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Wonderful letter. But its a letter which is here in the library. He wrote from never about to go and take command at cambridge. But he was worried that she would be lonely and that, and he was worried that he would be worrying about her being lonely. Well, as it turned out, he was lonely. And they never thought at the beginning of the war that she would be going to him, but he was who sent for her. And i think the war changed their relationship as wars do change relationships. But i think that w...

Marthas great granddaughters in her papers are in louisiana. And so its, hopefully, everyones going to come forward with new martha letters which would be exciting. And there might be a diary. That will be too exciting for words. [laughter] [applause] so, flora, thank you very much. You will all be delighted to know that flora fraser will be outside to sign books. I invite you all out for a cocktail reception, and i want to thank you all for being here, so thank you very much. Thank you. [applau...

Now we kick off the weekend with th who recounts George Washingtons journey. Currently the james marsh professor at large at the university of vermont a guggenheim fellow, professor t. H. Breen has taught classes at oxford, yale, university of chicago and also Northwestern University which he just retired from. Hes written several books on an Early American History on subjects ranging from the Tobacco Culture of early tidewater planters to the consumer politics of the American Revolution. His ne...

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attack. one person has been killed by gunfire in daraa. the group says three members of the governments security forces were also killed in clashes with army defectors. business leaders in los angeles is preparing to roll out the red carpet for the man expected to become chinas next president. xi jinping arrives in california for a two-day visit hosted by state governor jerry brown. visit will include a tour of the port of los angeles, china shipping terminal, which is undergoing a...