Chair, the program committee. Dave and i thank you all for coming this evening to our lecture series. A nice turnout, a lot of different competition out there, but who can compete with this man right . Bill merchant, a great friend of mine, but of course, hes a great historian and hes really wheel and bringing forth the true history of a great story known as the delaware and hudson canal. So tonight, bill will give you a chock full of new information, great insights and wonderment bill merchant everyone. Thank you very much for coming this evening. Im the Deputy Director for collections historian and here at the dean Canal Historical Society and im the chair or president of the delaware and hudson transportation heritage council. Now that ive gotten over the most difficult part of the talk, im really delighted to do this particular presentation. I have never done it here for the Canal Society. My general history of the dredge. Im working on a book on the topic and itll probably be call
Lecture series. A nice turnout, a lot of different competition out there, but who can compete with this man right . Bill merchant, a great friend of mine, but of course, hes a great historian and hes really wheel and bringing forth the true history of a great story known as the delaware and hudson canal. So tonight, bill will give you a chock full of new information, great insights and wonderment bill merchant everyone. Thank you very much for coming this evening. Im the Deputy Director for collections historian and here at the dean Canal Historical Society and im the chair or president of the delaware and hudson transportation heritage council. Now that ive gotten over the most difficult part of the talk, im really delighted to do this particular presentation. I have never done it here for the Canal Society. My general history of the dredge. Im working on a book on the topic and itll probably be called the dutch canal 19th century engine of prosperity, because indeed it was. This is a
Facebook. Com. Check out the listing of the upcoming programs. We have one for members only next week on congressional term limits and programs ranging from the constitutionalism of the civil war to experts of nyu Barry Friedman and on and on, check out the program for our various events. If youre interested in becoming a constitutional member visit the table outside the theater here and again, were late starting and want to get right into the program. And everyone silence your cell phones. So without further ado, were going to be talking about two books here today about john adams and both of them touch upon his account of aristocracy and his life. We have we have john adams republic, the one, the few and the many, a warm National Constitutional Center Welcome to Luke Mayville and richard alan ryerson. [applaus [applause] dick and luke, thank you for being here. Im excited for this conversation. My john adams is inappropriate with my High School Musical 1776, and describes john adams
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