CSPAN3 American History TV September 4, 2014
And newspaper reports of the early republic has been regarded by historians as a form of capitol dmen tear and not the least because theyre quite colorful. Men and women reported back home on what dolly wore, served, how she moved, and how she treated people. But, we have to look at these descriptions not just as mere celebrity mentions. The people who regarded dolly so minutely, whether members of the ruling elite or ordinary americans and europeans invested in the republican experiment, what they were looking for and how she looked and how she behaved, they were looking for signs and clues a...