so washington washington washington, innocence it was his project, it was his near obsession. so he picks a brilliant frenchman which was a great selection pretty he was educated and most importantly for washington he shared washington's vision. grand capitol with large boulevard us public squares filled with monuments and memorials and he did not like jefferson's vision of a small federal town. sweet it is fitting and brilliantly designed the capitol but unfortunately he would answer to nobody but washington turns out to be more difficult than he was worth. in some accounts adjusting that he was fired another say they quit. the both have at about the same time so the answer is, all of the above. next slide. his image and the capitol city which he will recognize today predict running diagonal or horizontal commitment next will become the river near the platonic and a national mall that we all recognize today. you can see the great squares grand boulevards and intersect named for this days and so forth and so on. inspired by rome and art inspired by paris and even though it wou

you mentioned it a couple times that washington said-- what do we know about washington as an order-- order. washington before the inaugural address. >> okay, before? >> yet, up until this moment. >> that is a spot on question for real because it identifies one of the more-- that is if you will forgive the self referencing, my first book was on admin work-- admin burke and then jefferson and so on, so okay, so there is that kind of orator or oratory of sort of the full you know daniel webster sort of thing. clearly washington is not and he would never pretend to be. tnow, the same time and i will try not to go on about this, but it occurred to me for all of the mythology around washington as the strong silent type and truly a man of action and that sort of thing, fair enough for sure, but the man, i mean, get to the library and look at the washington papers in the correspondence and so on. it's incredible, thousands-- this man lived his life awash in a language so he was highly attuned. now, did he compose all of his addresses himself alone? no, no and we can talk about that later if

of washington's entry into tran10. for variety of reasons you will notice if you squint at that thing it is primarily almost entirely women and girls, these are the women of tran10 and their daughters who have been ready for this moment for weeks, they have been getting together their outfits and songs there rehearsing the songs with the flower and garland and someone but there's also the equivalent and placards to the effect that saved us the first time, the battle of tran10 in you save the women in the daughters of tran10 and now the returning the favor, i think they cross that bridge a little bridge in tran10 but it's a big bridge in the imagination. i don't know if national is the right word just yet but almost that is a big bridge a lot depended on that thing. washington then as you see raises his hat and he crosses the bridge and he delivers a few words to the mothers and daughters of tran10 and needless to say surrounding all of this is music and someone now he's on his way to elizabethtown and then eventually o

i know why, because washington did. thee speech itself as you might imagine, it's seven paragraphs long, about 1400 words give or take depending which version you are using so it isn't particularly long. it is written in that sort of characteristic 18th century english sort of latin tactical structures and so on, so it isn't a particularly reader friendly text for most people these days. now more specifically, it isn't a peculiar route but washington seems to have asked david humphreys, and the aid of his lfor a long time going back a long time. it was pretty good, kind of a bad poet but pretty good with the pen to help him out a about. well, washington says i will get back to you. can you imagine a 70 page speech? even burke -- around christmas time prior to the inauguration itself in april of 89, james madison stops by the house and they spend some time together and it's pretty clear that washington in effect said mr. madison, what do you think of this. he seems to have taken one look at it and said that's not going t

washington surveys a lot of it. washington picks the architects. he picks l'enfant, the famous french architect who he knew through his service during the revolutionary war and he was also a mason but he was classically trained in paris and most importantly, he shared washington's vision of a glorious capital for the ages. channeling rome and inspired by paris. the grand boulevards, that intersect where there's public squares and each would be filled with memorials and monuments and glorious marble last -looking buildings so l'enfant shared washington's exaggerated view of the capital. washington asked the architect for the building that is today the white house . james: from ireland, washington is part of the effort to get the scottish stonemasons to come in and provide all the beautiful embellishments on the building. so washington plays a role. he even plays a role in selling the plots of land and trying to raise funding for this so from beginning to end washington is intimately involved in this . i think the idea and i agree with david of durin

