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BIOGRAPHY. >> JAMES K. POLK WAS CONSIDERED BY MANY TO HAVE BEEN A DARK HORSE WHEN HE WAS NOMINATED FOR PRESIDENT IN 1844 DESPITE HIS POLITICAL RESUME....
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THE NEWLY INVENTED TELEGRAPH WASN'T BROKEN. THE OPPOSITION WHIG PARTY CAMPAIGN SLOGAN BECAME "WHO IS POLK?" HE WAS BORN NOVEMBER 2, 1795 IN MECKLENBURG...
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PLANT. AS A YOUNG MAN JAMES POLK LIVED IN THIS HOME FOR ABOUT SIX MONTHS PRIOR TO HIS MARRIAGE, AND IT WAS THE ONLY HOME CONNECTED WITH PRESIDENT...
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GO IN RETIREMENT. THE FURNITURE, THE PAINTINGS, AND ALL SUCH THINGS INTENDED FOR THEIR HOUSE IN NASHVILLE, POLK PLACE WHICH WAS ULTIMATELY DEMOLISHED...
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HIS DIARY, EDITED BY ALLEN NEVINS LONG AGO, "THE DIARY OF A PRESIDENT," YOU CAN SEE HOW HARD HE WORKED BECAUSE HE WAS ALL BUSINESS. >> LET'S GO BACK
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TO THE FIRST ONE ONE MORE TIME BECAUSE YOU SAID FIRST WHEN HE IS 50 YEARS AND THE SECOND ONE HE IS ABOUT 53? >> YES, 49 AND 53. >> WHAT DID HE DO AS...
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PROBABLY. THE WHITE HOUSE WAS
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NOT
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A NICE PLACE TO STAY IN THE SUMMER BECAUSE OF THE STAMPS TO THE SOUTH AND PRESIDENTS NEVER STAYED THERE. THIS WAS THE FIRST ONE TO SPEND THE WHOLE SUMMER...
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HE WAS BURIED VERY, VERY QUICKLY AFTER HE DIED AS THOUGH HE DID HAVE CHOLERA WHICH THE LAW PROSCRIBED, BUT HE WORKED HARD, VERY, VERY HARD EVERY DAY....
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HOW HE ACCOMPLISHED THEM? >> WELL, THE MAIN PROMISES WERE IN EXPANSION. HE SAID IN HIS INAUGURAL ADDRESS THAT AMERICA BY RIGHT OWNS OREGON, WHICH
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WE WERE SHARING WITH -- SHARING OCCUPATION OF WITH ENGLAND. IT WAS AN UNRESOLVED PROBLEM. HE SAID WE OWNED IT. HE SAID THE ANNEXATION OF TEXAS WAS...
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LATER THE MEXICAN MINISTER WAS WITHDRAWN AND RETURNED TO MEXICO OVER THAT, CUT OFF RELATIONS. THESE WERE THE MAIN THINGS WERE THE TERRITORIAL AMBITIONS...
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THEN NORTH CAROLINA AND THROUGH THE MOUNTAINS AT LAST TO TENNESSEE TO THIS PLACE WHICH
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WAS CALLED THE DUCK RIVER VALLEY, NOT A MERRY COUNTY THEN OR COLUMBIA, COLUMBUS AND HE WAS WITH HIS PARENTS. THEY LIVED IN LOG HOUSES. THEY WERE LAND...
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WONDERING IF THE GENTLEMAN COULD TELL ME -- IF HE COULD GIVE ME SOME
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INFORMATION ON IF HE GIVES CREDIT TO THE LIBERTY PARTY. BOTH OF THOSE GENTLEMEN LIVED HERE IN CLAIRMONT COUNTY AT ONE TIME, AND IT WAS QUITE AN UPSET...
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HAD THAT LIBERTY PARTY NOT BEEN IN THERE, WOULD HE HAVE BEEN DEFEATED? >> I DON'T THINK SO. I THINK HE WAS THE WINNER. IT WOULD HAVE BEEN SLIM. IT...
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HE WOULD HAVE WON. THERE WAS A LOT OF SUPPORT FOR EXPANSIONISM AT THIS TIME. THE TEXAS ISSUE WAS RIGHT ON THE FENCE HANGING FIRE AND TEXAS WAS COURTING...
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COURTING TEXAS FOR A PROTECTORATE WHICH WOULD HAVE BEEN TERRIBLE. IT WOULD HAVE PUT THE
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BRITISH ON OUR SOIL IN A TIME WHEN THE MONROE DOCTRINE WAS SORT OF LAUGHED AT ABROAD AND IT
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WAS AN ISSUE, THIS WHOLE TEXAS THING, EVEN PEOPLE WHO DIDN'T WANT IT. THEN OF COURSE THE SLAVERY ISSUE OF EXPANDING SLAVERY INTO TEXAS CREATED A TREMENDOUS...
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PERIOD. >> WE'LL SHOW YOU HIS BIRTH PLACE AREA AS IT IS AFTER WE TAKE THIS CALL FROM ROCHESTER, MINNESOTA. GO AHEAD, PLEASE. >> Caller: HI. MY NAME IS
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SHAWN KETTLECAMP, AND I MET DR. SEALE AT THE WHITE HOUSE SYMPOSIUM. AND THE QUESTION I HAVE IS KIND OF A LITTLE AHEAD OF THE PROGRAM I THINK, BUT I...
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WONDERING IF THE POLK MUSEUM THERE HAD ANY FURNITURE THAT THEY MAY
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HAVE USED IN THE WHITE HOUSE AND ALSO THEY HAD SUCH BEAUTIFUL WHITE HOUSE CHINA, PRESIDENT POLK, I WAS WONDERING IF ANY OF THAT WAS REPRESENTED THERE...
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BEFORE. AND I WOULD LIKE TO SAY IN CONNECTION WITH TALKING ABOUT THEIR POSSESSIONS, THE POLKS ENVISIONED THEIR HOME, THEY BOUGHT BIGGER THAN ANYTHING...
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PEOPLE. YOU CAN SEE THE MAP THERE ON THE SCREEN. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT JAMES POLK, OUR 11th PRESIDENT, BUT THERE IS A CHURCH OVER HERE WHICH SAYS THAT...
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THE WEST AND VISITED IN COLUMBIA, I BELIEVE, WITH POLK AND WITH ANDREW JOHNSON. HE WAS THE ONE WHO CAME UP WITH THE NICKNAME "YOUNG HICKORY" AS POLK...
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YARDS, BUT IT'S FIXED VERY NICELY NOW AS A GARDEN. VERY PLEASANT PLACE TO BE WITH A FOUNTAIN THAT WAS ORIGINALLY AT POLK PLACE. THIS IS A GARDEN, SORT...
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WE ARE. >> WE HAVE A CALL FROM OLD BRIDGE, NEW JERSEY. GOOD MORNING, YOU ARE ON THE AIR. >> Caller: GOOD MORNING. I WANTED TO ASK YOUR GUEST PRESIDENTIAL...
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TO NEAR GREAT PRESIDENT LARGELY BECAUSE HE IS THE ONLY PRESIDENT OF THAT ERA TO REALLY FULLY ACCOMPLISH
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HIS AGENDA. AND I WAS JUST CURIOUS IF YOU WOULD COMMENT ON POLK'S ACCOMPLISHMENT OF HIS AGENDA DURING THE FOUR YEARS THAT HE WAS PRESIDENT WITH REFERENCE...
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WHIGS MADE GREAT ADVANCES AND GREAT CHANGES, AND IT BECAME MORE DIFFICULT FOR HIM AT THE TIME. HE WAS A GOOD MANEUVERER. HE HAD BEEN A CONGRESSMAN....
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SAME CABINS. THEY'VE BEEN REBUILT SINCE
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THEN. WHAT DO YOU THINK THE ADVANTAGE IS TO FOLKS WHEN THEY IN REBUILD OLD HOMES AND SAY THIS WAS A REPLICA OF WHAT IT LIKED LIKE? DO YOU LIKE THE...
