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northern new york, new england and virginia. and he made it much to virginia his advantage, even at that time of the year because. he arrived in northern new york, new england in late may, early june. and he he that the summer in northern new york state, new england was not only hot but quote as hot as could be find and count as could be found in carolina or georgia. i, i suspect, indeed, that heat of northern climates may be more powerful than. those of southern ones in proportion, as they shorter there is as much fever, other bilious complaints on lake champlain as on the swamps of carolina find nothing. nothing anywhere else in point of climate which virginia need envy to any part the world. and i didn't quite feel that yesterday when i got off the plane, it was not quite what was was going on. and jeff well we know what was going on in jefferson's head. of course i do i do have remark that i have some summer neighborhood neighbors and east boothbay, maine, who live a good part the year in virginia not too far from here. but
northern new york, new england and virginia. and he made it much to virginia his advantage, even at that time of the year because. he arrived in northern new york, new england in late may, early june. and he he that the summer in northern new york state, new england was not only hot but quote as hot as could be find and count as could be found in carolina or georgia. i, i suspect, indeed, that heat of northern climates may be more powerful than. those of southern ones in proportion, as they...
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so washington had difficulty finding the ships in england. but thanks to the lucrative privateer business, there were no ships available up north. so he recommended that the congress look a little further south. so five merchant ships were eventually purchased and converted into warships in philadelphia, pennsylvania. the navy now had its first fleet. five converted merchant ships that were loaded and manned with cannons. but now it needed an admiral to command it and they selected this gentleman, is hopkins, 57 year old from providence, rhode island, who served as a privateer captain during the french and indian war. now, hopkins established largest of the five merchant vessels that alfred as his flagship that you see depicted in this painting. and he identified a young sailor named john paul jones to be the first lieutenant for the navy's first flagship. and gentlemen, we're asking about the flags earlier as the first fleet prepared to sail january of 1776. it raised flags on the alfred. congress had approved the grand flag that you see in
so washington had difficulty finding the ships in england. but thanks to the lucrative privateer business, there were no ships available up north. so he recommended that the congress look a little further south. so five merchant ships were eventually purchased and converted into warships in philadelphia, pennsylvania. the navy now had its first fleet. five converted merchant ships that were loaded and manned with cannons. but now it needed an admiral to command it and they selected this...
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the best scientific research being carried out in germany and france and england. einstein then was living in switzerland when he came up. the theory of relativity, a america is a backwater at that time. we do not care about science. we spend very little on it the us nationwide at this has only for industrial research labs that would become over a thousand after world war one when we rely i'm sorry world war two when we realize that the science stuff is maybe kind important for society. but before the war the u.s. is just not really on the scientific stage. what oppenheimer can be credited with is he goes to and almost single handedly brings the study of quantum physics back to america because without quantum physics we don't get an atomic bomb. but if we turn away from science for a minute and start at oppenheimer's life, maybe you know, a minute ago i said he was born in the place, but maybe he actually was born in the right because he's born in new york city to an extreme, supremely wealthy family. for that era, his father owned a thriving clothing company. and
the best scientific research being carried out in germany and france and england. einstein then was living in switzerland when he came up. the theory of relativity, a america is a backwater at that time. we do not care about science. we spend very little on it the us nationwide at this has only for industrial research labs that would become over a thousand after world war one when we rely i'm sorry world war two when we realize that the science stuff is maybe kind important for society. but...
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she didn't come back from england. yes yes. this iconic washington. yes oh, absolutely. this is by stuart. and he is in london, dublin at the time. and in 40 finitely, he's hounded by creditors and was even briefly imprisoned. he wrote to his friends, i expect to make a fortune by washington. and what he meant by that was that he had letters of introduction from john j. and with those letters of introduction washington, agreed to sit for him three times in 1795 and 96, the painting that originated from one of those sittings he had promised to martha washington, but kept so he could make many copies washington over his lifetime. and that provided artist with a steady income and a revenue. is this the dollar bill painting. this is without those letters. introduction from john j. george washington have sat for this portrait. i would like to think that gilbert's stuart being as talented as he was, would have been recognized here in america. so this is john quincy adams room named for secretaries of state who became president and who is this? this is john quincy adams and thi
she didn't come back from england. yes yes. this iconic washington. yes oh, absolutely. this is by stuart. and he is in london, dublin at the time. and in 40 finitely, he's hounded by creditors and was even briefly imprisoned. he wrote to his friends, i expect to make a fortune by washington. and what he meant by that was that he had letters of introduction from john j. and with those letters of introduction washington, agreed to sit for him three times in 1795 and 96, the painting that...
