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she recommended henry. henry applied for the job and in 1847 moved to washington to manage the city hotel. henry to help a grand hotel to run on a grand plan for the city hotel. at the time, 100 hotel rooms. it had a beautiful main entrance with portico. it had a women's entrance for ladies of a 14 st that went to a private lounge on the mezzane level for them, thereas entertainment every night of the there a private dining room for the ladies. the gentlemen, as were bathroom. henry had decided the hotel would be the finest in the city, and he wanted to provide the best food be found. and it was reported that one of his routines was to the hotel at 3 a.m. every morning to go to the markets to personally select the produce, fish and meats there, to be served at that time. politicians in the 1840s and fifties were not professional politicians. congress did not meet round, so people who came to washington as politicians had to find places to stay and often they stayed together in boarding houses and other peop
she recommended henry. henry applied for the job and in 1847 moved to washington to manage the city hotel. henry to help a grand hotel to run on a grand plan for the city hotel. at the time, 100 hotel rooms. it had a beautiful main entrance with portico. it had a women's entrance for ladies of a 14 st that went to a private lounge on the mezzane level for them, thereas entertainment every night of the there a private dining room for the ladies. the gentlemen, as were bathroom. henry had decided...
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but after that, it's not until 1884 that we get henry vinson plummer, who was a follower of henry mcneill turner to actually become official, first official, black chaplain in the regular army in the calvary and at one point in time in 1884, after he joins it's going to be henry vinson, plummer, john hanks, alexander and charles young all serving in the ninth calvary. at the same time. and it doesn't unnoticed right. but after charles young's untimely death, you do not get the first black general until 1940. and it is one of charles young's followers. bishop oh. bishop, i'm sorry. i'm bishop general benjamin ho. davies senior people are more familiar with benjamin davies, his son, because of his work as a tuskegee airman, his advocacy for black leadership. and so when we think about this perspective in looking at okay this is the in life and the world that charles young is thriving in or serving in its a very clear message in regards to when we think about the need you can fast forward today in about military leadership black military leadership right because if you are familiar with the
but after that, it's not until 1884 that we get henry vinson plummer, who was a follower of henry mcneill turner to actually become official, first official, black chaplain in the regular army in the calvary and at one point in time in 1884, after he joins it's going to be henry vinson, plummer, john hanks, alexander and charles young all serving in the ninth calvary. at the same time. and it doesn't unnoticed right. but after charles young's untimely death, you do not get the first black...
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i got to go a story about henry grady. so there's henry woodfin grady who everyone has about, you know, the editor of the atlanta constitution. but luckily, me as a scholar, there was another henry henry grady, who a railway carpenter and the southern historical collection usc bought a sight unseen. this massive collection of white railroad workers letters to his sister because they thought he was that henry grady and so that was fantastic for me. the bound side of this is that he wrote on brown paper with a purple crayon because that's what he used for measuring wood with. and so and his spelling was atrocious. it was really awful. but henry a grady, is horrified by the south. he moves through the south, he builds the south, he builds these railroad bridges with. others, he's a railway carpenter and eventually becomes a construction foreman. and and and when he goes to louisiana, he says, it's so strange, it's so picayune here. it's so swampy and so ugly i can't you know, this i don't want to be in the south. and meanwhil
i got to go a story about henry grady. so there's henry woodfin grady who everyone has about, you know, the editor of the atlanta constitution. but luckily, me as a scholar, there was another henry henry grady, who a railway carpenter and the southern historical collection usc bought a sight unseen. this massive collection of white railroad workers letters to his sister because they thought he was that henry grady and so that was fantastic for me. the bound side of this is that he wrote on...
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professor henry now, thank you very for making my views on there henry. please it on so on. okay. it's on your networks. but i was wondering whether or not your father was ever asked or whether he discussed with the family running for public office and if not, why not? it seems to me he had all those qualities that would have resonated in the public arena. somebody told me recently that he was to run for pennsylvania governor or maybe was pennsylvania's congressman. but other than that i, i don't know. and, you know, i was a child the time. so if he was it wouldn't reach. that would have been a fantastic think about that running. well, maybe he was running for senate. you know, i never you know wilkes barrow yeah. because he was born and raised in pennsylvania and still had strong in the area. i don't know that he had much interest in it. he had kind of the powell philosophy, but but but, yeah, somebody in this book, then this book tour era, he somebody did tell that. well, for our viewers, you enjoy this book launch. please stay tuned for our social media online announcements for
professor henry now, thank you very for making my views on there henry. please it on so on. okay. it's on your networks. but i was wondering whether or not your father was ever asked or whether he discussed with the family running for public office and if not, why not? it seems to me he had all those qualities that would have resonated in the public arena. somebody told me recently that he was to run for pennsylvania governor or maybe was pennsylvania's congressman. but other than that i, i...