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OF COURSE, HE MARRIED SARA CHILDRES. >> WHEN DID HE MARRY? >> 1820. >> WHAT WAS THE DIFFERENCE IN THEIR AGE? >> EIGHT YEARS ABOUT. >> DID THEY HAVE HAVE...
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SEALE. GED,
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PLEASE. >> YES, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN PART OF POLK'S
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PROMISE WITH, CAMPAIGN
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PROMISE WAS WESTWARD
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EXPANSION AS PART OF THE MANIFEST DESTINY. AFTER HE FAILED TO
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ACQUIRE MORE LAND IN OREGON WITH
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THE BRITISH, THE 5440 OR
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FIGHT SLOGAN, DO YOU THINK HE WAS ALL BUT FORCED TO GO TO WAR WITH
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MEXICO IN THE HOPE OF ACQUIRING MORE LAND? >> BUT HE DID. THE OREGON QUESTION WAS PRETTY WELL SETTLED. NO, THE MEXICAN ISSUE STARTED IMMEDIATELY AFTER...
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INAUGURATION. FROM WHAT HE SAID IN HIS INAUGURAL ADDRESS, MEXICO CUT OF RELATIONS WITH THE UNITED STATES, AND TAYLOR, GENERAL TAYLOR WAS SENT FROM BATON...
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TO CORPUS CHRISTI IN TEXAS TO -- RIVER TO BE THERE ON THE EDGE OF THE DISPUTED BOUNDARIES. THE UNITED STATES CLAIMED THE RIO GRANDE THEN TAYLOR WAS ...
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NUMBER OF STATES? >> HE ADDED THREE STATES. >> THOSE WERE? >> WISCONSIN, IOWA, AND WHAT WAS THE OTHER ONE? >> ILLINOIS? >> TEXAS. >> TEXAS, YEAH, WE...
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HERE. ON THE WEB SITE BY THE WAY, THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE ACCESS TO IT, THE POLK HOME
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HERE HAS A WEB SITE IN
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WHICH THEY ASK YOU, THERE IS A LITTLE QUIZ. IT'S
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FUN TO DO. WE DID
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IT. DR. SEALE PASSED IT. I FAILED IT. I CAN'T FIND THE WEB
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SITE. I'LL
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FIND IT IN JUST A SECOND, THE
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ADDRESS.
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IT'S www.jameskpolk.com, ALL IN SMALL LETTERS. YOU CAN PLAY THE SAME QUIZ. WE HAVE A CALL FROM RESTON, VIRGINIA NEXT. GO AHEAD, PLEASE. >> Caller:...
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INTERESTED? >> Caller: THIS YEAR IN SCHOOL. >> DO YOU HAVE A
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FAVORITE PRESIDENT? >> Caller: YES. >> WHO IS
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THAT? >> Caller: ABRAHAM
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LINCOLN. >>
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WHY IS THAT? >> Caller: BECAUSE HE
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SENT A LETTER THAT THE -- THAT THE SLAVES -- THAT
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HE WANTED THE SLAVE TRADERS TO FREE THE
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Caller, -
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SLAVES. >> CAN YOU
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REMEMBER, DR. SEALE, WHEN YOU FIRST -- >>
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Caller, -
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THE FIRST TIME HE DID THAT
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WAS ACTUALLY DURING POLK'S ADMINISTRATION WHEN HE WENT INTO, LATER IN THE NEXT WAR, LINCOLN WAS IN CONGRESS AND HE WORKED OUT A PROGRAM FOR FREEING...
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HE DID, HE CAME OUT WITH A PROGRAM FOR THAT LONG BEFORE THIS OTHER THAT LED HIM TO SUCH FAME AND CLIMACTIC PERIOD IN THE AMERICAN HISTORY. >>
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C-SPAN IN THE CLASSROOM IS AN ORGANIZATION THAT IS PREPARED TO HELP YOU OUT IF YOU ARE A TEACHER, AND THE NUMBER IS ON THE SCREEN. (202) 626-4858....
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ABOUT ACTIVITIES SURROUNDING OUR SERIES ON PRESIDENTS. IF YOU'VE JUST JOINED US, WE'RE IN COLUMBIA, TENNESSEE. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE 11th PRESIDENT...
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BECAUSE OF THE SLAVERY ISSUE, THE EXPANDING SLAVERY BECAUSE TEXAS WAS A SLAVE CULTURE. SO THE REPUBLIC OF TEXAS LIVED ON ALL THESE YEARS, A DECADE, AND...
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BE. IN THE PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATION PRESIDENT TYLER HAD FOUNDED WASHINGTON'S METROPOLITAN POLICE FORCE
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WHICH STILL EXISTS OF COURSE, AND IT WAS FOUNDED REALLY FOR THE -- AS AN AUXILIARY PROTECTION AGENCY FOR THE WHITE HOUSE. SO YOU HAD MEN IN BUSINESS...
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SUITS IN THE ENTRANCE HALL WHO WOULD LATER BE CALLED USHERS. ALL OF THEM CARRIED PISTOLS, BUT GETTING IN THE HOUSE WAS NOT DIFFICULT. GETTING IN THE...
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BORN. >> YOU KNOW, I THINK YOU ARE THINKING ABOUT ANDREW JACKSON IN THE
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WAXSAW AND SOUTH
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Caller, -
CAROLINA AS TO WHERE HE WAS BORN. BOTH STATES CLAIM HIM BUT BY LETTER, HE CLAIMS SOUTH CAROLINA IS WHERE HE WAS BORN. >> BY THE WAY ON THE WAY DOWN...
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UP IN NASHVILLE, AND THEY HAVE A TIMELINE THERE, AND THEY SAY ANDREW JACKSON WAS BORN, THE WAXSAWS, SOUTH CAROLINA. THEN WHEN I GOT DOWN HERE, RIGHT...
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LITTLE MUSEUM THERE, THERE IS A TIMELINE THAT SAYS ANDREW JACKSON BORN WAXSAW, NORTH CAROLINA. SO YOU CAN GET IT IN THE SAME STATE ONLY 50 MINUTES APART....
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YESTERDAY'S PROGRAM, PRESIDENT POLK HAD A LONG-TERM PROBLEM WITH SOME KIND OF STOMACH AILMENT. I WONDER WHAT THE DIAGNOSES OF THOSE DAYS WERE, WHETHER...
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PRESIDENT, AND ONE OF THE PAPERS REPORTED AT THE TIME THAT'S WHAT HE DIED OF. WE DON'T KNOW EXCEPT CHOLERA WAS A BIG PROBLEM IN WASHINGTON, AND HIS...
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TO SHOW YOU A TIMELINE THAT THEY'VE ESTABLISHED OVER IN THE MUSEUM NEXT DOOR WHICH KIND OF TELLS US WHAT WAS GOING ON IN THIS COUNTRY AT THAT TIME,...
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BY ACT OF CONGRESS.
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WE'LL SHOW YOU THAT BEN FRANKLIN'S FIVE CENT STAMP ON THE WALL. CONGRESS PROVIDED FOR GAS LIGHTING OF THE CAPITOL AND GROUNDS. >> THE WHITE HOUSE THE...
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WAS DISCOVERED IN CALIFORNIA. A TREATY SIGNED WITH MEXICO FEBRUARY 2, 1848 AND THERE IS ONE MORE LIST. WISCONSIN
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BECAME THE 30th STATE. CORNERSTONE OF WASHINGTON MONUMENT WAS LAID
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IN 1848. WAS HE
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THERE? THERE. >> YES. >> FIRST WOMAN'S RIGHTS CONVENTION AT SENECA FALLS. TERRITORIAL BORDER OF OREGON ESTABLISHED IN 1848. THE DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR...
