporting the book and mount vernon has never accepted any government money. they have been operating since the 1960s when they took over the estate of george washington. they are on all-woman run organization and they are all built on private donations from individuals and foundations and the people that come there visit. it is a great honor to serve tha