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Investigating certain objects. Next, a 1789 president s record of the first u. S. Congress written George Washingtons hand. Christies ind at new york city. We have come to a very proud moment. We are selling George Washingtons personal coffee of the acts of congress. It is showing in the front of the room for those whom have a chance home have not had the chance to peek at it. Well start the bidding at 1,300,000. 1,400,000,4 1,700,000 1,800,000 2 million. 2,204,000. My name is carol or do and i service carol purdue. It has been my great delight to work with our library and board team to think ...

In new york city. We are selling George Washingtons copy of the acts of congress. And it is showing in the front of the room for those of you who have not had a chance to peek. Atwill start the bidding 1. 3 million. [bidding occurs] my name is carol and i served as the curator here at mount delightnd it has been a to work with the team to think about the acquisition of this. George washington is exacting with his books and takes great care of them. He has them in beautiful shells in his library and we learned that he takes great care with each individual volume and often puts a flourish in the...

The book was auctioned at christies in new york city. We have come to a proud moment. We are selling George Washingtons personal copy of the acts of congress, signed by the estate of h. Richard dietrich, jr. It is shown in the front of the room for those of you who have not had a chance to peek at it. You may do so. We will start the bidding at 1,300,000. 1,400,000, 1,700,000 1,800,000 2 million. Now at 2 million. My name is carol and i serve as the senior curator and Vice President of collections at mount vernon. It has been my great delight to work with our library and board team to think ab...

Might have been in the 19th century both in terms of press culture and in terms of lincoln, almost imagining someone i would have worked for. What would he have required . Would he have been as difficult, demanding, i should say . He owned a german newspaper . [laughter] you have to imagine a press culture in which politics and journalism was interlocking. They were part of the same power culture. Newspapers were Party Organizations through and through. Lincoln had political newspapers that favored him in illinois, the surrounding area. This was prepresident ial. So, he wants to be president b...

Harold holzer, another lincoln book. Lincoln and the power of the press, what number is this for you . 47 including coauthored. Books and edited books. I dont want to inflate the number. You and i have chatted about lincoln for 21 years. How do you keep doing this . I get an inspiration or an invitation to pursue a path that hasnt been pursued before. For me, this was more inspiration than invitation. I plunge into it. I love doing research, i love doing writing. I love the conversation. What about the inspiration for the press . Where did that come from . It came from my dual careers over the...