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henry. henry again. i was about ready to. give a detailed report on the street and highway plan to convince this group the state's proposal is going to help, not hurt us. and so and gentlemen, it appears connersville is joining the long list cities and towns across the nation already benefiting from the highway program. and so it is with great pleasure that i congratulate you as these ribbon cuttings managed today. official opens a new chapter in your and proud history. by. me and. friend friend.
henry. henry again. i was about ready to. give a detailed report on the street and highway plan to convince this group the state's proposal is going to help, not hurt us. and so and gentlemen, it appears connersville is joining the long list cities and towns across the nation already benefiting from the highway program. and so it is with great pleasure that i congratulate you as these ribbon cuttings managed today. official opens a new chapter in your and proud history. by. me and. friend...
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so you're going to see a couple of henry's photograph rafts. this one is of the downtown wharf and this is where the combahee river raid in downtown buford. this is a modern view of this wharf. and it began about 9 p.m. on june first of 1863 and three u.s. army boats took off from this wharf in downtown buford. now, it was a full moon. it was also a spring tide, meaning the spring tide, the full moon, and is the highest tide the highest high tide of the lunar cycle. so that title amply was really important, enabling the army to get these rather large boats up. this very windy kerley river river like it, it was not a panacea. however. they decided to take a risk. kane. now, remember that tubman's group of eight or nine spies, scouts and pilots are piloting the gunboats. okay. they're piloting the u.s. army up the river and they took a risk as opposed to going the long way around through st helena sound. they went the short way up. the coosa river and the coosa river is the mouth of the coosa is lined with sandbars. now i think they took this ris
so you're going to see a couple of henry's photograph rafts. this one is of the downtown wharf and this is where the combahee river raid in downtown buford. this is a modern view of this wharf. and it began about 9 p.m. on june first of 1863 and three u.s. army boats took off from this wharf in downtown buford. now, it was a full moon. it was also a spring tide, meaning the spring tide, the full moon, and is the highest tide the highest high tide of the lunar cycle. so that title amply was...
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how bad he wanted to president william henry seward. this in a speech to congress in 1856 to obtain an empire is and common so of empires in the world. but he said to govern it well is difficult rare indeed. and he's talking in a period right much than what we've been talking about by which the united states has acquired essentially everything, including the gadsden purchase, that will become part of the modern u.s. and so seward is pointing to the same problem that. adam smith alluded to this not an easy task to undertake. you have to find a way to control this territory and. you have to do it in a way that's fair and we talked about that tension last right. the washington and jefferson run into people who go to the frontier do not want a of intervention in their lives especially from government but the government must be the one that controls the frontier. so this is the kind of territory we're talking about. and for the united states, 1783, when it's only that little bit in green, there's a lot of knowledge this land out here that th
how bad he wanted to president william henry seward. this in a speech to congress in 1856 to obtain an empire is and common so of empires in the world. but he said to govern it well is difficult rare indeed. and he's talking in a period right much than what we've been talking about by which the united states has acquired essentially everything, including the gadsden purchase, that will become part of the modern u.s. and so seward is pointing to the same problem that. adam smith alluded to this...
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washington, henry knox in charge of the continental artillery. others, they wanted to continue the attack toward brunswick, new jersey, because they knew in brunswick. that is where the british were holding charles lee, who had been captured earlier and had 70,000 pounds of sterling in a war chest that washington critically needed. but his men have reached what, we call, the culminating point. a culminating point is that point that if you go beyond it, you will start to have diminishing returns. it could turn victory into a defeat. his men have been up for over 40 hours, no sleep. many of them had no shoes. you've heard the stories about being able to track their progress through the bloodstream teams on the on the snow covered ground. so washington made the wise choice instead of continuing to attack up to brunswick, he takes a left instead of a right, and he goes up to morristown new jersey where he establishes winter quarters and begins what's called the forge war against the british. the british had abandoned eastern new jersey and are holdin
washington, henry knox in charge of the continental artillery. others, they wanted to continue the attack toward brunswick, new jersey, because they knew in brunswick. that is where the british were holding charles lee, who had been captured earlier and had 70,000 pounds of sterling in a war chest that washington critically needed. but his men have reached what, we call, the culminating point. a culminating point is that point that if you go beyond it, you will start to have diminishing...