washington surveys a lot of it. washington picks the architects. the font the finest architect and engineer who knew a revolutionary war, he was also a mason that helped. he was classically trained in paris. channeling rome and inspired by paris. the grand that intersect for the public squares each was filled with memorials and monuments beautiful buildings. he shared the exaggerated view of the capitol. another from james hoven of ireland read washington a scottish stone masons it's a beautiful embellishment on the building. so when the h plots of land and trying to raise funding for this. i'm beginning to end when the great things washington did was hit his eyes on the ball of creating a nation. he was darn it obsessed with the idea of a capitol. he visited the site on hires who overseeoners the city but he demands regular updates and reports pretty face really involved in it. which i will more thing that i'll bring this to a close. heel making everybody has seen hamilton, the musical right? i loved my 20-year-old son is named for alexander hamil

and of course you are a washington fan he is one of washington's best of friends. sure they often discuss the perils merits together. at that point washington is about finished with the war. he is kind of going back into the social scene. he did not often get to spend time in city centers. he was a bit behind on the cultural trends. i think thehe powells, at least during my research from what i found the powells work very much at first leading washington and martha into society. during the 1780s, even after the washingtons left philadelphia washihington and elizabethan then washington and samuel really started to develop their friendship. elizabethan washington would trade publications back and forth. again that highlights how well read she was and howow educated she was. washington sent her a copy of visions of columbus. and a whole host of others. and then of course, samuel and washington had their agricultural connection. samuel sent washington some seeds and he notes that in his diaries the seeds are growing well they are from mr. powell in philadelphia. they v

washington understands banks and set as hamilton jefferson and washington not so much. also the strong indivisible union between england and scotland is going to be the model for the more perfect union of america. england colonies are different kingdoms. they are fighting each other and mary queen of scots is getting involved and that's not what conduces liberty. union will lead to liberty. first, last and always. he has an army of york town and he gives it up and he doesn't make himself king. he could have but he understands that liberty and union are inseparable and he says that during the revolutionary war. he says that actually in a letter that accompanies the constitution itself moving beyond state sovereignty. he says that in his farewell address written by largely hamilton so he listens to everyone and the big idea is that we are all aware. he's a southerner who understands the north and the west. he is the embodiment of american union and the continental army is only big general continental army vet exists. the congress is very local basically so washington is t

a poll of "washington journal." is rated him as the washington correspondent who exerted the greatest influence on the nation, giving him twice the votes they gave to walter lipman. even his most outspent on critics credited him with virtually a government within the government with his own core of agents. newspaper editors often trimmed the column or dropped it entirely for a day if they were worried about something that pearson wrote. they were worried about being sued, perhaps. but unlike investigative reporters who worked for a particular numb or a particular news agency, and ran the risk with the budgets, drew pearson appeared in so many different newspaper that's no single newspaper or editor could curtail him. the column's liberal leanings discomforted the subscribers who appeared his views might distort his reporting. they sometimes published the come up with disclaimers that the views did not necessarily match their own. the "washington post" grew so nervous about the merry go round column that they kept mo

indicate washington. we campaigned at fort lincoln in 1851 and got a national reputation for that and so represented it along with some others in the german immigrants. they were key in the election of lincoln. we know that he came this is lincoln while he was president. and so we know he came to washington at that point. but as far as i can find them a he did not come to washington during this period. >> sure, were going to do two final question, quick one and then i think one you will enjoy so we'll start with a quick one. did the congress pay a fee to the old brick capitol building. steve: yes, they leased it. in the in-flight amount of money i believe it was 5000 rated this was in the book. they give a flat amount of money for the furnishings and then they leased the building based on a 6 percent rate of return on the investment. >> and so the last one, before if we things up that i think you'll enjoy. when we talk about the treaty, it was worked out in the old brick capitol then your points at the pr

washington has a fight both washington had tempers. part of legendary stoicism and can be contributed to lifelong effort should say to control his temper and present himself so hamilton comes out and jefferson wrote he never seen hamilton so dejected is going to move quickly. invites hamilton to dinner at the next night he's going to get him while they have a rift he bites his right-hand man madison with the great intellects. they have to resolve a couple of prescient issues just to among them. one to be the location of the capitol. the other will be the question of the debt as they called it federal debt assumption. so where should the b-uppercase-letter? no hamilton was it in the north and at one point new york. jefferson is southerners one in the south. star near nonnegotiable previous south could walk. more and their beloved virginia leaving adams and others to joke only in virginia are all geese swans, right? to jefferson and madison surprised it seems that, no we don't have a lot of sources for this, we have secondary sources. je