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LETTERS. A LOT OF THOSE FOLKS
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ARE BURIED IN CONCORN, MASSACHUSETTS AND NOW TO JOHN HOLTZAPPLE. JOHN HOLTZAPPLE, TELL US ABOUT THIS PLACE. YOU'VE RUN IT FOR WHAT, THE LAST 15 YEARS?...
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BUILT JAMES A LAW
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OFFICE AND
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BOUGHT HIM $140 WORTH OF LAW BOOKS TO GET STARTED. JAMES PROMPTLY THANKED HIS FATHER BECAUSE SAMUEL, THE FATHER, WAS ARRESTED FOR A FRAY, FOR FIGHTING...
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STAY WHERE YOU. SIR, WE'LL GO TO PORTLAND, OREGON FOR OUR NEXT CALL. GOOD MORNING. GO AHEAD, PLEASE. >> Caller: GOOD MORNING. HOW ARE YOU? >> FINE,...
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SEALE. I UNDERSTAND, DOCTOR, THAT YOU ARE FROM TEXAS, IS THAT CORRECT? >> YES. >> Caller: WHEN YOU STUDY THE ISSUE WITH POLK AND MEXICO, DID YOU STUDY
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MEXICO HISTORY AND THEIR SIDE OF THE QUESTION OF
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TEXAS? >> THAT WAS ONE OF MY FIELDS IN GRADUATE SCHOOL. I'M
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VERY INTERESTED IN MEXICAN
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HISTORY. >> Caller: GOOD. I'M GLAD TO HEAR THAT BECAUSE MOST PEOPLE WHO TALK ABOUT THE TEXAS HISTORY KNOW VERY LITTLE ABOUT THE MEXICAN
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HISTORY. AS YOU KNOW, MEXICO
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ACTUALLY DECLARED ITSELF FREE OF SLAVES IN THE 1824 CONSTITUTION, IS THAT CORRECT? >> RIGHT, THAT'S CORRECT. >> Caller: SO THE MAIN
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| 00:32:06 |
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QUESTION IN TEXAS BY THE ANGELO TEXANS WAS THAT THEY WANTED
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TO REMAIN WITH RIGHTS TO SLAVERY. THAT WAS ONE OF THE MAIN ISSUES, ISN'T THAT CORRECT? >> IT'S TRUE, ABSOLUTELY TRUE. >> Caller: EXCUSE
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ME. I HAVE SOMEWHAT OF AN AILMENT. I CAN'T SPEAK TOO CLEARLY THIS MORNING. SO HOW DO YOU SQUARE THE BIG DISAGREEMENT BETWEEN THE SLAVE STATE SITUATION...
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SLAVERY? >> WELL, THE ONLY JUSTIFICATION THEY HAD WAS THE TEXAS REVOLUTION WHICH HAD BROKEN
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ANY RELATIONSHIP WITH, THEORETICALLY WITH THE REPUBLIC OF MEXICO AND -- >> Caller: THE QUESTION WAS BETWEEN THE STATES, NORTH AND SOUTH, BUT THE TEXAS...
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REVOLUTION FOR THE REASONS OTHER THAN THE FACT THAT THE SLAVERY SITUATION WAS THE MAIN QUESTION. >> WELL, THERE WAS AN ENTIRE EMOTIONAL BUILDUP OF
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THIS IN A SENSE TO JUSTIFY NOT ONLY THE REMOVAL OF TEXAS FROM MEXICO WHICH MEXICO OBVIOUSLY OWNED BY THE MEXICAN WAR ITSELF. THERE WERE A VARIETY...
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DIDN'T. YOU'VE GIVEN ME AN OPPORTUNITY TO BRING UP SOMETHING I BEG TO BRING UP, AND THIS IS THE MEMOIRE OF THE TRAVEL JOURNAL OF MADAM CALDERA BARKER....
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| 00:36:29 |
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LOT OF RUMBLINGS FROM MEXICO, MEXICANS AND ALSO MEXICAN-AMERICANS, THIS AREA THAT TEXAS WAS PRACTICALLY STOLEN FROM MEXICO AND ALSO THE WESTERN STATES...
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WHETHER THE WAR WAS INTENTIONALLY PROVOKED. HISTORIANS WILL OFTEN LOOK TO ANOTHER DIPLOMATIC ACHIEVEMENT OF JAMES K. POLK, THE OREGON TREATY WITH GREAT...
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BOLD DEMANDS AND INTIMIDATION AND BRINKMANSHIP TO SETTLE A TREATY WITH GREAT BRITAIN. AND I BELIEVE OFTEN HISTORIANS THINK THAT JAMES K. POLK WAS...
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| 00:38:34 |
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POLK OF COURSE CLAIMED THAT THE AMERICAN ARMY WAS STILL ON AMERICAN TERRITORY, THAT HE WAS IN TEXAS. THE MEXICAN GOVERNMENT SAID
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THAT TAYLOR AND HIS TROOPS HAD CROSSED INTO MEXICO. SO MEXICAN TROOPS ATTACKED TAYLOR'S GROUP, LIVES WERE LOST ON BOTH SIDES AND IN MAY OF 1846, JAMES...
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ON. GO AHEAD, PLEASE. >> Caller: YES, MY NAME IS ROSS SMITH AND I'VE RECENTLY BEEN DOING RESEARCH ON THE MIGRATION OVER THE OREGON TRAIL IN THE PERIOD...
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TEXAS AND OREGON TERRITORY AND THE SOUTHWEST THAN AT ANY OTHER TIME IN THE HISTORY OF UNITED STATES INCLUDING THE ORIGINAL TERRITORIES, ORIGINAL COLONIES...
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AND 54/40 DEGREES 54 DEGREES, 40 MINUTES NORTH LATITUDE IS THE SOUTHERN, WAS THE SOUTHERN BORDER OF RUSSIAN ALASKA. AND IT IS SAID THAT POLK SETTLED...
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AND LISTEN TO YOUR ANSWER TO THAT ONE. >> I'M AFRAID I DON'T HAVE MUCH OF AN ANSWER
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EXCEPT THE CIRCUMSTANCES WOULD SUGGEST THAT. >> JOHN HOLTZAPPLE, DO YOU? >> ALTHOUGH A LOT IS MADE OF THAT CAMPAIGN SLOGAN, "54/40
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OR FIGHT," ONE HAS TO REMEMBER THAT PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES OF THAT TIME DIDN'T HAVE THE CONTROL OVER THEIR CAMPAIGNS THAT THEY TEND TO DO NOW. A LOT...
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CHANTING "54/40 OR FIGHT." BUT POLK HIMSELF NEVER REALLY SIGNED ON TO THAT PLEDGE. HE RATHER SHREWDLY AND SOME CRITICS WOULD SAY DISINGENUOUSLY NEVER...
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HOUSE AND PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE TENNESSEE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, 1823-1825. HE WAS A 14-YEAR VETERAN OF THE U.S....
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ROADS AND BRIDGES CONNECTING TENNESSEE WITH THE STATES ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS. SO TENNESSEE FOR THAT AND OTHER REASONS BEGAN TO LEAN MORE TOWARD WHIGS....
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NULLIFICATION. >> WELL, NULLIFICATION HE HAD NOT SUPPORTED. HE WAS A SUPPORTER OF ANDREW JACKSON IN THE 30'S
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WHEN NULLIFICATION CAME OUT, AND, OF COURSE, HE DIDN'T LIVE TILL CESSATION. SO HE TOOK THE JACKSONIAN LINE ABOUT THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN VERY AGAINST...
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BY THAT TIME THOUGH THINGS HAD SPLIT UP AND ALL, BUT I CAN ONLY COMMENT ON WHAT HE DID IN THE 30'S AND 40'S, AND HE USED THE SUPPORT, SUPPORTED THE...
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WAR. >>
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WE GO NEXT TO NEW YORK, GO AHEAD, PLEASE. >> Caller: MY NAME IS DALLAS BATES TREMEL, AND ONE OF MY ANCESTORS WAS GEORGE MIFFLIN DALLAS, VICE-PRESIDENT...
