so, compared this apartment devoted to the mind of monticello. but this room it isn't quite 15 square feet where all martha managed and taught her own village and it gets the best sense of the context an and the ways that her daughter tries to answer that question about enough education and refused to be bound by the gender limitations. in these letters we can see first the lofty dreams to give her daughter's the finest education in america that is to teach them they are rational beings who can strive for the lives of the mind but against those dreams of course were the reality is that theirealities os women and this is clear about the waste of time spent carrying dickies in their words that is when it was their turn to manage the housekeeping chores. so she could finally find time to write to her sister because she had given up the keys after one of the most troublesome months of house keeping housekr had. the most artistic reminded her of those flying with dust will it was her turn to carry the keys. in these dreams and reality they search for a

again, jefferson does the same thing at poplar forest that he does at monticello, which is to say so there's this room here is south-facing and gets gorgeous sunlight. the girls shared a bedroom on the east-facing side. there we go. so here's jefferson's sunny reading room. [laughter] the trips to poplar forest were the closest that martha's daughters would come to realize what author virginia woolf would dream of in 1929, a room of one's own. a place into which the world, particularly with its demands on women, could not intrude, a place devoted only to the intellectual life. so certainly, martha had attempted to widen considerably the boundaries of female education with her gift of last aren, and jefferson's -- latin, and jefferson's perfect confidence in her ability to educate her girls in the privacy of his own home was certainly justified by the admiration and praise of all of the visitors to monticello. but lacking any public expression of her many gifts, what more could martha jefferson randolph -- what mark could she hope to leave on the world? very little. her daughter ellen

in 2000 to the monticello association limited hemmings descendents to the graveyard.dozen years later a white woman arranged to meet slave descendent to joseph white there they walked to the graveyard together. i am not the good he recounted apparently unconscious of the fullness of that moment. sitting atop two centuries of family history, the white person in possession of the key while the other remains locked out. we need to see in that i hope my book shows is the legal and social barriers that have separated us by race and gender are as much the work of human hands as the fence that surrounds the graveyard. that it proves the point that we need to acknowledge the aficionado of the systems that separate us so we can begin the effort to dismantle them as we confront revised movements redefine citizenship as black americans today still strive to convince white americans that black lives matter i think it says opportunity i miss having to think about. story. [applause] understand many of your veterans of this wonderful series. in the microphone is on the stairs happy

it's those acts he wanted to have inscribed on his tombstone at the monticello. this document further reinforces the ideas and thinking behind his commitment to religious thought. i'm going to ask. rubinstein to elaborate on what would have been the history of jefferson's bible. give you an to introduction as to what is the jefferson bible, which is going to be brief because a lot has been written about it and a lot more will be written about it. jefferson and you don't really think of as an individual who spends a lot of time thinking about religion or moral beliefs. this is a key part of his personality and his interest. he becomes engaged in this process through a depth for -- through a number of different means. part of it is the whole debate about what is the moral basis for the new republic and can we come up with one as this new nation emerges? the other issue is church of authority, which jefferson was very uncomfortable about. recognize, funded by tax dollars, etc.. jefferson questions the role between the church and the monarchy in europe that is constan

. >> i'm crystal and i run the monticello field work. >> why are you here today? >> well, i was invited from my colleague and i from the archaeology department to come to these spaces that she is surveying, and we really wanted to come to kind of experience the space to feel what these cabins would have been like to walk through and to live in, and to walk up and down the steps, and we often at monticello excavate a lot of the spaces once they are not on the landscape anymore. and so to be able to be at one, a slave cabin that is still standing is a different experience and we wanted the be here today for that. >> so when you are reflecting on what you have seen, what are your thoughts? >> it is a good question. it is really humbling to be in the spaces of these people that were slaves. they were here living and wor g working, and they did not get a break. they were not paid service, but they eked out of those space, and today in the 21st century, it is humbling. i think that i get a better sense of what the room is like and obviously today but just to feel the spa