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so mark one got on board the that grant took two fort henry, which was the first major battle in west of the civil war. and it was a victory. and that ma it, in essence the rst victory that the union had had had in the civil war on t way to fort henry, grant asks mark one, wellyou're with the post office. do you think you can help me keep up the mail to the soldiers as we move along? because if you've read my first book and even if you hadn't, i'll you he longed for mail his wife his wife was not just notorious about not writing, but almost criminal about not writing. and he loved her. and she's a nice person. and she had several reasons why she not have written, but it just made him so depressed that his one of his top priorities ever was getting the mail to the soldiers to keep up morale. and that really one of the top priorities of all commanding officers in every war that ever been fought to be to have communication between home front and the front lines, because that keeps up morale on both sides of the war. and it is important in the success. so as marquand took on this job and,
so mark one got on board the that grant took two fort henry, which was the first major battle in west of the civil war. and it was a victory. and that ma it, in essence the rst victory that the union had had had in the civil war on t way to fort henry, grant asks mark one, wellyou're with the post office. do you think you can help me keep up the mail to the soldiers as we move along? because if you've read my first book and even if you hadn't, i'll you he longed for mail his wife his wife was...
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henry and edsel ford. henry, the original henry ford, now in his seventies and pretty much losing it by this point. and his son edsel in early 1940 140, they began building a giant factory there to make. it would have an assembly line. well, let me show you a picture of it, sir. there it is. it would have an assembly line a le long, 30,000 people would work thered iefly my dfher. it's one of the many production miracles od watwo. these are b20 four bombers, four engine bombers that were kind of the workhorse of the army's bomber fleet this time. get this. at the end of the war, one of those bombers rolled out of that building every 63 minutes. when they talked, the germans and the japanese. this is why there was no way they could ever even come close to matching that. my grandparents lived in a brand new development a few miles away in a house that wasn't even finished. a place called norway. they were slapping up one of the big problems with the well, one of the big problems with willow run initially, tho
henry and edsel ford. henry, the original henry ford, now in his seventies and pretty much losing it by this point. and his son edsel in early 1940 140, they began building a giant factory there to make. it would have an assembly line. well, let me show you a picture of it, sir. there it is. it would have an assembly line a le long, 30,000 people would work thered iefly my dfher. it's one of the many production miracles od watwo. these are b20 four bombers, four engine bombers that were kind of...
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and who is henry zahl? >> he has been described to me consistently by devon and hunter as the chairman. he is definitely the head of harvest. i think he has had a couple of different global roles over the years. but he has always been characterized as the chairman for that entity. >> right. he is the chairman of the $300 billion chinese equity connected to the chinese communist party and he was based out of work? where was this base of operations? >> in beijing, china. >> and you heard him referred to occasionally as chairman zahl. right? >> most of the time i was chairman zahl out of respect for the chairman. guess. >> there came a point where he wanted to bring henry zahl in their billions of dollars from china into business with burnham. is that right? >> that is correct. >> and why would he do that? >> it was a financial decision. the chinese offered money and he offered political access. >> okay. >> turn off. it is pretty obvious what harvest brings. right? $300 billion. but why would harvest be intere
and who is henry zahl? >> he has been described to me consistently by devon and hunter as the chairman. he is definitely the head of harvest. i think he has had a couple of different global roles over the years. but he has always been characterized as the chairman for that entity. >> right. he is the chairman of the $300 billion chinese equity connected to the chinese communist party and he was based out of work? where was this base of operations? >> in beijing, china....