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PHILADELPHIAN, FORMER MAYOR OF PHILADELPHIA IN FACT
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WHO STRONGLY SUPPORTED TEXAS ANNEXATION. WHEN JAMES K. POLK WAS THE UNEXPECTED DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE IN 1844, THEY WANTED, THE DEMOCRATS NEEDED TO FIND...
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WHO WERE HOPING THAT MARTIN VAN BUREN WOULD BE THE
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CANDIDATE THAT YEAR. SO ALONG WITH POLK THEY WANTED TO FIND A NORTHEASTERN DEMOCRAT. AFTER FIRST INVITING MARTIN VAN BUREN LOYALISTS FROM NEW YORK...
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RIGHT. >> AS A TEXAN, DO YOU KNOW WHEN THEY NAMED DALLAS DALLAS? AND DID THEY NAME IT AFTER THIS MAN? >> I GUESS WHEN IT WAS FOUNDED IN THE 1840'S, LATE...
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EXACTLY, HE WAS BASED HERE IN COLUMBIA, BUT FOR A
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WHILE HE SERVED AS A CIRCUIT LAWYER. HE WOULD RIDE BY HORSEBACK
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| 00:49:40 |
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FROM ONE SMALL COUNTY SEAT TO THE NEXT HANDLING A WIDE VARIETY OF CASES. HIS SPECIALTY WAS CRIMINAL DEFENSE, THE SAME
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| 00:49:47 |
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SPECIALTY OF HIS LEGAL MENTOR, FELIX GRUNDY, BUT POLK AS A FRONTIER LAWYER DID A LITTLE OF
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EVERYTHING. SINCE HE BECAME
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| 00:49:54 |
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SO WELL KNOWN OVER A WIDE DISTRICT THAT REALLY ENCOURAGED HIS POLITICAL ASPIRATIONS AND AT JUST 27 YEARS OLD, HE RAN FOR A STATE SEAT IN THE STATE LEGISLATURE...
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| 00:50:52 |
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FOR A
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SCOTCH -- SCOTTISH PRESBYTERIAN FROM MURPHYESBORO. >> DID SHE DRINK BY THE WAY? >> SHE DID NOT ALLOW HARD LIQUOR IN THE WHITE HOUSE, BUT THE POLKS HAD...
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| 00:51:26 |
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WHITE HOUSE, WHAT IS WAS
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| 00:51:27 |
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THAT IN THE EARLY DAYS, WOMEN DIDN'T TRAVEL MUCH WITH THE SENATORS AND CONGRESSMAN, VERY FEW DID. SO THE WIVES DIDN'T AND SO IN THE TIMES BEFORE THE...
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| 00:51:38 |
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AT THE WHITE HOUSE. A GOOD WAY TO GET THE MEN TO COME WAS TO SERVE WHAT WE WOULD CALL DRINKS. IT WAS PUNCH OR GROG OR WHATEVER
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| 00:51:43 |
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THAT DOLLY MADISON SERVED. IT WAS HARD WHISKEY MIXED WITH FRUIT JUICE AND STUFF LIKE THAT THAT HAD GONE ON FOREVER IN THE WHITE HOUSE, THAT HARD DRINKING,...
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| 00:52:19 |
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NASHVILLE. IT IS 150 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK THAT JAMES K. POLK, AND HIS DAIRY STARTS MENTIONING THE FREQUENCY OF CHOLERA IN NASHVILLE. SARA LIVED IN...
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| 00:52:59 |
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AVOCATION. SHE HAD A KEEN INTEREST IN POLITICS. SHE SHARED HER
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HUSBAND'S DEMOCRATIC IDEALS. SHE WOULD SERVE AS HER HUSBAND'S POLITICAL HELP MATE THROUGHOUT HIS LIFE. WHEN HE WAS RUNNING FOR THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES...
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| 00:53:48 |
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ON THE CONTROVERSIAL NATURE OF THE INCURSION BY GENERAL TAYLOR INTO MEXICO. I WONDER IF DR. SEALE WOULD COMMENT ON THE SPOT RESOLUTION AND ABRAHAM LINCOLN'S...
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I'M AFRAID I HAVE TO TELL YOU I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH WHAT YOU MEAN, THE SPOT RESOLUTION. >> Caller: THE SPOT RESOLUTION WAS ABRAHAM LINCOLN'S DEMAND...
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| 00:54:24 |
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TAYLOR ENCOUNTER TOOK PLACE THAT RESULTED IN THE DEATHS OF SOME MEXICAN SOLDIERS WHICH
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SPARKED THE AMERICAN ENTHUSIASM TO ENTER THE WAR WITH MEXICO. >> YOU MEAN THE EXPEDITION THAT TAYLOR SENT THAT SOME -- ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT TAYLOR...
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| 00:55:03 |
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WAR. AND THEN, OF COURSE,
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| 00:55:10 |
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LATER ON AT THE TIME OF THE CIVIL WAR, ABRAHAM LINCOLN FOUND
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| 00:55:12 |
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REASON TO ENTER THE WAR WITH THE SOUTH, AND MANY PEOPLE HELD THAT THIS WAS CONTRARY TO
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LINCOLN'S POSITION IN 1847 OR EIGHT WHEN THE SPOT RESOLUTION CREATED SO MUCH FUROR HERE IN THIS COUNTRY. >> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU FOR THE CALL, BUT LET...
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HE WAS IN? >> I DON'T THINK VERY MUCH, NO. BUT I'M NOT -- I AM AWARE OF THE CONTROVERSY, BUT I CAN'T ADDRESS THE SPOT RESOLUTION. >> ONE MORE CALL AND...
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| 00:56:01 |
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BRIAN. I'M A BIG FAN
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| 00:56:04 |
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OF "BOOKNOTES,"IN
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| 00:56:08 |
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AND I WAS WONDERING HAS THERE EVER BEEN ANY THOUGHT OF PUTTING C-SPAN ON THE
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RADIO? >> OH, MOST DEFINITELY WE HAVE A RADIO STATION IN WASHINGTON,
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WCSP, WHICH
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COVERS ABOUT AN EIGHT MILLION POPULATION AREA. AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO GO ON SATELLITE YADIO AT THE END OF THE YEAR 2000 WHERE YOU'LL BE ABLE TO GET...
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| 00:56:35 |
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IT WILL BE NATIONAL? >> YES, SIR. >> Caller: FOR YOUR GUESTS ONE OF THE PREVIOUS CALLERS BROUGHT UP THE FACT THAT SLAVERY WAS PROHIBITED BY THE MEXICAN...
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PLACES BUT IT REALLY
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| 00:56:56 |
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WASN'T ADMINISTERING TEXAS
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Caller, -
AND IT WAS WEAK. YOU COULD ALMOST LIKEN IT TO ABSENTEE OWNERSHIP, MAYBE NOT THAT EXTREME AND THAT THE
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| 00:57:09 |
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NEIGHBOR WANTED TO DEVELOP THE PROPERTY AND THEY WENT IN THERE AND TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THE WEAKNESS. THAT'S BASICALLY WHAT HAPPENED BECAUSE THE ANGELO...
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| 00:57:45 |
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1987. AND YOU'VE DONE OTHER BOOKS ON THE WHITE HOUSE THAT WE HAVE HERE. JOHN HOLTZAPPLE, GIVE US BEFORE WE INTRODUCE EVERYBODY TO TOM PRICE, GIVE...
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| 00:58:01 |
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HAVE MUCH INFORMATION ON THAT. THE ONLY THING I HAVE EVER SEEN
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| 00:58:05 |
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HAS BEEN A COMMENT BY A CONGRESSMAN FROM MAINE, A JOHN FAIRFIELD WHO WAS LATER GOVERNOR AND SENATOR TALKING ABOUT JAMES K. POLK AND ALL THESE OTHER CONGRESSMAN...