>> next on american history tv, "assignment washington - the correspondent marino de medici". this 1977 u.s. information agency film profiles an italian newspaper journalist as he goes about his day-to-day duties in washington, and covers the 1976 presidential contest between president gerald ford and challenger jimmy carter. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> washington is like a room was an enormous circular window. you are looking all over. anything and everything that happens is noticed. almost every single occurrence in the world as a repercussion in washington. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> as a foreign correspondent-y, you read through the eyes of your foreign readers. if you can forewarn your readers to things that are important because they are a part of a similar phenomenon in their respective countries, then you are doing a good service. >> good morning, upper, i have a press [inaudible] the number there is 6541. collected to the switch word from mr. de medici. >> i don't think there is a country in the world where there is so much access to information as in the united states, because it

i am sure it ever made to it washington. it's mammoth cheese that's in washington. but the mammoth or the mastodon that was the inspiration for the frenzied use of the word mammoth -- it is in baltimore until the 1840s when they move it over the europe to try to sell it in europe. they thought they had a buyer in france, then the revolution of 1848 kicks in. so it ends up in germ neshek believe it or not. that's the picture i showed you earlier of the full mastodon skeleton there in germany n. a museum in germany. now, the neat thing about the subject of my talk and everything else that's going on in washington is that the mastodon is now back -- jane, i have to swallow my words. the moss toe done is here in washington. it was moved for the first time in 170 years to the smithsonian, where it was erected in the -- i believe the museum of american art. for an exhibit on barron -- alexander von humboldt and the united states. and they thought that the skeleton represented the highest aspirations of american science and european science meeting together. so they actual

he came to washington. he campaigned for lincoln in 1851 and got a national reputation for that. and it sort of represented along with some others the german immigrants who were quite key. we know he came and visited lincoln while he was president. as far as we can find he did not come during this period. >> sure. you know what, we are going to do i know i said to already run student two final there is a quick one and one i think you're going to enjoy part less are at the quick one did congress pay a fee to use the old brick capitol building? >> yes they lease it. they gave a flat amount of money i believe is 5000, this is in the book. they gave a flat amount of money for the furnishings and then leased the building based on a 6% rate of return on investment. >> the last one before we wrap things up i think you will enjoy, that when we talk about the treaty it was worked out in the old brick capitol. but the viewer points out he signed up the house over northwest. they asked about the connection between tha

washington closes. i sincerely hope the subject will meet with due attention for the reasons of its establishment which you have so clearly pointed out in your letter to the secretary mr. prevail upon the legislature to place it upon a permanent and respectful footing. your most obedient servant, george washington. that's the end. thank you, everyone. [ applause ] >> so we are going to do a q and a. we have c-span taping this event. so if you want to have a question we're going to have a mike brought to you so they can capture what you're saying. >> including from the flanks. >> damian, i believe one of your slides depicted a private home used as military headquarters at some point. did general washington solicit homeowners to use these private dwellings as headquarters or did he just say i'm taking over. >> it was kind of a blend of the two. sometimes he was already acquainted with the owner, other times it's a pretty quick convincing. yeah. i really don't know the details to answer it. >> thanks you f

in hamilton and washington team up. and marshall finds a teammate, the great story and america they work particularly well when they combined north and south and in particular massachusetts and virginia read some marshall is virginia in the story is massachusetts. something about all of the other virginia, massachusetts, the team. rhetorically, james otis is from mattress under massachusetts the patrick henry. and they worked together in 1776 and by the way, so did jefferson and adams and again virginia and massachusetts. and adams is vice president and virginia and thomas jefferson's and one of jefferson's vice president since the massachusetts and also going to be madison's vice president soap north and south team, a massachusetts and virginia is important. so the answer to your question about john marshall is the last founder emma strengthens the judiciary and is a washington man, hamilton man in a continental list. any finds a partner from another region predict and story together and build really impressive teams j

