i don't believe we know the makeup this one either but we do own the benjamin franklin. i'm not sure how it came to his eye care. that's a great question. i'll have to look into that. oh like here. yeah. yeah where it was the washington desk now it is so it was also with the philadelphia history museum and i believe it's now with the collection currently stewarded by drexel. i don't want to get this wrong, so i'm not going to detail about it, but i know it is safe and sound. yeah. so yeah drexels it will be with drexel's collection, but i believe i'm sure it's in storage. yes. yeah. yeah, we love it to come back home. yeah, exactly. all right, susan mcgill what happened to the love letters that elizabeth found in the desk. so in that letter she does say to washington that she will give them to tobias lear, but at first to buy his leader doesn't want them. he is too nervous that his personal correspondence between martha and george, which i think is very interesting because tobias lear was his longtime secretary so you would think that there would have been some overlap,

when john adams famously went to quote help benjamin franklin negotiate with the french richard palms was on board that ship serving as adam's personal bodyguard took adam's son bike thursday cured so they could meet with angela and franklin. in my book when you read it you will see so many incredible coincidences of history and you are about to hear about another one. the same time as richard palmes with john adams and anchem and franklin robert townsend's older brother solomon was there to. they know it seems hard to believe but he was there also meeting with benjamin franklin and get this and oath of allegiance to america. so solomon with this oath and hand came back in the same convoy is captain richard palmes back to america. meanwhile two years it gone by before robert found out he was in charleston and when he finds out he and brother solomon frantically write demands that they believe will care about the antislavery movement and will help them by elizabeth in new york. these letters which i discover at the east hampton library going to incredible detail about the man who helpe

when john adams famously went to quote help benjamin franklin negotiate with the french richard palmsard that ship serving as adam's personal bodyguard took adam's son bike thursday cured so they could meet with angela and franklin. in my book when you read it you will see so many incredible coincidences of history and you are about to hear about another one. the same time as richard palmes with john adams and anchem and franklin robert townsend's older brother solomon was there to. they know it seems hard to believe but he was there also meeting with benjamin franklin and get this and oath of allegiance to america. so solomon with this oath and hand came back in the same convoy is captain richard palmes back to america. meanwhile two years it gone by before robert found out he was in charleston and when he finds out he and brother solomon frantically write demands that they believe will care about the antislavery movement and will help them by elizabeth in new york. these letters which i discover at the east hampton library going to incredible detail about the man who helped bring li

you know, benjamin franklin own slaves. i mean, you know, one of the big differences between canada and the united states that are founding father if you will. john mcdonald didn't, didn't have a bunch of wooden dentures in his handsome face. that contained human ivory ripped 19 from the mouth of his living slaves. but george washington did, you know, are for the founding fathers, unlike jefferson, did not mortgage 140 of their slaves with the dutch bank to build their palatial home at monticello. madison famously, as he wrote the the constitution complained that in order to get books off the ships from london essential to his work, he had to sell a slave. we've been in the family for all of his life. i mean, benjamin franklin, even as he published some of the 1st tracks, calling in the question and celebrating the about abolitionists agenda. he himself owned 3 slaves, including a woman college of mine. so in other words, this is in a, the story of america. i mean, robert e lee heralded as the great general which she was of

so with benjamin franklin's son so that does hangover a lot of people but in a certain way to sweep itnder the rug and forget it there was that permissiveness to forget that complexity and the nuances of the wartime experience in one of the examples in the department of the treasury of the thompson and jefferson administrations at a diehard loyalist to occupy philadelphia and marry the daughter of a prominent loyalist family and then to profiteer off the occupation to sell goods to the british west indies to the caribbean and philadelphia but one of these people to switch sides at the right time and they get word the british are ready to evacuate and week before the british leave to sign an open loyalty to the revolutionary state of pennsylvania and he writes his contact in your keys basically breaking contact with them and rights to become the most perfect american. and then he is able to make a career in politics in the early republic and the confederation of the 1780s and serves in the treasury department and this comes up every now and again when he runs for office and in public vi