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| 00:58:21 |
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OTHER THAN THAT LITTLE LETTER NOTE, I HAVEN'T HEARD ANYTHING ABOUT JAMES K. POLK'S SPEAKING VOICE. >> HOW TALL WAS HE AND HOW TALL WAS HIS WIFE? >>...
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| 00:58:49 |
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THE APTLY NAMED MUSEUM ROOM, A ROOM WHERE WE
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| 00:58:52 |
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DELIGHT THROUGH ARTIFACTS JAMES K. POLKS'S LIFE AND CAREER. >> WHAT ARE YOU STANDING NEXT TO THERE? >> STANDING NEXT OF ONE OF OUR MORE INTERESTING ARTIFACTS,...
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| 00:59:02 |
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JACKSON TO JAMES POLK. AND IF YOU LOOK CLOSELY AT THE BASE, A LOCK OF HAIR, SOMETHING A GOOD FRIEND WOULD COMMONLY GIVE TO
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| 00:59:10 |
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A GOOD FRIEND OF THEIRS IN THE 19th CENTURY. >> THEY CUT THE HAIR OFF AND SAY HERE, HAVE THIS? >> EXACTLY RIGHT, DURING
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| 00:59:16 |
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A HAIR CUT YOU WOULD KEEP A PORTION
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| 00:59:18 |
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OF THIS AND GIVE IT TO FRIENDS. >> WHEN DID WE GIVE UP THIS TRADITION? >> I'M NOT SURE ABOUT THAT. >> WHAT ELSE DO YOU HAVE IN
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| 00:59:34 |
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THERE? >> A NUMBER OF
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| 00:59:36 |
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| 00:59:39 |
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ARTIFACTS, AS I SAID FROM THE DIFFERENT TIMES OF JAMES K. POLK'S LIFE, CAMPAIGN MEMORABILIA. PROBABLY THE ELECTION OF 1844 WOULD NOT COMPETE WITH THE...
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| 00:59:45 |
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1840 WITH THE LOG CABIN AND HARD SIDER CAMPAIGN AND THE MATERIAL CULTURE THAT WAS BEING MADE FOR
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| 00:59:48 |
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THAT PARTICULAR ELECTION YEAR, BUT A NUMBER OF ARTIFACTS FROM THE ELECTION OF 1844, SILK CAMPAIGN RIBBONS. WE'VE MENTIONED
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| 00:59:59 |
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ALREADY IN THE PROGRAM SLOGANS LIKE "54/40 OR FIGHT," WHICH WERE VERY PREVALENT ON BANNERS OF THE TIME PERIOD AND "PEACE WE LOVE BEST, WAR IF OPPRESSED"...
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| 01:00:47 |
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IT WOULD BE DONE WITHIN HIS ADMINISTRATION. >> TOM PRICE, THIS IS YOUR 30th YEAR ON THIS EARTH. HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN
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| 01:00:52 |
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HERE? >> I'VE BEEN HERE THREE YEARS NEXT WEEK. >> WHAT GOT YOU INVOLVED IN ALL THIS? >> BACKGROUND. MY EDUCATION
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| 01:01:02 |
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IS IN AMERICAN HISTORY, WORKED AT THE SILAS WRIGHT MUSEUM IN CANTON, NEW YORK. JOHN HOLTZAPPLE MENTIONED EARLIER AS COMPROMISE CANDIDATE
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| 01:01:09 |
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DURING THE ELECTION OF 1844, POLK WOULD OFFER HIM THE VICE PRESIDENCY. HE WOULD DECLINE IT.
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| 01:01:13 |
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HE WOULD OFFER HIM THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY
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| 01:01:15 |
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SPOT. HE WOULD DECLINE IT AS WELL AND WIND UP AS GOVERNOR OF NEW YORK IN 1844. >> JOHN HOLTZAPPLE,
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| 01:01:20 |
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WHY DID YOU COME HERE 15 YEARS AGO? >> I'VE ALWAYS HAD AN INTEREST IN HISTORY. WITH MY MUSEUM STUDIES MAJOR I WAS CERTAINLY LOOKING FOR A JOB AT A HISTORIC...
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| 01:01:40 |
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BACK IN 1844, 45 AND THAT THERE WERE 30 STATES.
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| 01:01:43 |
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WE GO NEXT TO ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI. GO AHEAD, PLEASE. HELLO, ST. LOUIS, YOU'RE ON THE
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| 01:01:57 |
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AIR. >> Caller: HELLO, PARDON OF MY IGNORANCE ON THE SUBJECT IN GENERAL, BUT I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS. MY FIRST QUESTION, I'M VERY INTERESTED IN NOT ARCHITECTURE...
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| 01:02:18 |
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NASHVILLE WAS SUBSEQUENTLY DESTROYED? AND HOW DID THAT COME TO BE? SECONDLY, I WAS WONDERING IF THERE ARE ANY POLK FAMILY MEMBERS. I REALIZE THEY DID...
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| 01:03:12 |
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1848 AS A RETIREMENT HOME, A PLACE OF SECURITY FOR THEIR OLD AGE. POLK, OF COURSE, WOULD DIE THERE JUST THREE MONTHS AFTER LEAVING THE WHITE HOUSE. ...
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| 01:03:26 |
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BIT OBSCURE ON THIS POINT, BUT AFTER SARA'S DEATH, A DISPUTE HAPPENED IN THE POLK FAMILY AS TO WHAT SHOULD HAPPEN TO THE PROPERTY. IT WAS SOLD OUTSIDE...
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| 01:04:02 |
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BODIES WERE MOVED TO THE CAPITOL
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| 01:04:11 |
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GROUND. >> WE'LL TELL OUR AUDIENCE TO LOOK AT THAT RIGHT NOW BECAUSE YOU WILL SEE THAT HAVING MOVED IN A FEW MOMENTS INTO THE STATE CAPITAL GROUND...
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| 01:04:35 |
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IT LIKE FOR HER? >> SARA AGAIN PLAYED THE POLITICAL ROLE AS FIRST LADY, THOUGH NOT AS CONSPICUOUSLY AS SHE HAD DONE WHEN SHE WAS IN TENNESSEE. THOUGH...
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| 01:04:56 |
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WOMAN. GEORGE MIFFLIN DALLAS ON FIRST MEETING SARA POLK ASSUMED THAT SHE WAS DOMINEERING. HE SAID THAT SHE IS CERTAINLY MISTRESS OF HER SELF AND HE...
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| 01:05:50 |
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NO, I DON'T THINK SO. CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, JOHN. >> COUSINS, ANYTHING LIKE THAT? >> THERE ARE LOTS OF COUSINS AND LOTS OF OTHER -- POLK FAMILY IS...
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| 01:06:03 |
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HIM AT THE
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| 01:06:06 |
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BEGINNING FROM MARYLAND, THE FAMILY, DOWN TO
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| 01:06:11 |
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TENNESSEE.
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| 01:06:13 |
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THEY KEPT GOING TO ARKANSAS, TEXAS, OUT WEST. >> HOW MANY CHILDREN
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| 01:06:15 |
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WERE THERE IN JAMES POLK'S FAMILY? >> TEN. >> BROTHERS, SISTERS. >> TEN ALL TOGETHER AND WHAT ABOUT HER ENTERTAINING? >> WHO, SARA? >> SARA CHILDRES IN...
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| 01:06:35 |
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THINGS, BUT THE FIRST
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| 01:06:36 |
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LADIES HAVE ALWAYS RECEDED AND
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| 01:06:37 |
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THE MAN
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| 01:06:38 |
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WAS ON THE STAGE. YOU NEVER FIGHT FOR THE STAGE, AND SARA POLK
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| 01:06:41 |
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WAS THAT WAY BUT MAYBE A LITTLE LESS SO. THERE IS ONE INTERESTING
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| 01:06:44 |
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LETTER WHICH SAYS A WOMAN SAYS WE NEVER TALKED TO MRS. POLK MUCH. SHE WAS ALWAYS IN THE PARLOR WITH THE MEN AND SHE COULD BE VERY ABRUPT. THERE WAS...