washington is just lost. washington has just allowed the capital to fall. maybe washington isn't right to lead the army, some say. this is going to be during this period of victory in the north and defeat in and around philadelphia it's going to lead to an attempt to unseat washington. before we come to this, the winter encampment at valley forge is crucial and one of the reasons it's crucial is armies in the 18th century don't fight in the wintertime. you would have campaigning seasons, you fight in the spring or the fall or the summer, but not in the winter. so it's during the winter that the army is able to actually train itself. they have had a hard fight since this war began and who helps train the army -- washington also has them performing plays in their off time. why not? you have to do something extracurricular -- is this man, the barron free drink von steuben and he is going to be responsible for bringing in a european sort of drill master's concept. the problem is he doesn't speak any english and most americans don't speak any german. how he woul

washington's army was defeated. the marylanders who i drew a book called washington's immortals had bought us an hour more precious in our history than any other where washington with a rearguard action washington's army was able to retreat into fortifications at brooklyn heights. the british army which had surrounded the american army there was about to come up with the east river and also siege lines were creeping forward. it was a perilous time. it was a time in our history when all could be lost. washington had a decision to make. was he going to retreat or fight and washington decided to retreat. this is the time when all could be lost. the entire army could be surrounded and destroyed and everything rested upon the shoulders of the men in the book that i've written about, the marblehead men. washington decided to retreat and he had to cross a mile long river, the east river and this is -- let me take you back in time to august 30 . there had been a massive nor'easter that had pelted both armies for two days st

and during your years in washington, obviously, you did a great job of that. and they said and peter and susan say in the book that one of the reasons that you were able to achieve so many goals. is because you are not a crusader. they say you had no ideological fervor which certainly goes along with your focus on pragmatism that we discussed earlier. so do you agree that in your political and international negotiations? you had essentially no ideological fervor. well, i don't know what you mean by ideological fervor. you know, i was a chief of staff of whiteout chief of of staff for president ronald reagan. ronald reagan was pretty ideological. i was just traders secretary. and so it's a question of balance. i think. you you the commitment to values that i mentioned earlier when james mcgregor burns a definition of leadership is a commitment to values and those values or ideological. usually to the most part and so you you have to have some ideological component in your policy and your worldview. but it's a question about i think if you're overly ideological

in washington's handwriting and she writes to washington and this is very much. they're funniest exchange. she says that she's found a bundle of love letters from a woman written in the most solemn sanction and she teases him and and says that she doesn't open them, but she she wants him to know that she has them and then she very quickly goes. i'm just kidding. they're from martha washington and so it's a very cute cute little exchange and that's the same letter where she's very poignant about using the desk, but then washington writes back so after he got to mount vernon is when he got the letter from her so he ends up he ends up writing her back and he actually also writes to her he said as he promised he writes her a detailed description of his trip back to mount vernon. so she very much wanted to know how he was how he was doing how the roads were etc, etc. but at the beginning of the letter he he very much acknowledges her funny little quit about finding a bundle of love letters and he says something about how oh, that would make him nervous if he had any l

washington helps to decide what buildings would go in it. washington washington washington. it is his pet project. it is his near obsession. so washington picks the brilliant frenchman l'enfant which was a great selection. l'enfant was classically educated or close a barley for washington, he shared washington's vision of a romanesque grand capital with large boulevards, public squares filled with monuments and memorials. he did not like jefferson's visions of a small federal town. so l'enfant does washington's deity bidding and brilliantly decides the capital. unfortunately l'enfant will answer to no one but washington and turns out to be more difficult than he was worth. some accounts suggest he was fired. other said he quit. they both happened about the same time so the answer is all of the above. next light. here's the image of l'enfant's capital city which all recognize today here right there running diagonal horizontal, next to the potomac river is the national mall that we all recognize today. you can see the great squares and grand boulevards that intersect named for