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is not so much based on jay gould anymore, but another of the most hated robber barons of the day, henry clay frick and after frick had finished his kind of somewhat tumultuous business relationship with with carnegie, he sells his stake in u.s. steel, and he moves from pittsburgh to new york city and he rents one o one half of the vanderbilt triple palace on fifth avenue, between 51st and 52nd street, which is the two buildings closest to us. it's a strange name, the triple palaces, these two buildings. and so but these two buildings were designed for william henry vanderbilt, who was the heir to the commodore. it was designed by charles atwood. both of them were designed by charles atwood and her two brothers. and the southernmost mansion is the one closest to us was the william and then the northernmost one was actually a duplex, hence the name triple palaces. and it was a duplex for his two daughters, for margaret and emily, for one vanderbilt. and between the two structures with a courtyard and a loggia, which enabled the two daughters to go and visit their parents without ever havi
is not so much based on jay gould anymore, but another of the most hated robber barons of the day, henry clay frick and after frick had finished his kind of somewhat tumultuous business relationship with with carnegie, he sells his stake in u.s. steel, and he moves from pittsburgh to new york city and he rents one o one half of the vanderbilt triple palace on fifth avenue, between 51st and 52nd street, which is the two buildings closest to us. it's a strange name, the triple palaces, these two...
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the controversy about it i mean, in 1870, when state's republican party had convention by that point, henry clay warner, the state's republican party, had largely turned against. the bolters faction of republican party or the radical faction was led by dunn. and they were moving to impeach warmth, which would have made dunn outright governor of the state of louisiana on the eve of this vote, dunn falls deathly ill after banquet. and he dies within a day prompting of his supporters to maintain that he been poisoned by. his rivals, dunn would receive honors throughout state. all the state's offices were closed. all the city's offices were closed. and the largest funeral procession in the city's history would be held in honor of some maintaining that as many as 50,000 people participated. his funeral procession, black and white. thank you. well, thank you all for your questions. and joining us today for our friends at c-span, we're going to honor the hard stomping. i'd like to thank my panelists, john and brian, for first sitting up here with me. i learned a lot and we're happy. stay around an
the controversy about it i mean, in 1870, when state's republican party had convention by that point, henry clay warner, the state's republican party, had largely turned against. the bolters faction of republican party or the radical faction was led by dunn. and they were moving to impeach warmth, which would have made dunn outright governor of the state of louisiana on the eve of this vote, dunn falls deathly ill after banquet. and he dies within a day prompting of his supporters to maintain...
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he is published biographies of thomas carlyle, mark twain, henry james, charles dickens, john quincy adams, abraham lincoln gore vidal, and now thomas jefferson in his masterly pen. kaplan offers us a biography of thomas jefferson by giving an english professor's kind attention to jefferson's written words. jefferson only published one book in his lifetime notes on the state of virginia. but, of course, jefferson wrote consul treatises like a summary view of the rights of british north america legal briefs, memoranda the declaration of independence, and above all letters, thousands of them, which kaplan calls among his most powerful and revealing writings throughout his masterly pen, kaplan brings a skilled biographers attention to how jefferson reveals himself through his writing, often without without intending to, as kaplan says of notes on the state of virginia. it's a book about jefferson partly because jefferson did not want it to, a book about himself. the jefferson we meet here is not surprisingly learned and forceful. but kaplan also shows this jefferson as a writer who's of
he is published biographies of thomas carlyle, mark twain, henry james, charles dickens, john quincy adams, abraham lincoln gore vidal, and now thomas jefferson in his masterly pen. kaplan offers us a biography of thomas jefferson by giving an english professor's kind attention to jefferson's written words. jefferson only published one book in his lifetime notes on the state of virginia. but, of course, jefferson wrote consul treatises like a summary view of the rights of british north america...
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he asks him who of all the great men of your time, henry clay, daniel webster. who are you most like? do you think? and stephens says, thinks about it. and he he discounts all the other guys and tells tells plants why they were inferior or didn't measure up, in his opinion. and he finally says richard johnson. you know, richard, jim johnson was this is proof that being vice president doesn't get you much. he was he was the vice president under martin van buren. i'd never heard of him till i read this. and and okay, now, why did he pick that guy? well, richard and johnson had enslaved women. and he took one of his enslaved women as, a mistress. and had two daughters with her. and he had the daughters introduced fine society, respectable and. then she died that that mistress died, but her he owned her sister, too. and so he tried to make her his mistress. and that sister ran off. she didn't want anything to do with him. now now, stevens said, this is the man he's most like. i mean, what in the world is he thinking? well, he quickly said, yes, i a woman of color an
he asks him who of all the great men of your time, henry clay, daniel webster. who are you most like? do you think? and stephens says, thinks about it. and he he discounts all the other guys and tells tells plants why they were inferior or didn't measure up, in his opinion. and he finally says richard johnson. you know, richard, jim johnson was this is proof that being vice president doesn't get you much. he was he was the vice president under martin van buren. i'd never heard of him till i...