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| 01:07:25 |
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Caller: HI, BRIAN, THIS IS NEIL McDONALD. WE MET A COUPLE OF TIMES IN THE WASHINGTON AREA, OUTSIDE A BORDERS BOOKSTORE ONCE. IT IS A WONDERFUL SERIES...
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| 01:07:47 |
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ONE ON THERE. I WAS WONDERING IF THEY MIGHT HAVE ROOM IN THE MUSEUM FOR YET ANOTHER ARTIFACT FROM THE PERIOD. >> HOLD ON JUST A SECOND BECAUSE, TOM...
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| 01:08:15 |
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SARA POLK BY JAMES K. POLK FOR THE INAUGURAL FESTIVITIES, SOMETHING SHE CARRIED WITH HER THROUGH THE
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| 01:08:20 |
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FESTIVITIES OF THE
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| 01:08:21 |
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INAUGURATION. >> IS NEIL McDONALD STILL ON THE LINE? >> Caller: HERE, BRIAN, BUT I'M LISTENING ON THE RADIO AND I CAN'T SEE WHAT YOU GOT THERE, BUT...
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| 01:08:42 |
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| 01:08:45 |
Caller, -
HOLD ON JUST A SECOND WHILE YOU ARE ON THE PHONE. LET ME ASK OUR CAMERA PERSON UPSTAIRS TO WALK OVER THERE WITH TOM PRICE AND LOOK AT THAT AND LET'S...
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| 01:09:06 |
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TOP IS SAYS "PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES STATES" AND THEN IS CIRCULAR PICTURES OF ALL THE 11 AT THAT TIME. IS THAT WHAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT,...
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| 01:09:48 |
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PRESIDENCY. ONE OF THE MANY
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| 01:09:54 |
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INVENTIONS BEING MADE DURING POLK'S LIFETIME IS LITHOGRAPHY IN THE 1820'S. IT GIVES RISE TO POPULAR PRINT
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| 01:10:01 |
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MAKING IN THE UNITED STATES. >> IF YOU DON'T MIND, I WANT YOU EVENTUALLY AFTER I ASK JOHN HOLTZAPPLE TO GO BACK TO THE FAN JUST ONE MORE TIME, AND I...
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| 01:10:22 |
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CHILDREN. THEY GET A GUIDED TOUR OF THE POLK HOME. THEY SEE THE SISTER'S HOUSE AND MUSEUM, AN ORIENTATION VIDEO PROGRAM THEN CAN SEE THE GARDEN AND GROUNDS....
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| 01:10:32 |
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PUBLIC IN 1929. IT WAS ACTUALLY A GREAT, GREAT NIECE
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| 01:10:35 |
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OF PRESIDENT POLK
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| 01:10:36 |
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WHO STARTED THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY. VERY FORTUNATE FOR US BECAUSE SHE HAD INHERITED MANY OF THE PRESIDENT'S BELONGINGS, AND SHE HAD THE
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| 01:10:49 |
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CONNECTIONS TO OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS WHO
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| 01:10:52 |
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HAD INHERITED PRESIDENTIAL BELONGINGS. SHE GOT THE COLLECTION TOGETHER. WE'RE VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE SO MANY ORIGINAL ITEMS THAT BELONGED TO PRESIDENT...
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| 01:11:22 |
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NIGHT. I DON'T KNOW WHY THEY WERE SO HOSPITABLE. WE
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| 01:11:25 |
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DON'T NORMALLY GET THAT KIND OF TREATMENT, BUT CAROLYN FISHER WHO IS THE PAST PRESIDENT OF THE JAMES POLK ASSOCIATION, DOT SOWELL AND JANE WHITE. JANE
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| 01:11:37 |
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WHITE IS NOW THE PRESIDENT. >> DOT SOWELL. >> DOT SOWELL IS THE CURRENT PRESIDENT. >> IT'S S-O-W-E-L-L. >> RIGHT. >> NOW, TOM PRICE, TELL US ABOUT THAT...
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| 01:12:06 |
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BUT STARTING ON THAT
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| 01:12:07 |
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FIRST INAUGURAL DAY. >> IS THERE ONLY ONE OF
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| 01:12:10 |
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| 01:12:11 |
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| 01:12:12 |
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THESE? >> THERE IS ONLY ONE OF
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| 01:12:16 |
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THESE. IT'S GUILDED PAPER WITH BONE STYLES THROUGHOUT SHOWING EVERY PRESIDENT FROM WASHINGTON IN THE LARGE OVAL IN THE CENTER ALL THE WAY THROUGH PRESIDENT...
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| 01:12:34 |
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IT CAME THROUGH SARA POLKS'S ESTATE THROUGH THAT GREAT NIECE AND GREAT GREAT
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| 01:12:37 |
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NIECE TO THIS SITE IN THE 1920'S. >> GOING TO BURLINGGAME, CALIFORNIA THEN WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT THE DAGUERREOTYPE.
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| 01:12:47 |
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GO AHEAD, BURLINGGAME, YOU ARE ON THE AIR. >> Caller: YES, I HAVE TWO QUESTIONS. GENERAL GRANT IN HIS MEMOIRES STATED THAT HE THOUGHT THEY
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| 01:12:53 |
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WERE IN MEXICO BECAUSE HE WAS A MEMBER OF TAYLOR'S
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| 01:12:55 |
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REGIMENT THAT THEY WERE THERE TO START A WAR, AND IF YOUR GUESTS CAN TALK ABOUT THAT. AND SECOND, HOW THE UNITED STATES HAPPENED TO HAVE A SQUADRON...
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| 01:13:02 |
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COAST OF CALIFORNIA. I'LL TAKE MY ANSWER OFF THE
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| 01:13:09 |
Caller, -
AIR. >> WILLIAM SEALE. >> I DIDN'T HEAR THAT ALL. ABOUT CALIFORNIA, POLK IMMEDIATELY STARTED MACHINATIONS IN CALIFORNIA TO DISRUPT MATTERS BETWEEN...
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| 01:13:30 |
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BAY. THEY APPEAR THERE
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| 01:13:32 |
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UNDER COMMODORE SLOUT, AND IT WAS ALL PRACTICALLY OVER THERE. CALIFORNIA WAS IN GREAT DISCORD AT THE TIME BECAUSED THERE HAD BEEN THIS HUGE INFLUX...
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| 01:14:30 |
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PART OF POKE'S ADMINISTRATION, 1845 MAYBE 1846 SHOWING THE CABINET MEMBERS. IT IS THE FIRST INTERIOR PHOTOGRAPH OF THE WHITE HOUSE EVER
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| 01:14:39 |
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TAKEN. >> WHERE WAS IT TAKEN? >> IT WAS TAKEN IN THE STATE DINING ROOM OF THE WHITE HOUSE. WHAT IS A DAGUERREOTYPE? >> A DAGUERREOTYPE IS THE EARLIEST...
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| 01:15:00 |
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| 01:15:02 |
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PHOTOGRAPHY INVENTED IN FRANCE IN 1839. IT'S ACTUALLY A PIECE OF COPPER THAT'S PLATED WITH SILVER, GIVEN A HIGH GLOSS AND THEN SENSITIZED WITH CHEMICALS...
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| 01:15:13 |
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IT COULD TAKE UP TO TWO MINUTES DEPENDING ON HOW MUCH LIGHTING YOU HAD IN THE AREA TO TAKE YOUR DAGUERREOTYPE IN TERMS OF A PORTRAIT. >> WHO IS IN THAT...
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| 01:15:39 |
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TREASURY. STANDING IN THE BACK ON THE
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| 01:15:41 |
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LEFT IS CAVE JOHNSON FROM CLARKSVILLE, TENNESSEE ORIGINALLY WAS HIS POSTMASTER GENERAL AND ON HIS RIGHT IS GEORGE BANCROFT, A NOTED AMERICAN HISTORIAN...