and helps decide what buildings would go in it so washington, washington, washington. it is his near obsession so washington fixit, a great selection. florence blvd., public squares filled with monuments and memorials and did not like jefferson's vision of a small federal town so frequently he designed the capitol. unfortunately he answered washington and turns out to be more difficult than he was worth. some accounts suggest he was fired another said he quit. they both happened about the same time so it's all of the above. here's capitol city which he recognized today, great fear of running diaconal or horizontal, the national mall we all recognize today. you can see the great squares and grand blvd. that intersect and so forth. inspired by comparison even though, it is his design that continues to define the city today. not only a foreigner but he picked an irishman who designed the president's house. he was well educated and design beautiful buildings, washington immediately fell in love with the design and reminded him of rome so washington pushed by hiring him and

george washington is the guy we reek nice as george washington and i think he is. and then look at specific episodes in his mature career where he demonstrates the political tall lenz he developed and -- talent he developed and a quick overshoe i focus on seven months at valley forge, the army was a bit risk of unraveling. he needed to build bridges to congress, make that work. needed to repel an effort to replace him as commander in chief. actually a bureaucratic maneuver to get him out, and it turned out that he was a pretty good -- pretty good at political knife fight and was able to survive that cleanly. the second period i look at is the transition to peace time. his resignation with the army is a huge moment, creates again -- reinforces the notion he is man that can be trusts and dust lust after power and in the. of period of drift in 1780s, the arms of con federation, it is washington's reputation and i think talents that end up bringing the country together in the constitutional convention and ratification of the constitution. as president there's two episo

washington the location for permanent capital hotly contested in washington advocated for a site along the potomac river not far from his own home of mount vernon when the commissioners of the federal district named a new capital for washington 1781, they not only honored the wartime commander in chief but his guiding role in the selection of the young nation seat of government. although to officially relocate they are shaping the national capital for years to come. in washington's fight favorite battle with the political skills to reveal how we work behind the scenes to establish the new city. the distinguished professor of american studies and senior fellow at the joint senate procedure citizenship. and then and not see titanic and as the editor of two encyclopedias with the american first ladies. and then on the board of the harry truman foundation. and the george mcgovern library. and then as a visiting scholar with many organization including the truman presidential library the ford museum, the holocaust museum in us military academy at west point so now let's hear from robert wat

washington decides to escape. john glover in the marvel head men they gather all the boats in manhattan and man those boats and fairy the army across the east river. this is not an easy task. the east river is swirling, the wind isn't cooperating and on top of that a loyalist sees what is happening, and enslaved individual in her household to the british line to inform that the americans are escaping. this individual wanders up on some haitian soldiers who speak german, understanding what he is going to say. he doesn't know what until a couple hours before the evacuation to pull off the greatest retreat in american history and world history and a man the boats and as they man the boats the wind doesn't cooperate. there is something special about these men. they worked together in the grand banks. the most treacherous waters, also arguably the first diverse regiment in the united states army. african-americans, native americans, white americans, hispanic americans working together. the weather could kill people and

martha washington. his wifee and family were they any part of the inaugural ceremony or the beginning of the presidency? >> thank you, megan, if i may. okay. here's how that turns out. .. >> i think, if i made to be a little impressionistic but what is really clear given the gender dynamics at play and what it meant for a female to be like that. is that appropriate or is it not? and in any case after the inauguration ceremonies and so on everybody wants to have a big party with the eggnog -year-old ball as such to recognize it that we would think of but with the ambassador. so we would have that that washington is consistent that they wait until martha comes up. but she doesn't including incidents place staffed. >> one of the questions we ask is with a military uniform and as indicated some of these are h century images but that this is something we did on occasion but not on this trip. >> and again for all of the stern, a man liked a nice jacket. >> because those letters are in exchange of the inaugura

