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kraoeufp and america s god. recent essays include treatment canada, the in 300th anniversary celebration of the king james version of the and catholic uses of scripture in 19th century america. today he will speak on his new book which is available outside seminar in beginning as the word the bible and american public life 1492 to 1783. mark noll. mr. noll: thanks for the opportunity of being here and especially to the woodrow wilson center, american historical association, the national history seminar. to be in ivilege washington on a warm november day. the image on the screen is the english language bible published in north america. aiken had done printing for the continental congress and made with eak was britain where the monopoly for king james bible was held by the king s printers here was an opportunity to publish in english the bible in the united states. will be indicate i couldn t have of the history i will talk about today is the procedure that led to the printing
WilkinsburgPennsylvaniaUnited-statesNew-portNewportUnited-kingdomPiedmontLorraineFranceDelawareMinnesotaRussia francis a. mcani professor from notre dame. he s the author of many books including god and race, a short history, published in 2008. the civil war as a theological crisis, 2006. and america s god from jonathan edwards to abraham lincoln which appeared in 2002. recent essays are treatment of the bible in candidate, the 300th anniversary celebrations of the king james version of the bible and catholic uses of scripture in 19th century america. today he will be speaking on his new book which is available outside after our seminar. in the beginning was the word, the bible in american public life, 1492 to 1783. mark noll. thanks for the opportunity of being here, and thanks especially to the woodrow wilson center, the american association, the national history seminar, it s a pleasure to be in washington on a warm winter day. images you have on the screen is is of the first english language complete english language bible published in north america. once the break had been ma
New-yorkUnited-statesCanadaGermanyGettysburg-collegePennsylvaniaPhiladelphiaAs-paComunidad-autonoma-de-catalunaSpainRhode-islandBoston i wish my parents could have heard that. it would have made my father very proud and my mother actually would have believed you. so there you go. for me as you suggested, this lecture concludes an amazing year that began just a year ago when the library the fred w. smith library for the study of george washington opened and i was able to take a seat as one of the inaugural fellows. during that year, i learned what a treasure always of you have in mount vernon led by kurt brands and with library led by doug bradburn the staff here is simply extraordinary. they are extraordinaryily loyal. for 150 years, the mount vernon lady s association has kept this place special. with the new library the orientation and education center, no crop of those women have done a better job than the current one, at least since martha did it alone. among those remarkable women, of course let me thank gay gains and ann petri. well let me begin tonight with a question. retirement. today we think of
Erie-canalOhioUnited-statesAlexandriaAl-iskandariyahEgyptVermontPiedmontWashingtonDelawareNorth-branchMaryland for that introduction, thank you so much. i wish my parents could have heard that. it would have made my father very proud and my mother actually would have believed you. so there you go. well, for me as you suggested, this lecture concludes an amazing year that began just a year ago when the library, the fred w. smith library for the study of george washington opened and i was able to take a seat as one of the inaugural library fellows. during that year, i learned what a treasure all of you have in mt. vernon. led by kurt v. brands and with the library led by doug bradburn, the staff here is simply extraordinary. they re extraordinarily dedicated, they re extraordinarily loyal and they re extraordinarily collegial. for 150 years the mt. vernon ladies association has kept this place special. and with the new library, the orientation and education center, no crop of those women have done a better job than the current one, at least since martha did it alone. among those remar
Erie-canalOhioUnited-statesAlexandriaAl-iskandariyahEgyptVermontDelawareNorth-branchMarylandWashingtonDistrict-of-columbia move. there. we think of retirement as golf, bridge, a condo in florida with no grass to mow. but what would it mean to george washington? he used the word often in 1783 as the revolutionary war was winding down and he prepared to resign his commission as commander in chief of american forces in december. mt. vernon would be the and i m quoting here, the seat of my retirement from the bustle of the busy world, washington wrote in one typical letter. yet what did he envision? what did he envision that retirement to be? he was only 51 years old. and the most celebrated man in america, if not the world. the master of one of virginia s largest plantations and both deeply committed to and profoundly concerned about the future of his newly independent country. if by to retire one means to rest, he knew that would not be the case. first, he had plenty to do on the plantation. an almost entire suspension of everything which related to my own estate for near nine years has accumu
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