. >> this lewis carroll's type writer. he type a few all rights and documents and used it to entertain young friends. he would let them type what he called volumes and volumes of poetry but they would type things on and this was quite a novelty in 1888. >> at first, we learn about katherine and rj reynolds and the rowell this couple and the reynolds tobacco company played in the development of the city. >> i think katherine reynolds were a rather extraordinary couple in the early 20th 20th century. rj reynolds was the founder of the rj reynoldss tobacco company and turned the factory into one of the top 100 or so corporations in america by the early 20th century. his wife, katherine, 30 years his junior, had a lot of vision and was committed to a pretty progressive way of shaping society for the early 20th 20th century american south. the two of. the together, because of their great fortunate, because of their commitment to the city, and because really they employed so many people in the city, had a tremendous amount of po

is lewis carroll's 1888 typewriter. he did not type books on this peak type a few letters and documents but he mostly use it to entertain his young friends. when they will come to visit him he will let them type what he called volumes and volumes of poetry. but they were typing on and this is quite a novelty in 1888 to be able to reproduce something that looks like a printed document right there on your desktop. >> first, we learned about catherine and r.j. reynolds. and the role that this couple and reynolds tobacco company played in the development of the city.>> rj and catherine reynolds were a rather extraordinary couple in the early 20th century. r.j. reynolds was the founder of the r.j. reynolds tobacco company and he turned that tobacco factory into one of the top 100 or so corporations in america by the early 20th century. his wife catherine, 30 years his junior, had a lot of vision and was committed to a pretty progressive way of shaping society for the early 20th century american. so the two of them together f

lewis carroll decided that they were going to start all over again. when he decided those pages were not printed to a height of standard is he sold them to an american publisher. i think he thought that americans would not be able to tell the difference. so it is a rare book. there are only 50 copies. that true first edition exists now only in about 22 copies. six of those are in private hands, one of them is in my collection. in thiske sure to tune weekend to book tv and american history tv where we travel to carolina,lem, north and to see all of the cities we have visited go to c-span.org/cities tour. darlene, on our democratic line. caller: good morning, i want to say that the bridge in florida that collapsed is a perfect example of what will happen to our projects for infrastructure when we are illuminating or lacks-- eliminating or --lax in our laws. to toutetary continues lowering our guidelines for these huge and construction and its to happen faster believe the federal government has, or has the right to oversee a lot of these projects, when t

. >> see an extensive collection of memorabilia from lewis carroll from "alice in wonderland." >> i had looked in there and i found what type the of typewriter he had bought, and he didn't type books on it, but lerts or documents and used it to entertain his young friends, because when they would come to visit him, they would type volumes and volumes, accord ing to the him, to print documents right there. >> winston-salem settled in 1776 by german protestants known as the moravians who were living in salem. so make sure that you catch c-span cities tours for winston-salem are, north carolina. we will be working with our cable affiliates as we explore america. >> it is stop 23 on the state capitols tour, and we are in sacramento, california. there is the c-span bus park ed in front of the state capitol finished in 1874, and on that bus is the california senate president protem kevin de leon, and thank you for being with us so early in sacramento, and how would you describe the state of the state in california? >> i would describe the state of the state as being very good in spite of the

then, an extensive collection from lewis carroll, author of alice in wonderland. he had bought a typewriter in 1888, and i learned about what kind of typewriter it was. he did not textbooks on this. he type a few letters and documents, also to entertain his young friends. what he let them type called volumes and volumes of poetry. >> on sunday at 2:00 eastern on american history tv, a visit to old salem. hidden project which explores the history of afro arabians living in salem. watched c-span cities tour saturday at new eastern on c-span twos book tv. >> president trump and irish prime minister were on capitol hill speaking at the annual friends of ireland luncheon, hosted by house speaker paul ryan, ahead of st. patrick's day. the president talked about the close ties between the countries and the contribution of irish-americans. the prime minister talked about th

. >> see memorabilia from lewis carroll, author of alice in wonderland. >> i began to look at his diaries and letters. i learned about what kind of typewriter it was. he typed a few letters and documents. he used it to entertain his friends when they would come visit. he would type volumes and volumes of poetry. this was quite a novelty in 1888, to reprint something that looked like a printed document. >> on american history tv, a visit to old salem, settled in 1766 by german protestants. here about the hidden town of project that explores. watch the cities tour of winston-salem today at noon on c-span2 and sunday on american history tv on c-span3. working with our cable affiliates as we explore america. >> washington journal continues. joined by matt ford, a staff writer at the new republic.

