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Portraits of americas most important colonial portrait painter. Room, you can think back to the words of john adams, 1917, he said, when you see these portraits, he wants to discourse with them. You want to ask them questions and receive answers. I dont think you can paint it much better than that. These portraits show you these very substantial, realistic figures, they are comfortable in their setting. You have a sense that these two men have had successful lives. They are in a good place. Wome...

The british soldier and british commander of the area. He wrote to him offering intelligence in exchange for protection from the soldiers for some cash. This was not discovered until the 20th century when clintons papers went to the Clements Library in ann arbor and this correspondence was discovered. So it doesnt look like he got much assistance, much protection, or much cash because his circumstances were considerably reduced after the war. He and his wife moved to providence where they set up...

Comfortable. Copley has given us more than just a representation of his features, but we have a sense of his status and his feeling about himself. Hes painted copley has a great attention to detail. He doesnt leave anything out. Hes got the mole under epes left eye is there. His somewhat wrinkled skin is portrayed just as it is. The fact hes bursting his jacket, hes filling out his jacket anyway, is evident. The hand he has in front of him, i think, gilbert stuart, the american painter, said lat...

Yes, in the very back there. Wait for the microphone. Safe foundation. Sir, i was impressed with your presentation. Now, i have a more fundamental question about the government of the United States and the people who control this country, the right and the left both together. Now, the kind of activities we are engaged in at this time, the spying on american citizens, the entire war crimes that we are committing all over the world, all these things, 20, 30 years from now we will be very, very ash...

And its runup were enormous. So its possible but i didnt detect any kind of shift in coverage that led to a distortion in how the news media was covering it because there were other big events. The Oklahoma City bombing. For once it not it was an event that not oj off of the front pages. Thank you. Thank you. Foster campbell thank you. You spent a lot of time researching 1995 but im wondering 20 years from now when we look back more recently and think i was a watershed year much like 1985 . I th...

In 1830, and he was appointed as a territorial secretary at 19, which is a record probably that will never be broken. Another record that certainly will never be broken was 1835 when at age 24, he was elected the first states governor. And in time the people of michigan and the people of detroit came to trust him as, even though a young person, a very skilled and dedicated leader. Well, mason was regarded first of all by the people in his own territory as a bit of an interloper, just coming in f...

As we are in a lull in active sports, I would like to post a request to the always opinionated Mgoblog population.

Located next to the president's house and steps away from the Diag, thousands of community members walk past it every day without knowing what's behind its doors.

The University of Michigan has acquired one of the most important American books of the late 18th century—widely regarded as the first book of poetry written by an African American woman.

Craig Ross may not be interested in the full-time job as Curator of Maps at the Clements Library (as noted below). However, perhaps he can work part-time as a consultant, explaining how he created maps back in the 1800s.