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please form a line to the right of the table and help our staff byso author stacy schiff, why ae we talking to you at the state department? largely because we have glorious newly refurbished rooms to celebrate any beautiful, opulent book that gives us the history of those rooms and the collection in its entirety to celebrate as well. and we are sitting in the ben franklin diplomatic room at this time. what is your connection to the state department's america's collection book? well, i'm here on franklin's coattails because had written a book about ben franklin's years in, france, when he is essentially paving way for the american foreign service, he's really first foreign ambassador. and in the years that he spends in france, puts america on the map and as that is the genesis really of the department of state in the beginnings of, american foreign policy. i'm here in a way, as ben franklin's companion. and that, of course, is your book, the great improvised about ben franklin's time in france. you describe franklin as combative, prideful, callous and overbearing. does that make for a diplom
please form a line to the right of the table and help our staff byso author stacy schiff, why ae we talking to you at the state department? largely because we have glorious newly refurbished rooms to celebrate any beautiful, opulent book that gives us the history of those rooms and the collection in its entirety to celebrate as well. and we are sitting in the ben franklin diplomatic room at this time. what is your connection to the state department's america's collection book? well, i'm here on...
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stacy schiff, as we mentioned, we're here in the ben franklin room at the department of state. there is a table here, the treaty of paris table. what is? that it's this modest desk which if you look at it closely, you realize is the beating heart of american history. because is it it is the desk at which we think john adams john jay and ben franklin signed the treaty of paris establishing this country in paris. in 1783. it was essentially a brought from london by one of the british negotiators who very keen keep the americans from going to say i insisted that they meet at his apartments in paris rather than involving the french nutty and he saw to it that the american negotiators and the other side signed the desk signed the papers at that desk and has found its way through miraculous means here to the state department. now, you mentioned that ben franklin spent 17 years in london prior to going paris, did he maintain relationships with the british after he went to paris? franklin is still a very close with his friends in london with his friends everywhere in great britain. in
stacy schiff, as we mentioned, we're here in the ben franklin room at the department of state. there is a table here, the treaty of paris table. what is? that it's this modest desk which if you look at it closely, you realize is the beating heart of american history. because is it it is the desk at which we think john adams john jay and ben franklin signed the treaty of paris establishing this country in paris. in 1783. it was essentially a brought from london by one of the british negotiators...
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executive produced by author stacy schiff. that's correct. and we were certainly interested in this series because it explores a life of benjamin franklin in paris right at the time that he became a diplomat and some extraordinary things brought france into the american revolution and allowed us a clear advantage. to get this desk over to paris. mm hmm. what. what did that entail? oh, it was extraordinary. with something like a national treasure. certainly, we. we the job very seriously. but we wanted so much to share this piece nationally for other people to know that we haven't it's failed to be seen here at the department state. virginia hart this is a french desk, isn't it? since it was signed over in paris or not? it's a british maid and it belonged to the british commissioner who had this in his apartment, the time of the signing. what did you want to show us in this room? i want to show important painting that we have. this is a copy of an original that is now. it went to tour by benjamin west, but it's a familiar subject. and here if
executive produced by author stacy schiff. that's correct. and we were certainly interested in this series because it explores a life of benjamin franklin in paris right at the time that he became a diplomat and some extraordinary things brought france into the american revolution and allowed us a clear advantage. to get this desk over to paris. mm hmm. what. what did that entail? oh, it was extraordinary. with something like a national treasure. certainly, we. we the job very seriously. but we...
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so author stacy schiff, why are we talking to you at the state department? largely because we have glorious newly refurbished rooms to celebrate any beautiful, opulent book that gives us the history of those rooms and the collection in its entirety to celebrate as well. and we are sitting in the ben franklin diplomatic room at this time. what is your connection to the state department's america's collection book? well, i'm here on franklin's coattails because had written a book about ben franklin's years in, france, when he is essentially paving way for the american foreign service, he's really first foreign ambassador. and in the years that he spends in france, puts america on the map and as that is the genesis really of the department of state in the beginnings of, american foreign policy. i'm here in a way, as ben franklin's companion. and that, of course, is your book, the great improvised about ben franklin's time in france. you describe franklin as combative, prideful, callous and overbearing. does that make for a diplomat? no, i think is ben franklin,
so author stacy schiff, why are we talking to you at the state department? largely because we have glorious newly refurbished rooms to celebrate any beautiful, opulent book that gives us the history of those rooms and the collection in its entirety to celebrate as well. and we are sitting in the ben franklin diplomatic room at this time. what is your connection to the state department's america's collection book? well, i'm here on franklin's coattails because had written a book about ben...
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now to business stacy schiff is the author of viera mrs. vladimir nabokov, which won the 2000 pulitzer prize for biography and saint-exupery a biography which was a finalist the 1995 pulitzer prize. her most recent include cleopatra a life and the witches, salem 92. she's received from the guggenheim foundation and the national endowment for the humanities. as well as a fellowship from. the common center in 2002 to 2003. martha hodes is professor of history at new york university and the author also of morning lincoln the sea captain's wife a true story of love, race and war in the 19th century and white women, black men, illicit sex in the 19th century south. she's the recipient of fellowships from the guggenheim foundation, the nih, harvard university and the whiting foundation. she was a fellow here, the common center in 2018 to 2019. we owe her i owe her a special debt of gratitude for serving really wonderfully for two years as the interim director of the common center. until last month. please help me. welcome back to the center marth
now to business stacy schiff is the author of viera mrs. vladimir nabokov, which won the 2000 pulitzer prize for biography and saint-exupery a biography which was a finalist the 1995 pulitzer prize. her most recent include cleopatra a life and the witches, salem 92. she's received from the guggenheim foundation and the national endowment for the humanities. as well as a fellowship from. the common center in 2002 to 2003. martha hodes is professor of history at new york university and the author...
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schiff, why are we talking to you at the state department? largely because we have glorious newly refurbished rooms to celebrate
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now to business stacy schiff is the author of viera mrs. vladimir nabokov, which won the 2000 pulitzer prize for biography and
now to business stacy schiff is the author of viera mrs. vladimir nabokov, which won the 2000 pulitzer prize for biography and