who invited case into a discussion of politics. when case would not back down sears and several of his companions nearly bowled him over with the force of their eloquence and noise. seeking to restore order to the conversation, case said well, let s discuss all the issues at hand going back to the passage of the stamp act in 1765 and at some point one of the members of the tavern company from connecticut got annoyed with him and impatient and they said back home in connecticut you d be put to death for your views for supporting parliament in the imperial controversy. the patriots at the tavern then said, we will not suffer a tory to sit in company with gentlemen and they forced case to sit in a claire by the chimney corner. sears then called over a young slave of drake s saying he belonged in the of slaves because he was a slave to the british empire. he agreed formally to put case in coventry meaning none would be allowed to speak with him under forfeiture of a nip of todd
and how it changed in the following years. he also talks about the difference in subject matter and composition between brady and other photographers at the time. this hour-long event was part of the lincoln forum s annual similar symposium in gettysburg, pennsylvania. thank you for having me. it s a pleasure to be here again. our first speaker this morning robert wilson, the author of a new well-received book on matthew brady. mr. wilson has written for many prominent newspapers and journals and held editorial posts at many of those same institutions. he s currently editor of the american scholar. he s written two previous books as well as a certain somewhere: writers on the place they remember. he ll be talking about matthew brady today. brady is an interesting character. we ve all looked at dozens, probably hundreds of brady s photographs. i suspect many of you join me having not known much about matthew brady, the man himself who took much of these photographs. he n
this hour-long event was part of the lincoln forum s annual symposium in gettysburg, pennsylvania. part of the lincoln forum s annual similar symposium in gettysburg, pennsylvania. thank you for having me. it s a pleasure to be here again. our first thank you for having me. it s a pleasure to be here again. our first speaker this morning robert wilson, the author of a new well-received book on matthew brady. mr. wilson has written for many prominent newspapers and journals and held editorial posts at many of those same institutions. he s currently editor of the american scholar. he s written two previous books as well as a certain somewhere: writers on the place they remember. he ll be talking about mathew brady today. brady is an interesting character. we ve all looked at dozens, probably hundreds of brady s photographs. i suspect many of you join me mathew brady, the man himself, who took much of these photographs. and consequently shaped so much of what we understa