i run the field work at monticello, the archeological field work. >> why are you here today? >> jobie invited our department to come to the spaces she's surveying and we really wanted to come to experience this space, feel what these cabinets would have been like, to walk through, live in, walk up and down the steps. we often at monticello investigate a lot of spaces once they're not on the landscape any more, to be at one still standing, at a slave camp still standing is a different experience. we wanted to be here today for that. >> when you reflect on what you've seen, what are your thoughts? >> it's a good question. it's really humbling to be in these spaces of these people that were slaves. they were here living and working, didn't get a break. they weren't paid for their services but they still eked out an existence. so to try to navigate through those spaces in the 21st century, it's humbling. i think i get a better sense of what the room would have felt like. obviously, there's nothing in it today. but to just feel this space and walk through it gives me a better idea

the tip holder is from the monticello, who we borrowed this from. dates it from 1775 to 1825. when he died. so it might be something that he used when he was writing the declaration of independence. we don't know. here we are with james madison, our fourth president, and also one of our founding fathers. and what we have borrowed for this is a document called "the worship document" of 1812 from the montpelier foundation. and this document is interesting because it's a document which is for a ship, and the ship is an american cargo ship assigned by president james madison and also signed by secretary of war james monroe. who becomes the next president. but this document is to show that the ship is a neutral ship. at the time, the french and the british are taking american ships and american sailors and impressing them into their navies to fight for them or to sail for them or claiming they're defectors from the british navy. this document was designed to claim that the ship was neutral and not let that happen. later on at the beginning of the war of 1812, the ship was actually c

jefferson who made most of his money through inheritance from his father in which he gained the estate of monticello his net worth is estimated to have been two hundred twelve million dollars that's your presidential fun fact for today hope you did well. professor montana welcome to the show to talk about presidents thank you so much for being here it's going to be a part so when we talk about.

jefferson who made most of his money through inheritance from his father in which he gave in the estate of monticello his net worth is estimated to have been two hundred twelve million dollars that's your presidential fun fact for today hope you did well. professor montana welcome to the show to talk about presidents thank you so much for being here so when we talk about how much impact a president can have on the economy. they stopped work with congress so what is their power we see the president has just passed tax reform but how much power do they really have by themselves i think is story consensus among historians is that presidents don't have all that much power when it comes to the short term specially they have to act at the size that they have a vision of what they want to do with the economy and where they're going to actually take it but i guess the best indication is to see where presidents take the economy's seen long term we look back obviously the one nine hundred thirty s. the one nine hundred early part of the sixty's the eighty's the ninety's it's very difficult to tell now if the p

you see it in places like mount vernon, monticello and the phenomenon at montpelier on the james river. you see the development and the creation of architectural masks. thomas jefferson enhances dumbwaiter built into the fireplace in the dining room. you have little literal dumbwaiter tables being put up in place of someone who's not going to be able to communicate. you are responding to ideas on slavery and furniture and passageways allow flexibility to high enslaved bodies are present inside bodies depending on who is coming to visit your plantation that day. it's not as if someone from friends that this somehow thomas thomas jefferson didn't own the enslaved people, but the fact that not show it off in a way that kept people out of the room to them not listen to conversations about the morality of slavery and the laws being passed in the fact that there were free nations all over the world and the united states of america was taking a little bit long to get around to abolishment. there is a huge misunderstanding about enslaved cooks in the country, businesses in the images of uncle

my previous employment, the international center for jefferson studies at monticello and the boston and the name. he is the author of several books, including unwise passion, true story of a remarkable woman and the first great scandal of 18th century america. twilight at monticello, and most recently, what we are all here today to learn about his wonderful, entertaining new book "how not to get rich: the financial misadventures of mark twain." please join me in welcoming alan crawford. [applause] alan: thank you, jamie. we are all familiar with the story of how mark twain's death was greatly exaggerated. [laughter] alan: there were two times in which this took place. the first one, the one we are all familiar with, was in 1897 in london. the second one, the one he will hear about the first time today, it occurred in 1907, three years before mark twain's death. this was during twain's last visit to the old dominion. he had come here for the jamestown exposition. the jamestown exposition was a kind of world's fair celebrating the 300th anniversary of the first permanent english settlemen

patient and we became friends after he became the editor of my other book about jefferson, the hemmings is at monticello the american family. it was a wonderful. the work of legendary whe legene reports about legendary when i see reports about nyc that word on his name and it makes sense because everybody i know that those of his work talks about him as the editors editor and the writer's editor and he was definitely that. taking a large view of the project, very low key about things he didn't accept in his suggestions. a person who loves history and we both fell in love with the great historian and he introduced me and leaves t we uo up to visit him and take him to dinner and so forth and it's been a wonderful experience. it's not just like having an editor and a professional relationship. he has been a dear friend of mine and has taken an interest in me in so many ways and championed the end was my greatest cheerleader and publicist. i am thrilled to be able to be here tonight because he's going to talk about a subject dear to my heart that can mean a lot of different things and i'm anxious to hear wh

