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henry lawrence john adams benjamin franklin and his grandson william temple franklin. so in effect, the american commissioners. but as you can see, it's unfinished. now, the british commissioners would have sat for the portrait except when it passed. and so the artist take his likeness. and so frustrated benjamin watt gave up series and it remains to this day. i want to ask you about one more thing. the declaration of independence. is this an original? it is a copy of the original and it is a when does a state from would you say this copy? it dates from 1823. john quincy adams is secretary of state. and we are just about to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the signing of, the declaration of independence. and he recognizes the event by commissioning a copperplate engraving. so he'll hire william stone, who's here in washington, d.c. and william stone will take the next three years, copying declaration backwards into a copper plate. backwards, backwards. now, 200 copies are made and william stone asks for a copy for himself. so there are only 201 copies that exist now.
henry lawrence john adams benjamin franklin and his grandson william temple franklin. so in effect, the american commissioners. but as you can see, it's unfinished. now, the british commissioners would have sat for the portrait except when it passed. and so the artist take his likeness. and so frustrated benjamin watt gave up series and it remains to this day. i want to ask you about one more thing. the declaration of independence. is this an original? it is a copy of the original and it is a...
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john mcclellan of arkansas, henry jackson of washington, and stuart symington of missouri. those hearings lasted from february of 53 through march of 90, 54 for the reports came out beginning in january. of 1954. what can you tell us about the other members of the committee? did they agree with senator mccarthy? were they eager to be on this committee and do this investigation? well, you have to understand the context of the government affairs committee and the permanent subcommittee on investigations. government affairs committee was not the most desirable committee for members to be on. it was sort of a place where newer members, first term members, would would end up serving because more experienced, more senior members would want to be on higher profile committees. so the interesting thing about the makeup of the committee and particularly that permanent subcommittee, which did the actual investigations and held the hearings, was that was that all of them, except for one, were first term members, including mccarthy himself. he was still in his first term and at least on
john mcclellan of arkansas, henry jackson of washington, and stuart symington of missouri. those hearings lasted from february of 53 through march of 90, 54 for the reports came out beginning in january. of 1954. what can you tell us about the other members of the committee? did they agree with senator mccarthy? were they eager to be on this committee and do this investigation? well, you have to understand the context of the government affairs committee and the permanent subcommittee on...
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he is published biographies of thomas carlyle, mark twain, henry james, charles dickens, john quincy adams, abraham lincoln gore vidal, and now thomas jefferson in his masterly pen. kaplan offers us a biography of thomas jefferson by giving an english professor's kind attention to jefferson's written words. jefferson only published one book in his lifetime notes on the state of virginia. but, of course, jefferson wrote consul treatises like a summary view of the rights of british north america legal briefs, memoranda the declaration of independence, and above all letters, thousands of them, which kaplan calls among his most powerful and revealing writings throughout his masterly pen, kaplan brings a skilled biographers attention to how jefferson reveals himself through his writing, often without without intending to, as kaplan says of notes on the state of virginia. it's a book about jefferson partly because jefferson did not want it to, a book about himself. the jefferson we meet here is not surprisingly learned and forceful. but kaplan also shows this jefferson as a writer who's of
he is published biographies of thomas carlyle, mark twain, henry james, charles dickens, john quincy adams, abraham lincoln gore vidal, and now thomas jefferson in his masterly pen. kaplan offers us a biography of thomas jefferson by giving an english professor's kind attention to jefferson's written words. jefferson only published one book in his lifetime notes on the state of virginia. but, of course, jefferson wrote consul treatises like a summary view of the rights of british north america...
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louis gates junior, our collaborator, and also linda haywood, and john and john thornton from from b.u., who are kind of experts in african history. and they didn't think that they saw any of clear connection between, you know, region like iron centers and and and our results. but i think was just that we we kind of can't say anything one way or another based on what we found in this study. one brief thing for orlando speaks is that the connection that we find in africa are not our a little atypical for african-americans today there within the distribution but these people are early african-americans in the united states that they're close to african ancestors and typically today have ancestors was in many different parts of africa. these ones are specific parts a large extent and so for example that was pretty low representation of places like nigeria or ghana today, where there's lots of ancestors for african-americans. but these particular people didn't have particularly large number of people from those regions. and just because the slave trade hadn't legally ended, you know, the s
louis gates junior, our collaborator, and also linda haywood, and john and john thornton from from b.u., who are kind of experts in african history. and they didn't think that they saw any of clear connection between, you know, region like iron centers and and and our results. but i think was just that we we kind of can't say anything one way or another based on what we found in this study. one brief thing for orlando speaks is that the connection that we find in africa are not our a little...
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and in the anti-federalists would be people like like patrick henry or mercy otis warren. and that those two sides in their debates published a number of important documents that very well could show up in some capacity on the ap exam, on the part of the federalists would be the famous federalist papers where john jay alexander hamilton and james madison tried to argue for why this new constitution, with the stronger federal government over a vast territorial space, would actually be more conducive to literary liberty because of the order it would provide. and on the part of the anti federalists, what eventually became the bill of rights, which was demanded by anti-federalists to protect what they saw as essential rights that could be in danger under the newly powerful federal government. and those bill of rights were approved after ratification of the constitution. really to tamp down some of the some of the conflict and some of the concern about the new constitution during that ratification process. well, let's skip ahead. professor stacy, we'll stick with you for this n
and in the anti-federalists would be people like like patrick henry or mercy otis warren. and that those two sides in their debates published a number of important documents that very well could show up in some capacity on the ap exam, on the part of the federalists would be the famous federalist papers where john jay alexander hamilton and james madison tried to argue for why this new constitution, with the stronger federal government over a vast territorial space, would actually be more...