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| 01:16:11 |
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IN THE MEETING SARA DISRUPTED THEM AND ASKED
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| 01:16:13 |
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THEM TO PLEASE COME DOWN INTO THE STATE DINING ROOM. THEY DID. JOHN PLUM HAD ALREADY HAD HIS MATERIALS SET UP THERE, AND SHE SUFFERED THEM TO HAVE...
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| 01:17:13 |
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IT OR NOT, AND I THINK THE PICTURE IS INTERESTING BECAUSE ALL THE CABINET IS IN BLACK EXCEPT FOR BANCROFT WHO IS IN WHITE, AND HE WILL LEAVE THE CABINET...
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| 01:17:22 |
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BANCROFT OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, THE BANCROFT AWARD AND ALL THAT? >> YES. >> WAS HE SECRETARY OF NAVY? >> SECRETARY OF THE NAVY AND HE RESIGNED WITH...
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| 01:17:42 |
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CONCERNS POLK'S EARLIER POLITICAL CAREER. COULD YOU EXPAND
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| 01:17:45 |
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ON HIS CONNECTION WITH PRESIDENT JACKSON, OTHER
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| 01:17:47 |
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SUPPORTERS OF EXPANSIONISM SUCH
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| 01:17:48 |
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AS FRANCIS P. BLAIR OF KENTUCKY, EXPANSIONISTS, POLITICAL PARTIES
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| 01:17:53 |
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SUCH AS THE UNION PARTY. >> IS BLAIRSVILLE, GEORGIA NAMED AFTER FRANCIS P.
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| 01:18:01 |
Caller, -
BLAIR? >> Caller: POSSIBLY. WE'RE NOT SURE AT THE MOMENT. >> JOHN HOLTZAPPLE. >> THROUGHOUT HIS POLITICAL CAREER, JAMES K. POLK WAS A DISCIPLE
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| 01:18:15 |
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OF JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY. HE FOLLOWED JACKSON ON ALMOST ALL OF JACKSON'S ISSUES, NULLIFICATION, STRONG UNIONISM. I OFTEN THINK OF STATES RIGHTS AND UNIONISM...
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| 01:18:25 |
Caller, -
K. POLK BELIEVED IN A STRONG UNION, THAT THAT
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| 01:18:32 |
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| 01:18:33 |
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THE DFT, THE UNITED STATES, -- THAT THE GOVERNMENT, THE UNITED STATES, HAD TO STAY TOGETHER. AND HE THOUGHT THE BEST WAY OF DOING THAT WAS GIVING SOME...
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| 01:19:19 |
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SAN JUAN ISLANDS. AND ALSO,
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| 01:19:24 |
Caller, -
ARE THERE ANY PLACES NAMED POLK AROUND THE U.S. OR NAMED AFTER PRESIDENT POLK? >> COUNTIES, POLK COUNTY, THE PIG INCIDENT I REMEMBER BUT I CAN'T TELL...
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| 01:19:53 |
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AS A CONCESSION TO GREAT BRITAIN, ALL OF VANCOUVER ISLAND WENT TO CANADA, TO GREAT
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| 01:19:57 |
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BRITAIN EVEN THOUGH THE SOUTHERN MOST END EXTENDED A BIT SOUTH. SAN JUAN ISLAND WAS STILL SORT OF A QUESTION MARK, SORT OF OVERLOOKED, CONFUSION OVER...
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| 01:20:58 |
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PEOPLE FROM DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE COUNTRY. HE WANTED A NEW ENGLANDER TO START WITH AND WOODBURY FIT THE BILL.
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| 01:21:09 |
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GRIER WAS A PENNSYLVANIAN AND I THINK KIND OF INTERESTING BEFORE GRIER WAS ASKED, POLK CONSIDERED ASKING JAMES BUCHANAN. AND THERE WAS SORT OF ALMOST...
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| 01:21:54 |
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IT -- BEFORE STAMPS WERE ISSUED,
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| 01:21:58 |
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IT WASN'T THE SENDER WHO WAS PAYING FOR POSTAGE, MORE OFTEN OF IT THE RECEIVER. BECAUSE OF THAT A LOT OF MAIL WAS NEVER DELIVERED. IF YOU DIDN'T WANT...
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| 01:22:53 |
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HERE AT THE JAMES K. POLK HOME. BY THE WAY, WHAT DOES K. STAND
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| 01:22:56 |
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FOR, TOM PRICE? >> THAT WOULD BE KNOX. >> AND WHICH KNOX IS IT? >> JOHN KNOX, THE PRESBYTERIAN REFORMER, POLK'S MOTHER'S MAIDEN NAME WAS KNOX AND SHE...
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| 01:23:09 |
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CONTINUE OUR CALLS AND OUR DISCUSSION. THE (202) 626-4858 NUMBER I WANT YOU TO HAVE.
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| 01:23:18 |
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THAT'S OUR
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| 01:23:19 |
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C-SPAN IN THE CLASSROOM
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| 01:23:21 |
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NUMBER. (202) 626-4858 FOR TEACHERS, YOU CAN GET THE TEACHERS KIT SHIPPED TO YOUR
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| 01:23:27 |
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HOME AT CSPAN.ORG/CLASSROOM IS THE WEB SITE. LOTS OF MATERIAL ON THERE. (202) 626-4858. FOLKS ARE THERE TO TAKE YOUR CALLS RIGHT NOW IF YOU WANT TO...
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| 01:26:05 |
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ABOUT A LOT OF THINGS, INCLUDING THE WHITE HOUSE. WHAT WAS THIS COUNTRY LIKE IN 1845 WHEN HE BECAME PRESIDENT? >> WELL, IT LIVED BY RIVER LARGELY WITH...
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| 01:26:29 |
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BECOME A MAJOR ELEMENT. THE SOUTH WAS FLOURISHING IN COTTON, KING COTTON ERA AS IT'S CALLED BY HISTORIANS. NEW YORK OF COURSE HAD OUTGROWN PHILADELPHIA...
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| 01:27:16 |
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HART TAFT. WE'LL BE DOING THE PROGRAMS ON HIM IN CINNCINATI. HE, BY THE WAY, IS BURIED IN ARLINGTON CEMETERY. THAT MAN THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TODAY...
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| 01:27:52 |
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TALKING ABOUT WASHINGTON, OREGON, IDAHO, CHUNKS OF MONTANA AND NORTHWEST WYOMING SO CERTAINLY TERRITORIAL EXPANSION. CRITICS OF POLK WOULD ALSO ARGUE...
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| 01:28:32 |
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BRENT BETZEL. OUR NEXT CALL IS CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. THANK YOU FOR WAITING. GO AHEAD. YOU ARE ON THE AIR. >> Caller: I'VE READ THAT UNLIKE THE USUAL...
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| 01:28:48 |
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OR WAS IT HIS
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HEALTH? >> WILLIAM SEALE. >> WELL, HE SAID ALL ALONG HE WAS GOING TO BE A ONE-TERM PRESIDENT. HE HAD WORK TO DO AND HE WAS GOING TO GET IT DONE AND...
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HE DID GET DONE MOST EVERYTHING HE SAID HE WAS GOING TO DO, MAINLY THE EXPANSION THAT HE ACHIEVED. I DON'T THINK IT WAS HIS HEALTH. I DO THINK HE WORKED...
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| 01:29:13 |
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ALONG. I THINK IT WAS
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| 01:29:15 |
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JUST AS HE HAD WITH SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE, HE DECIDED IT WAS TIME FOR HIM TO GO AND HE LEFT. >> HE WAS ALSO ONE OF 26 LAWYERS WHO SERVED AS PRESIDENT...
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| 01:29:45 |
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BOOK YOU ARE READING, HE AND ANDREW JOHNSON WERE THE ONLY TWO PRESIDENTS BORN IN NORTH CAROLINA. YOU CAN GET A DISPUTE ON THAT BECAUSE ANDREW JACKSON...