so there are a lot of these splits and benjamin franklin son going into exile whereas franklin himself is -- the occupation does hang over a lot of people but they were able to sweep it under the rug and kind of forget it and going back to the beginning of the conversation there is kind of the permissiveness or willingness to forget the complexities and the nuances of the wartime experience and someone that a lot of historians think of a loyalist was -- who was a political economist at the department of treasury in the jefferson administration and he was a die-hard loyalist. he married the daughter of a prominent loyalist family and basically made his money profiteering off of the occupation obtaining licenses to sell goods to the west indies and import stuff from new york to the caribbean in philadelphia but he was one of these people that switches sides at the right time and he gets word that the british are getting ready to evacuate. he speaks out of philadelphia a week before in science and open royalty. he comes back to new york and he writes he is one of the most purposed america

there's a lot of these and franklin with benjamin franklin's son and the governor of new jersey going into exile whereas franklin himself was. it does hang over a lot of people but in a certain way they are able to sweep it under the rug and forget it and going back to the beginning of the conversation, there is a permissiveness in the earlier public or a willingness to forget a lot of the complexities and nuances of the wartime experience. one thing, it's someone a lot of us are familiar with, a political economist in the department of treasury fund the washington and jefferson administration and in his younger life he was a diehard loyalist. he lived in philadelphia, married the daughter of a prominent loyalist family, basically profiteering off the occupation, painting licenses to sell to the british west indies from new york and caribbean's of philadelphia but it just was at the right time when he gets word the british are getting ready to evacuate, he writes a relative outside the town and speaks of philadelphia week before the british leave signs to the revolutionary state of pe

so there's a lot of these splits, but again, the franklins, you know, with benjamin franklin's son the former royal governor of new jersey going into exile whereas franklin himself becoming a prominent citizen. the fears of occupation does hang over a lot of people, but in a certain way, they're able to kind of sweep it under the rug, and they're able to kind of forget it, and there's this -- again kind of going back to the power of conversation, there's kind of a permissiveness in the early republic or a willingness to forget a lot of the complexities, a lot of kind of the nuances of the wartime experience, and one of the examples of that is, you know, someone that a lot of historians of the early republic are familiar with, a political economist in the department of the treasury under both the washington and jefferson administrations. and in his younger life, he was a die-hard loyalist. you know, he lived in occupied philadelphia, married the daughter of a prominent loyalist family, basically made his money kind of profiteering off the occupation, painting licenses to sell goods to t

thomas jefferson and benjamin franklin had no idea of what democracy is till they came here. benjamin franklin prints speeches from one of their leaders, canassatego, who encourages democracy for the colonists. their chiefs advise the founding fathers at one of their first meetings. and the newly independent united states adopts a 13-arrow bundle into its official seal, echoing the native americans' five arrows that symbolize strength through unity. (men chanting) their descendants still live in upstate new york as a sovereign nation, with their own passports and government. ♪ ♪ they are the world's oldest continuous democracy. sid hill: so we try to educate people who we are. narrator: sid hill is their chief of chiefs. his people are commonly known as the iroquois, but that's a french name. hill: the name that we call ourselves is the haudenosaunee, people of the longhouse. narrator: the haudenosaunee story of creating the first american democracy is encoded in this, a tapestry of sacred shell beads called a wampum belt. hill: if you look at the structure of it, it's very b

was -- what's hancock's background his father benjamin has historic names and that would eat benjamin franklin hancock. they have twin boys in 1824 named winfield scott after the soldier and the other named hillary baker which doesn't seem famous to us. it was locally prominent at the time in six years later they had a third john named john. john hancock. john hancock is with his brother wind field in gettysburg so armistead and hancock have family members at the battle. hancock grows up in norristown and gets an appointment to west point. his father doesn't think it's a very good idea to young. sixteens the youngest a.g. can get in but it's also small. we think the big strapping winfield hancock. i. do you know how tall he was when he got out of west point? 5 feet 5 inches tall. his classmates considered him a pet. these small a fair amount of time and it gets picked on. boys being boys he gets bullied and one time one of his larger classmates steps in to fight one of the bullies that classmate is alexander hayes who ends up commanding a division. hancock never forgets this years later in a f

correspond, shows that one side can't come back under penalty of execution so there is a lot of this, benjamin franklinew jersey going into exile whereas franklin himself is becoming prominent and it hangs over a lot of people but in a certain way they are able to sweep it under the rug and forget it and going back to the beginning of the power of conversation, there is a permissiveness the early republic or filling this gap a lot of the complexities and nuances of the wartime experience. one thing is someone a lot of thesaurus earlier -- a political economist in the department of the treasury under both washington and jefferson administration and his younger wife, he is a diehard loyalist. he lived in occupied philadelphia, married the daughter of a prominent family member, he made his mind money profiteering off the occupation, licenses to selkirk to the british west indies from new york the caribbean philadelphia but he's someone who switches sides of the right time when he gets word that the british are getting ready to evacuate, he writes to relatives outside of the town from a filled out cap befo

benjamin franklin said when describing our former government that we have a republic if you can keept is not hyperbole but fact to say that at this moment in time we do not have the republic because the basic principle of the republic is self-government by citizens. so you have millions of uninvited people, and the citizens of this country have no ability to exercise control ove who can join the country. it is no longer a republic because all of your work, all of your slit sweat, all of your toil will go to benefit people who have no rights to be here. that is where we are right now. >> i have asked this before. i don't want to single out the governor of texas who i think is a nice person and i agree with them on a lot. but it seems to me the only solution i can think of anyway is for the texas national guard to say it's our state, we're securing our border and you can't do this and invoke some kind of courses with the federal government. so beri it. why doesn't he do that? >> what you are describing is the use of article four section four that relatesde to the poini was making. it's

that would be benjamin franklin hancock. they have twin boys in a twin 1824 and they name one winfield got and the other hillary baker which doesn't seem famous but but there fromsoutheastern philadelphia ,he been in the revolution so it was prominent at the time . they have a third son they name simply john. john hancock. john is with his brother winfield so they both have family members at about. hancock is an impressive young man rolling up in morristown pennsylvania and he gets an appointment at west point andhis father doesn't think it's a good idea . 16 is the youngest age you can get inbut he's also small . we think of big strapping winfield got hancock. you know how tall he waswhen he went to west point ? five foot five inches tall. they considered hancock a pet . winfield scott hancock was his classmates that. he's about 16 by the time he leaves but he's small fair amount of the time but he gets bullied. one time it gets so bad one of his larger classmates to step in and that classmate is alexander hayes who ends up

i always like to point it benjamin franklin was my favorite founding father and help create one of the great compromise is that gave us this great nation, which was the u.s. senate, if my history is correct. speaking for memory and we're doing this kind of life, but he's the one you came up i thought with the idea to each state represented by two senators, and giving small states equal representation as large states delaware, had the same station as a lunch date. i like to point out i don't leave the founding fathers really weighed in on the filibuster but they did on -- >> guest: they weighed in on disproportionate voice to the senate and to the minority in the senate in the way they didn't in the house. i think the filibuster is a function of that. that's why said you could trim some of the edges of it but the larger point i think is very valuable one, because you do not like to a streamlined political system. as much agony as we both have been through watching the sausage making process, it's a whole lot better than a really efficient voice from one person at the top. >> host: somet

of saratoga in september and october of 1778, france decided, and with help with men such as benjamin franklinourt oversight telling of the importance of this grand alliance, the treaty of alliance signed february 6, 1775. so france the first nation to recognize the united states of merit as its own free and independent nation then she declares war upon england. so it becomes a world war. battlefields are fought in india, , africa, the west indie, europe itself, england is under threat of invasion of the french have been saying that since 1066 but they were pretty confident this time. in fact, rochambeau the command at yorktown that we see to the left was actually part of the planning committee that was to invade england and that was what his hope was when he was called to versailles to meet with the king but instead they sent him to america. so america wins its independence, thanks to france, but there is a cost. france spent more money upon the american revolution than the americans did. and how much money did they spend? 1.3 billion. so how much is that? well i said the income entrance was

of saratoga in september and october of 1778, france decided, and with help with men such as benjamin franklinourt oversight telling of the importance of this grand alliance, the treaty of alliance signed february 6, 1775. so france the first nation to recognize the united states of merit as its own free and independent nation then she declares war upon england. so it becomes a world war. battlefields are fought in india, , africa, the west indie, europe itself, england is under threat of invasion of the french have been saying that since 1066 but they were pretty confident this time. in fact, rochambeau the command at yorktown that we see to the left was actually part of the planning committee that was to invade england and that was what his hope was when he was called to versailles to meet with the king but instead they sent him to america. so america wins its independence, thanks to france, but there is a cost. france spent more money upon the american revolution than the americans did. and how much money did they spend? 1.3 billion. so how much is that? well i said the income entrance was

of saratoga in september and october of 1778 france decided and with the help of men such as benjamin franklin the court of versailles telling him of the importance of grand alliance, the treaty of alliance was signed february the sixth of 1778, france the first nation to recognize the united states of america as its own free and independent nation and then she declares war upon england. so it becomes a world war battlefields are fought in india, africa, west indicaties, europe itself, england is under threat of invasion though the french had been saying that since 1066 but they were pretty confident this time. the commander of yorktown that we see to the left there was actually part of the planning committee that was to invade england and that what was what his hope was but instead they sent him to america. so america wins its independence thanks to france but there's a cost. france spent more money upon the american revolution than the americans did and how much did they spend? 1.3 billion. how much is that? well, i said income was 640 million. it's going to take a few years to make that bac

i always like to point out that benjamin franklin was my favorite founding father. that helped create one of the great compromises that gave us this great nation which is the u.s. senate he's the one who came up i thought with the idea to have the state represented by two senators. giving small states equal representation as large estates representation of rhode island and virginia. there is a genius to it. i like to point and they did not weigh in on the filibuster. >> giving disproportionate voice to the senate for your point into the minority in the senate in no way that they did in the house. i think filibuster is a function of that. that's why sadie could trim some of the edges of it but the larger point is a very valuable one. you do not want to streamline political system as much agony as we have both been through and washing the sausage making process it's a whole lot better from one person at the topic. >> sometimes with an insult to sausage i must say. spinach a very serious subject. you brought up germany and post world war i. let's talk a little bit abou

of saratoga in september and october of 1778 france decided and with the help of men such as benjamin franklin the court of versailles telling him of the importance of grand alliance, the treaty of alliance was signed february the sixth of 1778, france the first nation to recognize the united states of america as its own free and independent nation and then she declares war upon england. so it becomes a world war battlefields are fought in india, africa, west indicaties, europe itself, england is under threat of invasion though the french had been saying that since 1066 but they were pretty confident this time. the commander of yorktown that we see to the left there was actually part of the planning committee that was to invade england and that what was what his hope was but instead they sent him to america. so america wins its independence thanks to france but there's a cost. france spent more money upon the american revolution than the americans did and how much did they spend? 1.3 billion. how much is that? well, i said income was 640 million. it's going to take a few years to make that bac

the speaker pro tempore: without objection >> in 1787 benjamin franklin was asked what type of government our founders and his response was a republic, if you can keep it. why? because representative democracy is not for the lazy or faint of heart. american democracy relies upon an informed engage citizenry who requires immigrants to pass a test but require that our children are prepared. i have been a proponent of civics education and more important to help our schools to provide civic education and our young people need to know how our government works and how to navigate the massive of disinformation found john line. last friday on constitution day, i interviews add bipartisan bill the teaching engaged citizenship act to promote service learning programs in k-12 public schools our constitution has a rich history. if we want to keep it, we need to teach it. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from georgia seek rebg tpheus? mr. carter: i request unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro t

it was founded by benjamin franklin and it is the longest continuously operating insurance company in.s., based in philadelphia, pennsylvania. something that illustrates the value of insurance. a lot of insurance companies especially mutual insurance companies that have been around for 200 years and have seen a lot, looking at what is happening. a lot of protection if they are exposed to a loss in the area that could be crippling for them. they are well aware of the risks , getting protection, just as your viewers should be thinking about flood insurance. caller: i have done in order. it sits along the mississippi river. it flooded that town. when i was a kid, they had a sled, and it is occurring every few years. people bought flood insurance and they had to agree to get rid of their property, which the county took over and we have to maintain now. it is not even a town anymore. it is not allowed to be put back on the tax rule. it is just a place -- there are still people living in the town who take care of their own houses. they took care of their own. my question is, why do you let