. >> see an extensive collection of memorabilia from lewis carroll, author of alice in wonderland. >> i looked in diaries and letters in nevada he had bought a typewriter in 1888. i learned about what kind of typewriter it was. he didn't type books on this. he typed a few letters and some documents but he use to entertain his young friends. when you come to visit you will let them type what he called volumes and volumes of poetry that he would type on and is quite a novelty in 1888 to be able to reproduce something else like a printed document right there on your desktop. >> on sunday to be eastern on american history tv a visit to old salem, settled in 1776, and hear about the hidden town projects which explores the history of those living in sin. watch saturday at noon eastern on c-span2's booktv and sunday at 2 p.m. on american history tv on c-span3, working with our cable affiliates as explorer america. >> this week in the debut of our series 1968, america in turmoil. for nine weeks we will look back 50 years to the turbulent time marked with war, assassinations and the space race

. >> see an extensive collection of memorabilia from lewis carroll from "alice in wonderland." >> i had looked in there and i found what type the of typewriter he had bought, and he didn't type books on it, but lerts or documents and used it to entertain his young friends, because when they would come to visit him, they would type volumes and volumes, accord ing to the him, to print documents right there. >> winston-salem settled in 1776 by german protestants known as the

. >> then see an extensive collection of memorabilia from lewis carroll. >> i taliban to do some -- i began to do some research, and i found out he had bought a typewriter in 1888. he didn't type books on this, he typed a few letters and some documents, but he mostly used it to entertain his young friends. when they would come to visit him, he would met them type what he called volumes and volumes of poetry. this was quite a novelty in 1888, to be able to reproduce something that looks like a printed document right there on europe desktop. >> -- on your testingtop. >> old salem settled in 1776 and hear about the hidden town project which exto mothers the history of moravians living in salem. watch c-span's cities tour saturday at noon eastern on c-span2's booktv and sunday at 2 p.m. on american history tv on c-span3. working with our cable affiliates as we explore america. >> next, a preview of a case pending before the supreme court regarding california's abortion disclosure law. a pro-life pregnancy center object toss a state law requiring patients to be told of their options includ

an extensive collection of memorabilia from lewis carroll, author of "alice and wonderland -- alice inderland." >> he did not textbooks on this. it was mostly letters. he would let his friends type volumes of poetry. they would type things on it and it was a novelty to reproduce something that was like a printed document. salem,er: a visit to old settled in 1776. hear about the hidden town project that explores the history. of winston-salem, north carolina on c-span twos book tv and on american history tv. announcer: washington journal continues. greta: back at our table this morning, dale kimball. kimball. how do we know that we can tie this to russia? daryl: this substance is uniquely russian. this is a type of nerve agent that is very deadly. began developing it in the 1970's. they are known to have produced some of this from defectors. this is a uniquely russian substance. what is interesting is the fascination took place in salisbury, england. close tonot occur so that world-class live, we may not have known that the substance was used because what nerve agents do is they incapaci

an extensive collection of memorabilia from lewis carroll, author of "alice and wonderland -- alice in wonderland." >> he did not textbooks on this. it was mostly letters. he would let his friends type volumes of poetry. they would type things on it and it was a novelty to reproduce something that was like a printed document. salem,er: a visit to old settled in 1776. hear about the hidden town project that explores the history. of winston-salem, north carolina on c-span twos book tv and on american history tv. announcer: washington journal continues. greta: