paul jennings had returned to lafayette square for the first time in 20 years. james madison died the previous summer, and dolley decided she would make use of her sitting house in washington and sent jennings ahead to ready the dwelling. it was still february but in anticipation of the new administration, already the talent noise was gathering along with the first frost. they ask for your -- 28 years earlier. jennings took stock of a much altered lafayette square, a block from the madison house, the restored white house now at both the north and south front. past the buildings charred and weakened exterior walls had been rebuilt, and the course of which the workmen dug up a partially preserved in are displayed that jennings had prepared the day the british torched the mansion in august 1814. the george washington portrait had long ago been retrieved from the maryland farmhouse what it had saved arrested after the fire and returned to the white house. .. >> one could say that paine took advantage of his situation too, slowly draining his stepparents' finances and

this is the case of paul jennings, the paul jennings letters that i've found. often it's interesting to realize that documents like these survived week as they were swept up into the papers of prominent people, people recognize for being prominent and in some cases we can assume these records are the only written records of the slides, so they are valuable things we more or less infinitely happen the manuscript division. that's accomplishment in this book as she was able to excavate the story of paul jennings and i'm proud to introduce beth taylor. [applause] >> well, i think john and julie for having me today. i think all of you for churning out. "a slave in the white houe: paul jennings and the madisons" was a great labor of love. i spent three years researching the book in the year writing a i have a fondness for great narrative nonfiction and a lot of times if i read journalistic pieces, i enjoy when they began with an extended and totaled the period so i adapted that approach in my book and each job or starts with what we might call a vignette. i really pa

it's paul jennings .info. but back to this likeness, it didn't take me too long to compare it with the statue of james madison here in the madison building of the library of congress i'm not horses because madison, even fcc jennings here, hold the book in his right hand. so james madison was always the state than with a book under one arm bandits claire jennings was proud of his the, that he is posing with the prop of his choice, it looked. here's the last vignette excerpt that i will read. 31 october 1854, at 18th street atlas washington, paul and desdemona jennings appreciated their new home. as a small house on a small piece of ground, but of great because to them. carpenter john james had owned lot 23 at square one of seven and having divided the land into three parcels, he built three wood frame houses facing ulster. .. that's jennings account wyeth applied her mark, ecology and the same answer has been permanently moved of their payments were not made, the property would be forfeited. the arrangement spe

at 8:55 elizabeth dowling taylor on the life of white house slave paul jennings and his eventual freedom in 1847. at 9:50, chandra manning discusses the reasons why americans fought the civil war. and at 10:15, arthur herman on how fdr brought business leaders across the country to mobilize for world war ii. >>> five-time grammy award winner james taylor spoke at the national press club earlier this month. he talked about the war in iraq, the so-called fiscal cliff and other topics. this is an hour and ten minutes. >> and welcome to the national press club. my name is theresa warner, and i am the 105th president of the national press club. we are the world's leading professional organization for journalists, committed to our profession's future through programming and events such as these while fostering a free press worldwide. for more information about the national press club, please visit our web site, w, -- w, w dot press.org. do know mate to -- to donate to our institute, please visit press.org/institute. on behalf of our members worldwide, i'd like to welcome our speaker and those

at 8:55 elizabeth taylor on the life white house slave paul jennings and the event yule freedom in 1947. it at 9:50 they discuss the reasons why american fought the civil war. and at 10:00 arthur herman how fdr brought business leaders across the country to mobilize for world war ii. >>> i primarily watch the house and senate. i used to work in the senate. i flip over there. coverage of the floor and the networks you're not going see that. c-span that is. c-span you can find something important going on. that is not otherwise covered app i listen to c-span radio in my car. >> bob watches c-span on direct tv. c-span created by america's cable companies in 1979. brought to you as a public service by your television provider. >>> the 113th congress opens tomorrow. the senate convenes at noon eastern with live coverage here on c-span2. vice president joe biden will preside and read the oath for new senates and those who were reelected in november. it's possible that norm senate may consider new rules on the filibuster. departing u.s. senates gave farewell addresses last month opt the senate

at 8:55 elizabeth dowling taylor on the life of white house slave paul jennings and his eventual freedoma manning discusses the reasons why americans fought the civil war. and at 10:15, arthur herman on how fdr brought business leaders across the country to mobilize for world war ii. >> now, some of a washington post conference on women in leadership. we'll hear from andrea mitchell of nbc news, white house deputy chief of staff nancy-ann deparle, and the president of polytechnic institute. >> nancy-ann deparle, how are you? welcome. >> thanks. >> here we go. and dr. shirley ann jackson. and andrea mitchell. who's probably been working since fife this morning -- since five this morning too. >> how are you? >> i bet you every single person here has been up since five. >> i dressed based on what andrea had on. >> you saw her on tv, and then you said, oh -- that was clever. you're not a rhodes scholar for anything. [laughter] >> wow. >> 4:30 wakeup for morning joe. >> with oh, my gosh. so you get up at 4:30 every day -- >> not every day. >> many days. >> what time do you get up, shirley? >>

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