Welcome Remarks for Democracy by Petition: Popular Politics in Transformation, 1790–1870
Greetings from the National Archives’ flagship building in Washington, DC, which sits on the ancestral lands of the Nacotchtank peoples. I’m David Ferriero, Archivist of the United States, and it's my pleasure to welcome you to today’s virtual author lecture with Daniel Carpenter, author of Democracy by Petition. Before we begin, though, I’d like to tell you about two upcoming
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