jefferson who made most of his money through inheritance from his father in which he gained the estate of monticello his net worth is estimated to have been two hundred twelve million dollars that's your presidential fun fact for today hope you did well. professor montana welcome to the show to talk about presidents thank you so much for being here so when we talk about how much impact a president can have on the economy. they stopped work with congress so what is their power we see the president has just passed tax reform but how much power do they really have by themselves i think is story they could the consensus among historians is that presidents don't have all that much power when it comes to the short term specially they have to act the size that they have a vision of what they want to do with the economy and where they're going to actually take it but i guess the best indications to see where president's take the economy is seen long term when we look back obviously the one nine hundred thirty s. the one nine hundred early part of the sixty's the eighty's the ninety's it's very difficult to

>> at 10:30 in the morning in the old monticello hotel which is now demolished, i stood up in prayer d that group of 200-plus people in prayer, we rebuked the hurricane, this monster in the atlantic ocean and commanded it in the name of jesus for it to turn around and go where it came from. this is a true story. you can look at the record if you don't believe me. kate: it is a wonderful arrogance. the hubris of it, i sort of love it. you can see my face when a much something like that. i have been in a million healing rallies. part of what i like is they have gumption like nobody else. they really believe they can turn away a hurricane. i'm glad they try. the problem is -- brian: why have there been several hurricanes on virginia beach since? kate: it immediately opens itself then, why can't it work all the time, uniformity? what condemnation then lies on those who fail? this is always a problem that prosperity preachers' funerals. unless they die at 96 or something, then there is a bit of a bulletin that has to explain why a man of faith would pass away and people are screaming and c

who by that time is the master craftsman at monticello. john hemmings came with his nephews to do the finished woodwork in the house. onlyhemmings is not literate, but he and jefferson right letters back and forth. letters back and forth. jefferson is at monticello and hemmings at poplar forest. what is interesting is, they both speak in this architectural language that not too many people would have known about. jefferson says of his work, he has never seen better work from anyone. we are in they final stages of completing the interior of the house, making moldings by hand. right now we are replastering the ceilings in the house. we did those back in 2003 but had to redo them for a number of reasons. so today you will see a traditional process of lime and plaster being put on the fromngs, using glass england, plaster mixed with goat plasterers english who now live in the united states. this is a process that no one has seen for probably 100 years and even parts of it not since jefferson's time. this is a rare opportunity to see this authen

patient, and we became friends after he became the editor of my other book about jefferson, the hemings of monticello: the american family. it was a wonderful experience being with bob. the word legendary, when i see news reports about him, i see that word appended to his name, and it makes sense because everybody that i know who knows of his work talks about him as the editor's editor and the writer's editor, and he was definitely that. line editing, taking a large view of the project, very, very, you know, low key about things. if you didn't accept his suggestions, that was fine, but if you did, that was great as well. marvelously erudite, a person who loved history. we both fell in love with ed morgan, the great historian s and he introduced me to ed. and we used to go up and visit him periodically and take him out to dinner and so forth. it's been a wonderful experience. it's not just like having an editor as a professional relationship. bob has been a dear friend of mine and has taken an interest in me in so many different ways and has championed me. besides my husband, my greatest cheerleader,

the question, did he have children with his slaves? it always comes up. if you like his cousin tanya at monticello. the answer is that there is zero evidence of this. he is not that kind of person. when weo see is that look at his jurisprudence, it is important to see that the way is perhaps aaw, it function of what goes on in his personal life. marshall'sn decisions on land ownership makes sense when you realize he land.15,000 acres of he owns large chunks of what is today i-66. he is a land speculator his whole life. similarly,'s decisions on his decisions on freedom dovetail with his economic interests. i mentioned there were 14 freedom cases, marshaled aside seven and the slaves lose in everyone. justice johnson decides the eighth and the slaves lose. and the other six, the slaves win and two are decided by slave-holding justices, justice wayne and justice duval. l. being a slave owner does not mean you would never side with freedom if the law requires it. actively engaged in acquiring slaves his whole life and distribute in them to his sons. why did he destroy his financial records? don'tare pe