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and another stage their escape to england where they lived until 1869. by the way when they returned and a plantation in georgia that shows you have some gumption. the crafts joined were joined in the lecture circuit by another former henry brown who escaped from richmond in a dramatic fashion in 1849. created in a box and sent to philadelphia box henry box brown took his box with him wherever he went. face first would possibly recapture he too left for england where together with the crafts they played a critical role in winning british support the abolition in the decade before the civil war and brown brown would have his himself boxed in manchester and sent across the pennines to leeds and pop out of his box. he was a man had a flair for the dramatic of short man as you could if you were going to put yourself in a box. but a rather rotund figure. so always dress and flambeau orient waistcoats. he was a very character. in march 1850, as the decade as the debate over the fugitive slave law heated up, it became clear to many, including some northerners,
and another stage their escape to england where they lived until 1869. by the way when they returned and a plantation in georgia that shows you have some gumption. the crafts joined were joined in the lecture circuit by another former henry brown who escaped from richmond in a dramatic fashion in 1849. created in a box and sent to philadelphia box henry box brown took his box with him wherever he went. face first would possibly recapture he too left for england where together with the crafts...
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and you keep talking about how and irish lincoln was and some of the whigs and certainly a lot of the england republicans. you don't ask. why? the reason why? because the irish voted 90 to 95% for the democrats. and there wasn't serious reason for them. i think i just not to interrupt you, but i think i did say exactly that. i'll address the german part in a minute, but i said exactly that lincoln liked immigrants who were republicans and the democrats. yeah, but the germans probably leaned a little more democrat than republican, but at least they weren't. bloc voting like 9090 5%. may i answer some of what you said? yes. all right. which i will in a second. so gustav carter plays a large role in my. his loyalty to lincoln. complete, absolute. lincoln shafted him in 1860. he did not give him a federal job he coveted. and when carter tried to troops in illinois lincoln actually told him he was embarrassing him because he didn't have enough supplies for all the regiments that had volunteered. ultimately, the best he can do is follow schertz as ambassador to madrid or to spain. when schertz come
and you keep talking about how and irish lincoln was and some of the whigs and certainly a lot of the england republicans. you don't ask. why? the reason why? because the irish voted 90 to 95% for the democrats. and there wasn't serious reason for them. i think i just not to interrupt you, but i think i did say exactly that. i'll address the german part in a minute, but i said exactly that lincoln liked immigrants who were republicans and the democrats. yeah, but the germans probably leaned a...
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a not not as most of his as contemporaries went to england for an education and he did. his father had died, right? yeah. and so they they sort of gave him a trade that he was a surveyor, was the first job that he ever had. but and she this woman, sally, what's her name? yeah. yeah, it's the she sort of took him under her wing. he went to her house for parties or, was invited to her house for parties. and she was several years older than he was. and so that explains some of the attraction there she was sophisticate and witty. she was very much a charming flirt, too. oh, yeah. yeah. all right. you get the last question. but before we get to that, i just want to ask you how long you all have been writing books together and working together? i guess since 1971. i have only one. oh, you're giving it away. yeah, that's. that's yeah, that's quite a long time. yeah, that's a, quite a long time. yes, we have. we've published what 102 books so that there's a lot on dots of different subjects though now i was always just to say that we're the most prolific authors that nobody's ev
a not not as most of his as contemporaries went to england for an education and he did. his father had died, right? yeah. and so they they sort of gave him a trade that he was a surveyor, was the first job that he ever had. but and she this woman, sally, what's her name? yeah. yeah, it's the she sort of took him under her wing. he went to her house for parties or, was invited to her house for parties. and she was several years older than he was. and so that explains some of the attraction there...
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england is now in a desperate position. her population is not large enough and her armies are not strong enough to invade the continent of europe and when win the war she has declared against germany. if england can draw this country into the war, she can shift to our shoulders a large portion of the responsibility for waging it and for paying the cost. he has argued that the lend-lease program that president roosevelt came up with to help the island nation withstand invasion by the germans was a foolish endeavor, that the small group of people in england cannot possibly win and we're betting on a loser. the loser is lindbergh. the winner is churchill and the british people. this attitude exists today. people in this body right before i spoke talk about we can't help ukraine because we have too many problems in other places. they can't win. they were supposed to fall in four days. look what's happened 200-something days later. they've destroyed half of the russian army, taken back half the territory russia seized, and now t
england is now in a desperate position. her population is not large enough and her armies are not strong enough to invade the continent of europe and when win the war she has declared against germany. if england can draw this country into the war, she can shift to our shoulders a large portion of the responsibility for waging it and for paying the cost. he has argued that the lend-lease program that president roosevelt came up with to help the island nation withstand invasion by the germans was...
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it's as far north as new england, wisconsin, minnesota, california, oregon it was more active in the north, and it was it had different focuses, although, yes, black americans were always on the list, but it was primarily primarily other focuses. it was totally. and it collapsed as a result of that corruption. it was exposed, although it had a dramatic a dramatic upward trajectory in the twenties and. as i said earlier, it was, again, more or less reinvent it after after world war, the klan today, i think, is a insofar as it exists, it's fractured, fragmented splinter. small groups. the klan per se, isn't necessarily precisely. we're seeing such a disturbing upsurge in in and native nativism white national ism and a nationalism that isn't purely and in a violent nationalism that that isn't purely racial but is a racial caste. you see it in the proud boys, you see it in the three percenters, you see it in in of in heavily armed militias around the country that have that are that did clearly do not actually believe in american democracy or american institute tions and i think these the
it's as far north as new england, wisconsin, minnesota, california, oregon it was more active in the north, and it was it had different focuses, although, yes, black americans were always on the list, but it was primarily primarily other focuses. it was totally. and it collapsed as a result of that corruption. it was exposed, although it had a dramatic a dramatic upward trajectory in the twenties and. as i said earlier, it was, again, more or less reinvent it after after world war, the klan...
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booth needed to head south as he could, and perhaps hoped to board a steamship and escape to england. perhaps he hoped to get farther south and cross the mississippi river and get into the deeper confederacy were considered. armies were still in field. perhaps he hoped to get to and rejoin kirby smith's forces. we don't know what booth's plot was, but we know had a network of people to go to and see this journey south. and if he had broken that bone in his leg, i think he would have made it much farther least, and it would've taken longer to capture him. there's plenty of historical of presidents, c-span done several of them, asking historians to rank presidents if there were a ranking of secretaries of war for this country where. do you think edwin mcmasters stanton would rank would rank in that list at the top of the list? edwin stanton is one of the great american heroes. one thing i love about the tv show is the real stanton is portrayed. edwin stanton not only investigated the lincoln murder, he questioned witnesses he deployed detectives to the field. he had other things to do.
booth needed to head south as he could, and perhaps hoped to board a steamship and escape to england. perhaps he hoped to get farther south and cross the mississippi river and get into the deeper confederacy were considered. armies were still in field. perhaps he hoped to get to and rejoin kirby smith's forces. we don't know what booth's plot was, but we know had a network of people to go to and see this journey south. and if he had broken that bone in his leg, i think he would have made it...
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like in other military powers like england, france, that kind of. sure, yeah. so so there would have been officers schools in those countries, but they would have been very focused. remember, these are those countries also compel military service from their citizens. the united states doesn't do that. so this is a self-selecting group probably wanting to learn to be engineers rather than soldiers they have to serve five years when they get out, a lot of them leave. so they would've been officer training and west point does train officers. you are commissioned as an officer coming out of west point but it would have been lot focused on tactics and strategy. it's kind of a very uniquely american kind of thing. what was the reaction if you know some of the of like other countries to this new american system of military. they didn't think that they were as as capable. right. yeah. i mean they were looked down on because they weren't spending all this time on tactics and training and americans also. it's really funny. there's a kind of a there's a longstanding conve
like in other military powers like england, france, that kind of. sure, yeah. so so there would have been officers schools in those countries, but they would have been very focused. remember, these are those countries also compel military service from their citizens. the united states doesn't do that. so this is a self-selecting group probably wanting to learn to be engineers rather than soldiers they have to serve five years when they get out, a lot of them leave. so they would've been officer...