Information. Unfortunately, one of the speakers, leeann wheeler, could not to get here because of the air Traffic Control issues of yesterday. Et, from bowling green, university, who is a friend is going to channel leeann wheeler. Very grateful he is something for us. Subbing for us. I will quickly introduce the speakers. Then, they will each give small talks. Then im going to do a short, and then we will open it up to conversations. A phd fromler holds minnesota. Her first book was against of sanity, reform, and the politics of womanhood in america. More recently she published how sex became a civil liberty, which followed several pathbreaking articles on the same subject. Us holds a phd from uc berkeley and a jd from stanford. She teaches at Buffalo Law School and is the author of three books in cultural legal history. The laws of image, a very fine book on exactly on our theme, newsworthy, on the Supreme Court and privacy, and movie crazy, an earlier work on films which also interse
House 1719 William Trent is located in downtown trenton, it is the oldest Historic House in new jersey. William trent was a scottish born merchant aced out of philadelphia. Based out of philadelphia. His business made him very wealthy and he purchased his second summer home right here where we are standing. His margin business dealt with merchant business dealt with importing and next boarding things like rum, molasses and wine. He was also involved in the slave trade. Products he exported and imported were made by slaves in the wes indies and west africa. They were brought to the shipping area where they could no longer pass along the delaware river, they went he broughts area goods to philadelphia and anywhere else that needed them. When mr. Trent came here, he became the major landowner and employer. He employed a lot of local people. Thus, making him the major employer. At one point, he incorporated the town. The locals started calling it trent town. From there, we get trenton. He
Name because trenton was a household name. It was a center of commerce. William trent had established trenton as a port town. He could feel his merchant ships as far as this point, up to the fall lines of the delaware. It made sense to bring say government here. The building involved over the course of 200 years from 1792 to 1991. 10 different architects, 16 Major Construction projects. Where we are standing, in the, was completed in 1889. The first date house constructed in between 1790 in 1792 by Jonathan Doan, he was the builder, architect. Deconstructed a very simple, gorgeousstyle building. 215 pounds, which is 400 today and built on the bluffs overlooking the Delaware River. We are fortunate to have portions of that building that still survives the day, including the temperatures that date back including the timbers. We are one of the only state capitals that i can think of that you actually enter into after a major thoroughfare. As soon as you walk in off of state street, you ar
Sixpence American History tv is a willing printouts, nearly 300 years old, and is the citys namesake. The 1719 William Trent house is located in downtown trenton, it is the oldest Historic House in new jersey. William trent was a scottish born merchant aced out of philadelphia. Based out of philadelphia. His business made him very wealthy and he purchased his second summer home right here where we are standing. His margin business dealt with merchant business dealt with importing and next boarding things like rum, molasses and wine. He was also involved in the slave trade. The products he exported and imported were made by slaves in the west indies and west africa. Once they were brought to the shipping area where they could no longer pass along the delaware river, they went through this area he brought goods to philadelphia and anywhere else that needed them. When mr. Trent came here, he became the major landowner and employer. He employed a lot of local people. Thus, making him the m
The executive director of James Monroes home, highland, and she has been the executive director there since 2012. I see that the college of william and mary has moved into their backyard because highland is a department of the college of william and mary. Prior to assuming the leadership at highland, she worked as Archaeological Research manager at monticello down the road from 19992012, so she has been on that road for a long time. When i was in law school, i lived on brown mountain, so i know the area very well. She earned her ba magna cum laude from the university of arizona, then headed east and did her phd at the university of North Carolina chapel hill, and she has also taught at chapel hill in the university of virginia, so we are delighted this afternoon to have sara bonharper, executive director of highland. [applause] sara bonharper what a warm welcome. Thank you. It is a pleasure to be here and a pleasure to be on this lineup and a group that knows so much about monroe. I am