you may know the great hero of the revolutionary war lafayette went home every winter. no reason to stick around here so he went home so when he came back in the spring of 1780 he brought some stuff for abigail to sell and once again abigail wrote her husband saying, your willis lot to me. if that is the way you wanted to let that is what we will do but if you want to disperser shipments like that you are going to have to buy the items to send me retail and you have got to buy wholesale she said. [laughter] and she convinced him and the remaining shipments came wholesale and in fact pretty soon they got it rigged to where john was not involved in the process at all. she rode straight to amsterdam and paris then barcelona and they send the goods directly to her and she did quite well. another source of income of hers, and i hesitate to use that phrase because it was a long-term investment that didn't pay off during the war was vermont. by the time of the revolutionary war, the indians had been driven out of vermont but did not settled by europeans coming up from other co

washington because lafayette says of martha washington she is mad about the general which it is a wonderful comment. >> guest: she is what? >> mad, m-a-d. and also the general nathanael greene comments that they are very happy in each other. >> guest: yes, i'm very familiar with general green's comment. .. >> it was quite a difference. you know, he was quite a spectacular looking fellow. marriage was a convenience and so forth at that time. but for martha, people think it was already a love affair. because to the end of her life, she saved the white gloves that washington had worn to the wedding. >> yeah? >> first of all, i'd like to commend you on yet another very readable and enjoyable book. >> thank you. thank you. >> i think you did a very good job talking about william franklin and his relationship. >> we didn't have time to get into that. >> yes. i hadn't realized the part that his wife's influence played upon him in remaining loyal to the king. could you comment on that? >> yes, this is something we haven't mentioned yet. but elizabeth -- william franklin was married to a british wom

washington because the lafayette says that martha washington is not about the general. >> guest: she is what? >> she is mad. i know green comments that they are very happy and each other. >> guest: yes, i'm very familiar with this comment. >> and then finally, general "washington times" one of his letters to martha washington, your entire, george washington, which i think is extraordinary. anyone of us us would love to have a letter like that signed by our husband. your entire, george washington. >> guest: thank you. those are some very good points there. and again it shows how prominent these women were in these men's lives. >> host: yes? >> humbled was george washington when he married his wife? >> guest: she was 27. they are roughly the same age. there was a slight difference. and so, he was quite a spectacular looking fellow. we were saying that maybe was a marriage of convenience and so forth at that time. but for a long time people thought it was already above affair because to the end of her life, she saved the white gloves that washington had warned to their wedding. >> first

washington because lafayette says of martelle washington she is mad about the general which i think is a wonderful new comment. >> guest: she is what? >> mad, m-a-d about the general. and also greenup comments they are happy with each other. >> guest: i'm very familiar with general greenup's comments. islamic finally, general washington science and one of his letters to martha washington, your entire george washington. i think that is extraordinary. any one of us would have loved to have a letter signed like that by our husband. you're entire george washington. [laughter] >> guest: thank you. those are very good points there. and again, it shows how prominent these women were in the minn's -- men's lives. some cold was george washington when they married? >> guest: 27. there was a slight difference, so he was quite a spectacular looking fellow. .. elizabeth-- william franklin was married to a british woman and she was very dependent sweet woman. he really did love her and they had no children, and she persuaded him more than anything to remain loyal to the king and this really broke fr

host: callernext, lafayette, louisiana. caller: i like that the president called out supreme court , democrats, republicans. yes, the supreme court has opened the door for the fat cats. he did a good job of calling them out. most are worried about setting a seat, not working for the american people. he had said that he would rather be a good one-term president and do the right things. that is what he meant when he said he would make tough decisions that are not favored. he is not worried about reelection. this is why i see time and time again that we need to put a cap on how long a congressperson and senator should serve. i see a lot of old, tired faces in the audience last night. his fresh, running, on the ground, working. host: next, chris, st. augustine, fla.. caller: i would just like to show a clip you showed a couple of clips ago about the democrats -- and republicans saying they need to have 60 votes to make anything happen. it is not that the republicans are making it 60 or nothing to happen. he tries to say they're

baltimore, maryland, you are feeding back, turn down your television or radio and we will go on to lafayettelouisiana this is our democrats lied. -- line. caller: they said the president was doing too much at one time. as americans, we should be steadfast and believe that we can turn this economy around a one year. the president needs to build it to job creation so that we can see he is concerned about getting jobs started again. he needs to exploit my health care is important to job creation. i hope the white house is listening and nancy pelosi is listing. they need to realize that if we are going to pass health care and what that will do, if we can get it passed and allow corporations to buy into a bigger pool, nationwide, that will give -- that will help them buy at a cheaper rate and free up money to hire more people having good health care, when these jobs start coming back, you have a lot of people with pre-existing conditions. host: a lot of things to handle. do you want to take a stab at those comments? guest: that was an argument that the democrats are making of the health care bill

host: lafayette, louisiana. john, democrats line, good morning. what do you think about the race last night? caller: that move. the democrats -- say that the democrats fought too long with this health care bill, when we could have passed this with this number. for the last three years we have been talking about jobs, but let me get with this. i doubt very seriously this is the mood of the entire country is is, i have started to believe that we have short memories. we must have forgot the past eight years, who was in control of the white house, the government. i need the american people to think about that. it is time to wake up and stop being lazy. host: this from the ap about scott brown. "the senator and let upset democrats in this election said he does not think it was a referendum on president barack obama. he said he also does not think his victory over martha coakley was anything that she did. brown said instead that he was able to tap into growing aggravation among voters, including independents, about gridlock in washington." guest: i thin