works that harriet wrote while in this house, and we like to show our visitors other works that harriet beechertowe is known for. we are trying to let our visitors know that harriet has made a lasting impact, and we want to make sure her story is not forgotten. >> stowe died in 1896. she was 85. she died in this house, as her husband had before her. when she died, this parlor we are standing in, the front parlor, her coffin was laid out, and this is where the wake was. so, the "new york times" wrote this up. it was widely reported. she was so famous that many came to visit and to give their respects. she was buried next to one of her children, well, two of her children, in andover, massachusetts, where they had been living when her son henry died at 19. they bought a family plot. you can visit the grave in andover, massachusetts near where calvin stowe worked at the seminary. and her writing impact then, with the other book she wrote, and the stands that she took as a woman, let's from number that women could not vote in the 19th century. they had limited roles. whatever their class or race, th

works that harriet wrote while in this house, and we like to show our visitors other works that harriet beecher stowe is known for. we are trying to let our visitors know that harriet has made a lasting impact, and we want to make sure her story is not forgotten. >> stowe died in 1896. she was 85. she died in this house, as her husband had. when she died, this parlor we are standing in, the front parlor, her coffin was laid out, and this is where the wake was. "the new york times" wrote this up. it was widely reported. she was so famous that many came to visit and to give their respects. she was buried next to one of her children -- two of her children -- who predeceased her and her husband in andover, massachusetts where they had been living when her son henry died. they bought a family plot. you can visit the grave in andover, massachusetts near where calvin stowe worked at the seminary. let's remember that in the 19th century, women couldn't devote. they had limited roles. whatever their class or race, they were restricted. shetook the most advantage could of the opportunities she had as a w

they were looking at collections that focus on harriet beecher stowe who wrote uncle tom's cabin. the most famous antislavery novel which galvanized the anti slavery movement for abolition in the 1850s. these materials we look at today really on the platform for which we are able to instill -- tell the story. and the building she lived in, can tell her story the best we know it but these are tangible references to the past, these are papers and documents she touched, these are books that people all over the country and beyond red, waiting for the next installment and give it as a gift, but these objects really speak to the power of harriet beecher stowe and historic uncle tom's can have on american and international society. the first thing we will talk about is a circular letter, a rather marge letter, a series of 40 of them and the amazing thing about them it was started by one person in the family who folded it up and mail it to the next sibling who added their portion of the story, their news and passed it on to the next and the next that as it got added onto it became very mu

there we have a photograph of harriet beecher stowe sitting in her front parlor. she is sitting right about where i am standing. you can get a feel for what the room looked like at the time. you can get a feel for what she looked like. what we will try to do is talk about some of the documents she may have been seeing in the 1850's when she comes up with the ideas for uncle tom's cabin. in many ways, these documents represent the debate that people are having over slavery at the time. on this table, we have some historical documents we have reproduced for visitors. we want to give our visitors a feel for the debates over slavery that were occurring during her time. for example, we have some coasters for fugitive slaves that may have been found in the north at the time. we have songs written by abolitionists that would have been sung at different meetings of abolitionists. we even have teaching for abolitionists children. you a feel for the alphabet but also gives you a form attached to each letter that talks about some negative aspect of slavery. these things were

our collections focusing on harriet beecher stowe commended beecher family and active reform work inthe 19th century. you will find collections around anti-slavery and abolition in new england as well as women's history as it relates to the suffrage movement. they begin: teamwork by harriet beecher stowe and her family as early as our founder in the 1930s here she founded her organization and we've been collecting ever since. the archives vault was built in 1972 house the really rare document, paper-based collection. today one of the things that focus on harriet beecher stowe and how she came to write "uncle tom's cabin," the most famous antislavery novel which galvanized the antislavery movement towards abolition in the 1850s. these today really are the platform for which we are able to tell the story. without the collection in the building that she lived in, we can tell her story as we know it, but these very tangible reference to the past. these are papers and documents she touched. these are books that people all over the country and beyond red, waiting for the next installment a