the house you see now is what mason built in 1769. it's kind of interesting because most other founding fathers did add third floors or wings, like mount vernon and monticello. saw people like jefferson and others of the founding generation going into deep debt doing things like this. today we would think of it as keeping up with the joneses or keeping up with the kardashians. mason did not want to be in that position himself. so, we are going to have a chance to explore all of the spaces in the house. we will learn who george mason was and why we remember george mason today. why don't we step inside? we are stepping into the central path of the mansion, which is where visitors would have come during george mason's lifetime. this space is decorative and beautiful, again meant to show off that george mason belonged to the higher level in society. be the only space some visitors ever saw. some might be asked to wait here , probablymanservant an enslaved person, went to see if whoever you had come to visit was available. you waited in this space. visitors who were deemed worthy invited to the public spaces on the right-hand side of the hall. friends, close bus

the guns he wants. there was no law to stop him from getting a gun. host: david is calling from monticellogeorgia, you support the president's plan. caller: thank you for c-span and "washington journal." a couple things i want to respond to, the caller from gray, georgia, which is 26 miles from where i live. she said it has nothing to do with mental illness, nothing to do with arming teachers, it is about getting rid of the guns. 1994 to 2004.rom when they did a ban on what they considered assault rifles, it did not work. it did not make one change at all. it has already been tried. let's try this. first of all, the president is not just talking about arming qualified teachers. he is talking about securing the schools. you do not need to be able to go into the school haphazardly. you need to be able to make a fort out of that school. if the schools had mega-amounts inside, icash guarantee it will be fortified. all of this argument about banning assault rifles, it has already been done. todaysome other headlines , "president trump is accelerating his move to test his push to move -- his pus

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independence and the third president of the united states thomas jefferson who made most of his money through an heritage from his father in which he gave me a state of monticello his net worth is estimated to have been two hundred twelve million dollars that's your presidential fun fact for today hope you did well. professor montana welcome to the show to talk about presidents thank you so much for being here so when we talk about how much impact a president can have on the economy. they stopped work with congress so what is their power we see the president has just passed tax reform but how much power do they really have by themselves i think is story could the consensus among historians is that presidents don't have all that much power when it comes to the short term specially they have to act at the size that they have a vision of what they want to do with the economy and where they're going to actually take it but i guess the best indication as to see where presidents take the economy is seen long term we look back obviously the one nine hundred thirty s. the one nine hundred early part of the sixty's the eighty's the ninety's it's very difficult to tell n

the uncomfort of owning slaves. so you see places like mount vernon, you see this at monticello, and you see this phenomenon at montpelier and the plantation on james river. you see the development and the creation of architectural masks, right? thomas jefferson has his dumb waiter built into his fireplace in his dining room. you have literal dumbwaiters, tables being put up in place of -- if you think about it, you know, what is a dumbwaiter? it's someone who's not able to communicate. you have furniture or responding to ideas in shame about slavery, and they allowed the flexibility to either hide enslaved bodies or present enslaved bodies, depending on who was coming to visit your plantation that day. and it's not as if, you know, someone from france thought somehow thomas jefferson didn't own any enslaved people, but it's the fact that you're not going to show it off in a way. and it kept people out of the room, enslaved waiters out of the room to then not listen to conversations about the immorality of slavery and the laws being passed and the fact that there were free nations all over the world and that the united s

the house that you see now is what he built in 1769. most other founding fathers did actually add third floors and wings like mount vernon, or monticello, which jefferson built out to be this grand home. jefferson,n like going into deep debt doing things like this. mason didn't want to be in that position himself. the house we see is what he ended up with in his lifetime. wrote in 1884on that george mason was among the best of men. mason was really well known and well respected by the founding generation. people like washington jefferson, madison. even though his brother is a lawyer, george mason it seems was more well-known in his capacity to think about law in ways that helped shape government. known through his work throughout the colonies. he was really well-respected in that period. i think that changes when he refuses to sign the constitution, especially with washington. washington was the president of the constitutional convention, he was fed up with mission. the fact that he was standing up and disagreeing with the constitution. their relationship cooled after that. but mason was really well-received by the antifederalists, the