and after peter jefferson died he bequooeted his surveying equipment to thomas jefferson who createdome maps of his own, including one map of virginia. in map was made between the growing tension between french and english. as colonists move inward into the mountains, they move against the french who were coming down from canada. eventually, that would erupt in french and indian war. but for almost 100 years before war actually broke out, there was sort of this cartoftgraphic war between french and indian for them to draw competing maps of the ohio valley and into virginia. so, this map is;.j+l actually commissioned in order to survey this area here where these competing claims were taking place. and was, you know leaps ahead of any maps for the time and was the most accurate map into the revolutionary war. as i said, this was thomas jefferson's father and thomas jefferson used this map as well to create his own maps. this was taken from the boston public library. an atlas of maps made in 1875, one around the american revolution. this is one smiley took out of that atlas. i want to s

that jefferson has any relation to thomas jefferson, he was actually his father.ches and after peter jefferson died fh he bequeathed his surveying equipment to thomas jefferson who created some maps of his own, including one map of virginia.has in map was made between the ÷s growing tension between french and english. as colonists move inward into the mountains, they move against the french who were coming down from canada.te eventually, that would erupt in french and indian war. but for almost 100 years before war actually broke out, there was sort of this cartographic war between french and indian for them to draw competing maps of the ohio valley and into virginia.h. so, this map is actually commissioned in order to survey the this area here where these competing claims were taking place. and was, you know, leaps ahead t of any maps for the time and was the most accurate map into the revolutionary war. as i said, this was thomas jefferson's father and thomas jefferson used this map as well to create his own maps. this was taken from the boston public library. an atlas of maps made in 1875,

peter the great, great, catherine the great, charlemagne. we don't do great in america which is one of the reasons we set ourselves up for a fall. we want great as commonly displayed. jeffersonnswers the door of the white house and his slippers. much slippers. much to the dismay of the british ambassador. harry truman invested in chrysler, and the president drive 1200 miles up through new jersey and over to michigan gets pulled over for speeding they eat in diners, there is no security, no advance team. we fool and trick ourselves. we say we do not want great, and yet we really do, except we wanted packaged in a way consistent with our own aversion to the trappings of conventional power. we want great as humility humbleness but we want our presidents to be greater than we are. we in some respects are already conflicted, and conflicted, and i think that is a crucial.in understanding and validating your point. there is a quote in that book by john steinbeck i think on page 179. [laughter] and i don't want to use this as a prop. >> you just did. >> yes, here it is. >> in short, we may be to ambivalence about greatness to appreciate but certainly we love and blast our presidents