works that harriet wrote while in this house, and we like to show our visitors other works that harriet beecher stowe is known for. we are trying to let our visitors know that harriet has made a lasting impact, and we want to make sure her story is not forgotten. >> stowe died in 1896. she was 85. she died in this house, as her husband had. when she died, this parlor we are standing in, the front parlor, her coffin was laid out, and this is where the wake was. "the new york times" wrote this up. it was widely reported. she was so famous that many came to visit and to give their respects. she was buried next to one of her children -- two of her children -- who predeceased her and her husband in andover, massachusetts where they had been living when her son henry died. they bought a family plot. you can visit the grave in andover, massachusetts near where calvin stowe worked at the seminary. let's remember that in the 19th century, women couldn't devote. they had limited roles. whatever their class or race, they were restricted. she took the most advantage she could of the opportunities she had a

first, we visit the home of harriet beecher stowe to learn about the author of "un:tom's cabin," how she spent her final years and how he work is interpreted today. >> here we are in harriet beechier stowe's home in hartford, connecticut, we invite you to visit, and we are standing today in stowe's parlor. her front parlor, the more formal space. whenout visit here you sit down in the parlor and share conversations about issues and experiences. so, was born harriet beechier in western connecticut, and then through her life she lived in boston, cincinnati, brunswick, maine, and overmass, and then here in hartford. the had two houses, first in the middle of the civil war, stowe built her dream house, her glamorous mansion, and they built that house and moved in 1863 and lived there for eight years, and then discovered that it was too expensive to maintain so they downsized into this more modest, though still spacious, hartford home, where they lived out the rest of their lives. so stowe moved into this fourth street house in hartford in 1873, and the house had been built on spec and liv

hillard was an abolitionist working with sumner, harriet beecher stowe to help pave the way for runaway slaves to come to boston along with the poet longfellow. most interestingly george hillard became the united states commissioner. commissioners were responsible under the 1850's fugitive slave law returning runaway slaves to their rightful owners in the south. enough, while hillard is doing this by day he at night, there is half the page family living in his attic. one wonders how much his heart was in abiding by the fugitive slave law or whether he was engaged in his own one-man protest against it. he lived with the hillard's until the end of the civil war. he was taught a trade and started to mingle with austin african -- boston african-american elite. he met his wife at the 12th baptist church and married her in 1868. she was the sister of george ruffin, the first african-american man to graduate from harvard law school. his wife was a well-known suffragette. after the war our gl returns to norfolk, becomes a member of the general assembly during reconstruction and goes on to be a

harriet beecher star was still writing, she is pro-famous and she had inched that the close of fame in her 40's and now she's in her 60's and she was still writing to support the family. theinally, we will visit museum and learn about mark twain's success is when he lived in this home from 1874. >> marked and began looking into hartford as a place to settle with his young wife and new family. he fell in love with the city and was tickled to death. family,t us back to his mothers and fathers, said this place is beautiful. the family would come into the library after dinner, it was a special spot. our instance, the paintings on the wall and the next on the mental, they would ask for a story and the war was he had to and, with the cap ipv or a start there. they had certain rules. from there, he had to move across the mantle and incorporate each and every knickknack and not repeat himself into and the painting of emmaline. that would satisfied the girls. announcer: watched the c-span cities to on american history tv on c-span. .cs and cities working with our cable affiliates and visiting c

tv, wemerican history will visit the home of harriet beecher stowe which he published more than 30 books. >> she moved in with her husband whom she married in 1836 and he was 10 years older and a professor of theology. he was retired. she moved in with her oldest children, 20 girls, her -- twin rls, in their 30's. she was world-famous and she had reached the pinnacle of fame in her 40's. now she is in her 60's and still writing to support the family. >> we will tour the mark twain house and museum and learn about mr. twain's professional successes and private lives -- private life. twain looked into hartford as a place to settle with his new wife and children and came to the city. he was tickled to death. he said this place is beautiful. his family would come into the library after dinner. it was a very special spot. for instance, the paintings across the top on the wall here and the knickknacks on the mantle, they would ask for a story. to startwas he had within cat on the end. he had to continue across the mantle and incorporate each and every knickknack and could not go out of order a

when you visit harriet beecher stowe's house, you are going to have an experience unlike many other historic house museums. et's cover th >> our staff recently traveled to hartford, connecticut . you are watching american history tv, all weekend, every weekend on c-span3. >> next, on american history tv, author kevin lippert talks about the history of conflict between the united states and canada from the small raids and attacks between the 19th century to the plans they had to invade each other following world war i. an hour long. [applause] kevin: thank you very much. i would like to thank david and douglas for inviting me here. and to you for learning about archival history, which i hope you find interesting and a little humorous. i want to start by telling you about how this project came about. i got a degree in history. like most people i needed to formulate a plan b as far as a career. after a trip to an architecture school, i ended up in publishing where i spent a lot of my days worrying about what kinds of books might appeal to people. in one of those conversations in my canadian dis

. >> on american history tv will visit the home of harriet beecher stowe and learn about her time spent at hartford where she published more than 30 bucks. >> she moved in with her husband calvin whom she had married in 1836. he was ten years older than her and was a professor of theology, he was retired. she moved in with her oldest children, twin girls, her adult daughters and they were in their 30s. his she was in her 60s and calvin was in her 70s. stowe was still riding, she was world-famous. she had reached that pinnacle of fame in her 40s and now she's in her 60s and she is still writing to support the family. >> family will tour the mark twain how some museum and learn about his professional successes and private life with his wife and children while they lived in the home from 1874 until 1891. >> mark twain began living into hartford as a place to settle with his young wife and new family. he came to the city, film up with it and was tickled to death. wrote letters to his own family, mother, brothers, sisters, this place is beautiful. the family would come into the library after

visit harriet beecher stowe's house, you are going to have an experience unlike many other historic house museums. learn more about hartford, connecticut, and the other stops in our tour at c-span.org. you're watching american history tv. all weekends, every weekend, on c-span3. next, historians and legal scholars debate the influence of the 13th and 14th amendments on modern american society. these were ratified during the reconstruction era and out with rights for freed slaves and african-americans in general. the national constitution center hosted this 45 minute of and. >> good morning. join jeffreyto rosen and welcoming you to this program. i am jeremy fogel, the director of the federal judicial center. this is the second year that we have done a collaborative program with the national constitution center and it is really a highlight of our academic year. jeremy: they do such great work in public education and i think we, as federal judges are hungry for the kind of historical perspective that we get from these collaborations. ont year we did a seminar the legacy of james madison and

. >> on american history tv, we will visit the home of harriet beecher stowe, and learned about her time spent in hartford, where she published more than 30 books. >> she moved in with her husband, whom she married in 1836. he was about 10 years older than her, a professor of theology, retired. she moved in with her oldest children, twinned girls, her adult daughters, in their 30's. she was in her 60's. and the president was in his 70's stowe was still writing. she was world-famous. thehad reached that pinnacle of fame in her 40's, and now she is in her 60's and she is still writing to support the family. >> finally, we will tour the mark twain has a museum and learn about his professional successes and private life with his wife and children while they lived in this home from 18741891. intork twain began looking hartford as a place to settle with his young life and their new family, and he came to the city, fell in love with it, and was tickled. he wrote letters to his own family, said this place is beautiful. the family would come to the library after dinner, and this was a very specia

. >> the home of harriet beecher stowe. >> she moved in with her husband as she married in 1836 ten years older than her, professor of theology retired and moved in with her oldest children trend -- twin girls were adult daughters in their 30s. in her 60s and calvin was in his 70s. still writing, world-famous, had reached the pinnacle of fame in her 40s and now was in her 60s and is still writing to support the family. >> mark twain began looking at hartford as a place toa place to settle with his young wife and their new family and came to the city, fell in love and was tickled to death. the place is beautiful. the family would come in after dinner. a very special spot. the paintings across the top on the walls and the knickknacks on the mental, they would ask her story. >> watch saturday at noon eastern. national press club this is just over an hour. >> ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the aauw newsmaker for the national press club. ii am tony gallo with the newsmakers committee. the national press club is the oldest official organization for journalists and newsmakers. if you are inter

specific stage company has chosen to put a photograph of abraham lincoln on one end of a title and harriet beecher stowe herself on the other end of the title ii get this adaptation of the play real authority. there is one story that she went to a production here in hartford in the late 86 days and she left before it was finished because she didn't recognize or care there's. they had dcom go theatrical that they weren't proving the point her novel was supposed to make. because "uncle tom's cabin" was such an international bestseller it became very popular in britain and england before any other country because great britain had ended slavery and the slave trade in the 1930s. british abolitionist invited over and get the grin to her and not coming from money and her has been in she did not make a lot of money to be thrown into celebrity received money all of a sudden, but i'll have to be taken or invited over and treated as royalty in such a way. she was presented with a number of gifts, one of which is 26 large volume, this is one of them and they are the petition signed only by women that contain

tv, wemerican history will visit the home of harriet beecher stowe which he published more than 30 books

. >> on american history tv, we'll visit the home of harriet beecher stowe and learn about her time in hartford, where she published more than 30 books. >> her husband was ten years older than her. he was a professor of theology, and he was retired. she moved in with her oldest children, twin girls, her adult daughters. they were in their 30s. stowe was in her 60s and her husband calvin was in his 70s. stowe was still writing. she was world famous. she had reached that pinnacle of fame in her 40s. and now that's an in her 60s and she's still writing to support the family. >> finally we'll tour the mark twain house and museum and learn about mr. twain's professional successes and private life with his wife and children while they lived in this house until 1891. >> he settled with his young wife and their new family. and he came to the city, fell in love with it, really, and was tickled to death, wrote letters to his own family and said, this place is beautiful. he would come to the library after dinner in the evenings. this was a very supportable spe. the paintings on the walls here and

. >> on american history tv, we'll visit the home of harriet beecher stow where she published more than 30 books. >> she you moved in with her husband and he was about 10 years older than her and he was a professor of theology and he was retired. and stowe was still writing. she was world famous. and she had reached that pinnacle of fame in her 40's and now she's in her 60's and she's till writing to support the family. >> and finally, we will learn about mark twain's professional successs and private life with his wife and children while they ived in this home from 1874-1891. >> mark twain begin looking into harvard as a place to settle and he came to the stickers fell in love with it and was tickled to depth wrote letters back to his own family and said this place is beautiful. the family would come in the library here after dinner in the family. the paintings across the top on the walls here and the nick max on the mantle they would ask for a story. he had to begin with the cat in the rust painting and they had these certain rules. from there, he had to continue across the mantle and

. >> learn about harriet beecher stowe. >> she moved in with her oldest children, twin girls.hey were in their 30's. she was in her 60's. stowe was still writing. she was world-famous. she had reached the pinnacle of fame in her 40's and now she is in her 60's and is still writing to support the family. finally we will learn about mark twain's successes while he lived in this home. mark twain began looking into hartford as a place to settle with his young wife and family. he fell in love with the city and was tickled to death. beautiful. place was the family would come into the library here after dinner. the paintings across the top and on the walls here and knickknacks on the mental, they would ask for a story. he began with the cat and the bluff painting on the end. from there, he had to continue across the mental and appropriate every each and every minute back -- back. -- knickknack. he would end up with a painting of metal on. -- madeline. the c-span city tour. visiting cities across the country. the washington journal continues. host: joining us now for a roundtable disc

i was fascinated by a comment that abraham lincoln made to harriet beecher stowe when he met her in 1861read book in the world. and he said, you are the little lady who started the war which to a large extent have a greater truth. so that got me curious. maybe i would like to go back and read a couple. there was a book published in 1898 by john wrote the three musketeers. he had written this book, and itbook, and it was the 2nd best-selling book in the entire 19th century or more. trilby. the story was that of the 60 -year-old girl in france who was a model in our studio and therefore artists and one of them was according to the book and archetypical jew. described it as a negative character. this menu hypnosis. and he hypnotizes young woman. and taught her how to sing. it would have the desert night. audiences loved. he would take the money still in a state of hypnosis and at the end of the book to finally figures out going on, breaks the psychic bond and both of them die. his name was bengali. that's the way it worked. and the principal readers of the book were women. and probably 95 p

that, you have mark twain, harriet beecher stowe, intellectual powerhouses of the 19th century reallyange the course of american history. in the 20th century, in a more subtle form, poet wallace worked at the hartford insurance company and composed his poetry every day as he walked to work, was one of the most important modernist poets in history. what i love about wallace stevens is, he really joins in himself both industry and art together. which is really what hartford is all about. if you look at hartford's history -- industry and arts have flourished side by side and have supported one another. >> "washington journal," continues. host: joining us now is scott lanman, from bloomberg, the international economic policy editor, talking about global affairs today. particularly what's going on in china. on the front page of the "wall street journal," they talk about the u.s. stock market sliding into a global row. how is this connected to china? guest: some of it is based on sentiment about the u.s. economy , there's data showing weak retail sales yesterday. china has been in some degr