the first session in washington d.c.. this is in late 8000 aground as he approached george town is excellent for roads. it's in very bad repair by reason of -- and great want of labor. exhibited for the first time to my senses, they precious effects of slavery. a soil impoverished by over telling, scarcely settled with tattered inhabitants be spoken of with wretched -- landlord whose external spoken with great pride but little money. he goes on. the capital, what's of the capital? why, it is a high though magnificent pile. it is but one wing of the original design. the body under the wing only appear to the imagination from a view of the foundation, which is laid in stone. you can see that in this illustration here. this is the capital that george thatcher and his roommate wadsworth both remain, appear at in the end of the century, it really, 1800. it's november, 1800 when they convene. they actually meet here. i share this because not many people get to see this image. it's obviously a preprint blueprint of the main floo

that's washington's vision. in the constitution over the debate of the capitol city article i section 8 the capitol city should be 10 miles square. it's 100 miles and what it means is this capitol city almost laughable. this capital city will be larger than paris london and the great capitals of the world yet it would be built out of bonds and woods. the question would remain however where width is 10 miles square b.? next slide. the initial argument was new york city would serve as our enter him -- enter him. he's late and it's not until april 301789 and this is washington who arrives later yet. basically was to getting dressed. washington isn't not graded in new york city in april of 1789. new york city at the federal hall and you can see the picture of it here and on the right is ask at home on cherry street, his residence. new york city would be an interim capital. no one seemed happy with new york city. new york city was slow to ratify the constitution and this is why hamilton and madison wrote the federali

washington helps to decide what buildings would go in it. so washington, washington, washington. it is his pet project. it is his near obsession. so washington picks the brilliant frenchman l'enfant which was a great selection. l'enfant was classically educated, most importantly for washington, he shared washington station of a romanesque, grand capital with large boulevards, public squares filled with monuments and memorials. he did not like jefferson station of a small federal town. so l'enfant does washington's bidding and brilliantly decides the capital. unfortunately, l'enfant will answer to no one but washington and turns out to be more difficult than he was worth. some accounts suggest he was fired, other said he quit. they both happened about the same time. so the answer is all of the above. next slide. here's the image of l'enfant's capital city which all recognize today. right there running diagonal, horizontal next to the potomac river is a national mall. we all recognize today. you can see the great squares and grand boulevards that intersect named for the states and

now returning to washington. it crosses that bridge, iss just a little bridge but it is a big bridge in the national imagination, and amount of that's the right word just yet but almost. it's a big bridge because a lot depended on it. washington been raises and crosses the bridge, the lights from the report delivers a few words to the mother's and daughters. this is music and firecrackers and so on. now he's on his way up to what's called elizabethtown and eventually on to the water where now new york city really wants a piece of that for obvious reasons so they've got every to escort him along and he goes on to the barge and contemporary writers, i don't believe a word of it, dolphins jumping in but there is fireworks, people singing choruses and so on than they usher him into the upper harbor heading toward the battery and eventually into new york city itself. y i think it's washington's entry into new york, was that him coming home on his way to mount vernon, hard to talk but i want to feed you because it sugg

i think washington. [inaudible] , eating cheese, nuts and wine over the campfire, the mad head and acute developed sense of the theater of politics. he understood that under these circumstances he needed to do this right every d step literally along the way. so when thompson knocks on the door, that his act one scene one, let's go. >> is there a part of seeming presumptuous? is that part of what is going on here? what are his concerns? >> very suggestive question. as evidence about to say, i certainly e encourage everyone who is listening or watching who has access to the washington papers, which is one of the most amazing works of scholarship, i square. it indicates that we have is a really nice paper trail to answer your question of the impending news comes. it is sprinkled with these kinds of things. famously he writes to general knox before hand very quickly and says i feel not unlike those -- my feelings are not unlike those of equal fruits who's going to the place of his own execution. [laughter] i

we go to the task force in washington dc -- washington, d.c. and it was documented that a member of the capitol police did not receive that report. that report did not get the special handling it should have gotten because it threatened the capitol, both the senate and house. the location where the vice president was going to be. and the president of the united states all within a couple miles of each other outside of the security of the white house. they were going to be exposed by this large group of demonstrators who were going to be on the mall with the intention of moving toward the capitol. that report did not get the attention it should have. in retrospect, everyone we talked to has agreed that information should have been handled as intelligence as opposed to just chatter. they could have been better prepared, and that did not happen. in our review, we recommended it has been funded through legislation to provide additional intelligence people as well as special equipment to be able to process intelligence. our government did not work t

