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presbyterian in new jersey. and he writes a brief vindication of the purchasers, the people who bought the land against the proprietors in a christian manner in 1746. and this is what he tells the proprietors. the strictly just thought i d join the land and think not by self discharge for the duty of righteous as for the neighbor by an extraordinary measure of pretended zeal and piety towards god coveted the beginning of this misrule and mistake that happened among us. it is plain cause to augment that it was coveted spot in these proprietors as you call them into the plantations of these poor people. so jenkins reason was as if you had to have a reason to improve your land and make more money, but on the face of it, the obvious logical, patriotic, wonderful thing to do. in fact, he says to the proprietors, if there was not some desirable entertainment through the flesh, you would never seek these improvements. so the notion that there is a morally correct amount of amb ....
i am delighted to introduce our panel about her this afternoon. barbara clark smith is our scholar from the smithsonian. she is curator of the division of political hiss or at the national museum of american history. her new book is the freedoms we lost consent and resistance in revolutionary america. in this and other publications, clark smith writes about politics and a sharp social historian site for drama and detail. she co-curated a favorite exhibition of mine called jamestown, québec and santa fe, three north american beginning in 2006. john ragosta is an historian and lawyer, our second speaker. he teaches at the uva school of law. he has published three field contemporary law, legal history and early america. his new book is called wellspring of liberty how the religious dissenters hope when the american revolution and secured religious liberty. we can count on the baptists for some good theater. this year, tranter is a research fellow at the selection or ....
it is quote, the most inestimable lesson that mankind can enjoy. and this author in the 17th century englishman, about 1680s the original, that they should think highly of government. they should insist that the dr. rhee for the happiness and security of all. and so they said, if there be any form of government amongst non-with the supreme magistrate is not vested with enough power to protect the people and promote their prosperity or if there be any such constitution as enables the prints to injure an oppressed set date, such constitutions are inconsistent with civil society. well, part of this is familiar that she can t have the prints and pressing the people appeared part is less familiar and in fact, it is worth noting the effect comes in second to the danger of being incapable government. [laughter] this was not an endorsement of governments that governs least sm later thinkers but pernod. it s rather endorsement of government that is accountable and the fact is, m ....
civilized the wild west. itpi is out in paperback in may. in a review by hampton sides, a great writer himself he wrote blood and thunder hampton sides wrote, this book makes me. hungry. [laughter]ine i like that line.ou would you welcome stephen friedn [applause] thank you. michael milt sic has worked as hiltzik began at the l.a. times as a financial writer in 1931. he now 1981. he now writes a column about business. in 2004 he won an award for distinguished business andd financial reporting. with the l.a. times in 99 he shared a pulitzer prize for beaw reporting for co-writing an expose of corruption in the music industry. and when michael won the pulitzer, i won this recently, a friend of his said at least now you ll know what s in your obit. [laughter] his books include a death inobt kenya: the murder of julie ward, the plot against social security. he s got one coming out in september called the new deal: a modern history. the book we re talki ....
to the grand canyon, walk into the 100-year-old hotel and you see a picture of fred harvey. i had that experience with my wife 20 years who. who the hell is fred harvey? a lot of people have asked that question. it s a great way of asking about the history of america. fred harvey turns out ran the first chain of anything in america. he ran the restaurants and hotels in chicago and los angeles and civilized the american west. his story had never been taken seriously journalistically before, and i was lucky not only to recreate this multigenerational family business, the harvey s were the biggest in the 1880s through the 1940s, but fred s stuff was in the family. it was a very personal book as well, and it gave the insight that most people know fred harvey because of the harvey girls. it was a great american journey for me. being from the east, this was my first trip to the west. i recreated the life of the west which easterners don t understand. they think of it as a who ....