it was founded by benjamin franklin and it is the longest continuously operating insurance company in.s., based in philadelphia, pennsylvania. something that illustrates the value of insurance. a lot of insurance companies especially mutual insurance companies that have been around for 200 years and have seen a lot, looking at what is happening. a lot of protection if they are exposed to a loss in the area that could be crippling for them. they are well aware of the risks , getting protection, just as your viewers should be thinking about flood insurance. caller: i have done in order. it sits along the mississippi river. it flooded that town. when i was a kid, they had a sled, and it is occurring every few years. people bought flood insurance and they had to agree to get rid of their property, which the county took over and we have to maintain now. it is not even a town anymore. it is not allowed to be put back on the tax rule. it is just a place -- there are still people living in the town who take care of their own houses. they took care of their own. my question is, why do you let

benjamin franklin once said years ago that the republican party has always been a party for cooperationnd that they have proven that. another thing, i just want to add this and it has nothing to do with debts, i have cancer and i want people to know that i got my covid shots. with cancer. please go out there and get your shots. i got my shots back in march and april. host: ok, larry, we believe it at that. cameron, what did president obama say about it when he was a senator? the fact we are here today to raise the debt limit is a sign of leadership failure. the former treasury secretary month arguing for a short-lived default that could threaten economic growth and increase the risk of roiling markets and sapping a phenomena confidence and preventing americans from receiving vital services, damaging and undermining in the trust and full faith and credit host: jeff, ohio, good morning to you. caller: good morning. host: your turn to tell washington what you think they should do. caller: i think raising the debt ceiling is just going to give them more opportunities to carry out waste, fra

caller: i just want to use a quote from benjamin franklin.ight be wrong -- " anybody willing to sacrifice a little bit of their personal liberties for their sense of security deserves neither one." our government has been wrong on so many occasions. a previous caller brought up weapons of mass destruction. remember when that was a slamdunk and it started this cascade affected best being in the middle east nationbuilding with the promises of lower costs of fossil fuels? our government has proven not to do things right, especially when they move fast, and with regards to this vaccine, we are only getting one side of the story because one side has more money. it is a follow the money deal, i get is from the prohibition act with alcohol -- like it is with the prohibition act with call. there was not -- with alcohol. there was not less alcohol when it was prohibited. it was a bigger money grab. in this situation there is not enough long-term data to suggest if these so-called vaccines are good for us. if everyone is so confident, why don't we give

>> the only thing certain in my view as benjamin franklin said is death and taxes there is no doubt we'reubt at all. before congress leaves this year there will be a tax increase of some amount. >> you think that it will be retroactive? i mean, that's the other issue that's kind of hanging out there. some of these changes that are being discussed, if they're done retroactively, could mean some pretty big tax bills for corporations or people at the end of the year. >> as a general rule of thumb, when you announce a tax proposal you say it's retroactive the day you announce it but it rarely happens that way so i would be surprised if anything is really retroactive because in the end you're just playing with numbers about how much money you can raise and you can raise a little bit more money by increasing rates prospectively. i doubt there will be retroactive tax increases. that would be my view. >> let's shift gears and talk about china because tensions have been rachetting up. we have seen stocks, electric vehicles and some of the technology stocks in china again under pressure just the pr

it has been around since benjamin franklin days and before. but what is new is social media and the rapid spread of misinformation. we need to do a better job of making sure people hear proper messaging from trusted leaders so they can feel comfortable hearing the right information about vaccines and making sure they know they are safe and effective and that here in the united states, we have the safest vaccine development in the world. the second issue that is important for children is income disparities that reduce the access for children to get vaccinated. they have to travel frequently to different locations where they can get access to vaccines, through sites that are allowed to give them vaccines. we are hearing, even before the pandemic, about practices that can't afford to give vaccines because of the poor reimbursement rates. they are writing prescriptions to children to go to publicly funded clinics where they can get the vaccines and losing the trusted source of other routine childhood care. those of the two major areas. one is gett