washington helps raise money washington helps to decide what buildings. washington. washington. washington his pet project and near of sessions and he picks the brilliant frenchman there was classically educated and most important day for washington he shared washington's vision of a romanesque grand capital public squares filled with monuments and memorials he did not like jefferson's vision of a small federal town so he does washington's bidding and unfortunately he will answer to no one but washington and then be more difficult than he was worthless on account said he was fired other said he quit it happened at the same time so it is all of the above. >> here is the image running diagonal and horizontal and there is the national mall that we all recognize today you can see the great squares and grand boulevards that intersect for the state so wine and so forth that is inspired by rome and paris and even though he is fired it is his design of the great city of today washington know that only takes the frenchman the foreigner by an irishman to design the president's house he wa

politics is part of everything that goes on in washington. the city talks, lives and breathes politics. from the moment he wakes up to the moment he goes to bed. then sometimes he goes to bed very late. the campaign and election are over. but in washington, in the united states, plenty of things are always happening. for us, it is instant history. but then it is history. >>> weekends on c-span2 bring you the best in american history and nonfiction books. saturday on american history tv at 9:00 a.m. eastern, james baker reflects on leadership serving as secretary of state for president george h.w. bush and as the chief and treasury secretary. and historian and best selling author looks at how society can learn from the wisdom of the founding fathers in today's world. book tv features leading authors discussing their latest books. we'll feature author discussions from freedom fest. an annual libertarian gathering including gary cooper, duquesne, education writer kerry mcdonald and phillip magness and benjamin powell. and then robin de'angelo. s

seeing this as the former george washington, washington was a very innovative farmer. he was doing fish farming and trying to grow things that shouldn't grow in the poor soil in the virginia region. washington was very innovative and creative, ordering you farming technology and books on seed, everything from architecture to primary and was always trying to improvea himself. i think the ultimate view of washington'she passion, vision d creativity, his political talents all comes together in what? forging a capitol city and that's where you see him put his politicalou stock, he puts it on the table and uses his gifts, he is a visionary looking at a brand-new form of a capitol so the backdrop for the story of the capitol, you can see it after the war. now what? i found this. in newspapers and stories writers say something like have we really fought for this? it took from 77 -- 81 to even get ratified. once branch of government and holy ineffective. the lawyers and the educated, what did we have left? we couldn't pay our veterans, we couldn't s feel standing army or pay b

and washington helped select the site. washington surveys the lot of it. washington picks the architects. he picks la font, a famous architect and engineer. and he knew through the revolutionary war and he was a mason. and he shared the vision of a glorious capital for the ages. challenge rome and inspired by paris. grand boulevards that intersect with public squares and filled with memorials and monuments and glorious marblesque looking buildings and so he shared washington's exaggerated view of the capital and picks the white house. and another immigrant from ireland, and washington is part of the effort to get the scottish stone masons to provide the beautiful embellishments on the building so washington plays a role and even plays a role in selling the plots of land and trying to raise funding for this. so, from beginning to end, washington is intimately involved in this. i think the idea, and i agree with david, you know, during his presidency, one of the great things washington did was he had his eyes on the ball of creating a nation. and part of tha

then we see this as the farmer george washington. washington was a very innovative farmer. he did fish farming and he was trying to grow things that shouldn't grow and the poor soil the virginia region are off the potomac in washington was very innovative and creative and is ordering new farming technology and seated everything from the architecture to farming, he would order it from his london merchant denny was always trying to improve himself and i think that the ultimate view of washington's passion and his vision and creativity, more visionary in his political talents and all comes together in forging a capitol city building a capitol city in this receipt him, his political stock. puts on the table. he uses his gifts, he is a visionary and looking at awa brand-new form of a capitol. so the backdrop to the story the capitol really you can i see it after the war. and now what we want it and know what greatness headlines in newspapers and stories and in the writer said things like how we really thought for this. we don't have a functioning government. you have articles of

. -- the site of washington's 1780 headquarters hosted this event. >> welcome to the dime mansion, washington's headquarters. i am so happy to see all of you here and joining us today for this program. if you have not been here before, definitely after today, please stay and take a tour with our staff, and just before i kind of introduce our investigators today. just a few rules or if you, you know, kind of bits of information, we do have a light refreshments for you in the kitchen. so there is coffee, tea, cheese, crackers, cookies please feel free to get up and take what you like. restrooms are in this building, so you do not have to go to the visitor center. they are also in the kitchen, through the door. open it, the restrooms are over there. our staff today, we have can who's in the back there, and we have kelly so i'm not sure where he's hiding at this moment. and then you have myself. i'm the director of the department of foreign affairs for the county -- and by the fact i'm the director of this site. so, again, we are fortunate to have a guest speaker and historian damian craig now to s

washington's orders. quote, the light companies of the first and second regiments of new york will form a battalion under command of lieutenant colonel hamilton and major fish. after the formation of the battalion lieutenant colonel hamilton will join the advance corps under the orders of colonel scammel. hamilton is so happy. there are going to be four light infantry commanders that we need to briefly acquaint ourselves with. we already know what action ter hamilton looks like. he works with the aforementioned john lawrence in this beautiful bejeweled frame on the left. in the center is finally an illustration that have colonel alexander scammel of new hampshire and on the right is lieutenant colonel ebenezer huntington of norwich, connecticut whose house we own. now, the complication here is that alexander scammel in the anile is the highest ranking officer killed during the siege of yorktown. he's unfortunately killed in a surprise attack. he's shot in the back and mortally wounded and winds up dying i

the mastodon is here in washington. it was moved for the first time in 10070 years to the smithsonian, where it was erected in the museum of american arts. frrm alex antder and the united states. they thought these had the highest assprations that what brought it here. maybe the shutdown wilt end before we have to ship it back. >> back to new year's day, 1802. eight of us set off to mount vernn are. pilgrimage to mt. vernon and the plitizization of george washington's memory is another theme i want to touch on. and it comes in the federal communist's version. but the bigger story of memorializing george washington at this time is told in the wonderful book about the efforts to bury washington in a capitol building. so, they make it from the tavern in arizona. cutler writes to his daughter again a servient conducted us to madam washington manufactures room where we were received in a cordial and inviting manner. she seemed just as joyed for our sizt. we wurp leadership federalists, so they were pleasure sg artastic. she

you need to understand particularly when negotiating in washington dc for instance or internationally that in a democracy, no one side gets to make all the rules and you have to be willing to give up a little to get a lot. a lot of people enter negotiation without having met you and for the most part never successful. >> back to the world of negotiation you talk about trustworthiness between people across the table. when you are in that situation what are the things you do to try to build trust and the rapport you have with the person across the table. >> something you have to be careful about in international negotiations is to make sure your word is good and your interlocutor never has a occasional reason to doubt what you tell him, you don't say anything that is not backed up by the facts. worst thing you can do in negotiation is get caught in a lie. then it is almost all over because the guy thinks to himself i can't trust anything this fellow says and so you've got to be careful that what you say is accurate, and true. you need to also test the other guy across the table with res

he has immense respect for washington, he was the biographer. hamilton was a brilliant lawyer and he used hamilton's legal ideas about the banks and many other things and within other thing he does. he's a nationalist figure and also being a good listener. i talked about the relationships between some of the founders. so jefferson and madison came up and adams makes enemies. he's a loner. he teams up only with abigail. he first hates thomas hutchinson ab then in a feud with hamilton even though hamilton was trying to help him in various ways and he starts off friend will i -- friendly with jefferson, but then they become rivals. teams are important. jefferson teams up. hamilton and washington teams up and marshall finds a teammate, the great joseph story and they work particularly well when they combine north and south. in particular massachusetts and virginia, okay? so marshall is virginia, story is massachusetts. think about all of the other virginia-massachusetts teams. retorically, james otis from massachusetts and patrick from virginiament