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| 01:30:28 |
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A LOT OF PUNS ON POLK'S NAME. LIKE THE DEMOCRATS WERE TRYING TO POLK ANDREW JACKSON'S POLICIES DOWN AMERICA'S THROAT OR IN A RACE AGAINST THE WHIG,...
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| 01:30:41 |
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POLKY TO
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WIN." THE ONE THAT MAY BE THE
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| 01:30:44 |
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BEST OR SAY THE
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| 01:30:45 |
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MOST SINCE JAMES K. POLK WAS VIEWED
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| 01:30:47 |
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AS AN UNKNOWN CANDIDATE AS A DARK HORSE, THE WHIGS CALLED HIM A BIG PIG IN A POLK, AN UNCOMMON COMMODITY. >> AND ON YOUR WEB SITE YOU HAVE THAT LITTLE...
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| 01:31:23 |
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IS WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING WAS NOT A POLITICAL SLOGAN? "WHO IS JAMES K. POLK" WAS ONE OF THEM, "54, 40 OR FIGHT" WAS ANOTHER ONE, "JAMES K. POLK AND...
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| 01:32:06 |
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ARE PROTECTIONISTS BUT NEVER PROTEXANNISTS. PRETTY MUCH FOLLOWS HENRY CLAY'S PHILOSOPHY OF STRONG TARIFFS AND STRONG FEDERAL PROGRAMS FOR INTERNAL IMPROVEMENTS,...
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| 01:32:41 |
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HERE IT SAYS THAT INSCRIBED ON THE ROLL OF WEST TENNESSEE AT THE RATE OF $8 PER MONTH TO COMMENCE ON THE 6th DAY OF MAY 1832.
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| 01:32:49 |
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CERTIFICATE OF PENSION ISSUED THE 10th OF MAY 1832 AND SENT TO HONORABLE J. K. POLK. HE WAS CONGRESSMAN AT THAT TIME? >> 32? >> Caller: YES. >> YES,...
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| 01:33:17 |
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PAPERS SUPPORTING
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| 01:33:25 |
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ANDREW'S JACKSON'S BATTLE TO DESTROY THE SECOND BANK OF THE UNITED STATES, AND THAT'S WHEN HE GAINED THE NICKNAME YOUNG HICKORY. >> JOHN HOLTZAPPLE,...
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| 01:33:52 |
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POLITICKING. I HAVE HEARD SOME HISTORIANS SPECULATE THAT'S WHY SO FEW SPEAKERS OF THE HOUSE BECOME PRESIDENT THAT THE SKILLS, THE SORT OF BEHIND THE...
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| 01:34:05 |
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FOLLOWING. FOR JAMES K. POLK THOSE MANEUVERING SKILLS REALLY HELPED HIM WITH SOME OF HIS ECONOMIC GOALS, LOWERING THE TARIFF, ONE OF HIS PLEDGE AND THAT...
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| 01:34:49 |
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THAT PICTURE WOULD BE VERY FAMILIAR. DR. SEALE HAD MENTIONED WILLIAM H. PRESCOTT'S BOOK, "THE CONQUEST OF MEXICO." IT WAS A BEST-SELLING HISTORY BOOK,...
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| 01:35:00 |
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CORTEZ WAS RIGHT ON THE FRONTIS PIECE OF THE BOOK. IT'S ALMOST EMBLEMMATIC OF THE CONTROVERSY AND THE EXTREME SIDES AND VIEWS IN THE MEXICAN WAR....
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| 01:36:07 |
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EXPANSIONIST, AND AND JEFFERSONIAN IDEALS. SARA POLK HUNG THAT PORTRAIT OF CORTEZ IN THE BLUE ROOM. IT HUNG IN THE BLUE ROOM OF THE WHITE HOUSE FOR...
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| 01:36:17 |
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CONQUISTADOR. >> ADD, GO AHEAD, PLEASE. >> SAN DIEGO, GO AHEAD PLEASE. >> Caller: YES, GOOD MORNING. I THINK AS WE TALK ABOUT HIS LEGACY, I THINK THAT...
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| 01:36:45 |
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WAS UNDER
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| 01:36:46 |
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HIS
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| 01:36:48 |
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SECRETARYSHIP UNDER BUCHANAN, IT WAS ACTUALLY JAMES POLK THAT WAS BEHIND THE DREAD SCOTT. HE HELPED DRAFT THE LEGISLATIVE INFORMATION THAT PRETTY MUCH...
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| 01:37:56 |
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HAVE. BUT REMEMBER LINCOLN HIMSELF WAS ORIGINALLY FOR CURBING SLAVERY, FOR NOT STOPPING IT, NOT FOR OPPOSING IT. THAT CAME LATER. >> CALLER, LET ME...
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| 01:38:22 |
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KNOW, THEIR PART OF SLAVERY WHICH
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| 01:38:26 |
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WAS INDEED A HUMANITY AGAINST, YOU KNOW, MEN. IT WAS REALLY CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY AND WE CAN'T CONTINUE TO JUST DISCUSS OUR FOREFATHERS WHILE LEAVING...
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| 01:39:23 |
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AND THERE IS THINGS THAT WE CAN'T TOLERATE TODAY OR ADMIRE, BUT WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND THEM, AND YOU ARE QUITE RIGHT ABOUT THE REWRITING OF THESE THINGS....
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| 01:39:49 |
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I WOULD LIKE TO ADD THAT IOWA WAS ADMITTED IN 1846, AND IT WAS A NONSLAVE STATE AND WE'RE PROUD OF THAT FACT, AND I JUST LIKE TO ADD
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| 01:39:58 |
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THAT. THANK YOU. >> YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE GOING TO SEE THIS LATER ON, IS THE
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| 01:40:03 |
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CHURCH,
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| 01:40:04 |
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JOHN HOLTZAPPLE, OVER HERE WHERE IT SAYS HE WAS THE 10th PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. HOW MUCH DID RELIGION PLAY IN HIS LIFE AT ALL? >> A POLK SCHOLAR...
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| 01:40:20 |
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GREATEST RELIGIOUS ZEAL WAS TOWARD JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY. NEVERTHELESS, JAMES K. POLK WAS A SPIRITUAL MAN OR A MAN WITH SPIRITUAL SEARCHING. HE CAME...
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| 01:40:36 |
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FAMILY. HIS GRANDFATHER EZEKIEL WAS AN OUTSPOKEN RELIGIOUS SKEPTIC, WAS A DEIST WHO DID BELIEVE IN A CREATOR GOD BUT NOT A PERSONAL GOD. ON THE OTHER...
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| 01:44:22 |
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I KNOW THAT YOU LIKE STATISTICS, AND I KNOW THAT YOU LIKE MODERN REFERENCES TO AMERICAN HISTORY SO I HAVE ONE EACH FOR YOU HERE. >> GO. >> Caller: FIRST...
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| 01:44:37 |
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PART AND IT'S CALLED "THE
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| 01:44:39 |
Caller, -
CLASS OF 1846" BY JAMES
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| 01:44:40 |
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WAUGH,
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| 01:44:41 |
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AND IT'S ABOUT THE WESTPOINT CLASS OF 1846 WHICH INCLUDED T.J. JACKSON AND GEORGE McCLELLAN, AND IT'S ABOUT THEIR EXPERIENCES AND A LOT OF THE OTHER
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| 01:44:51 |
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YOUNGER OFFICERS AND THEIR
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| 01:44:52 |
Caller, -
EXPERIENCES IN THE MEXICAN AMERICAN WAR AND HOW THAT LED TO THEIR, YOU KNOW, THE WAY THEY FOUGHT DURING THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR. >> THE BOOK'S ABOUT...
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| 01:45:25 |
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YOU WANT TO POINT OUT?
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| 01:45:30 |
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OUT? >> Caller: ALSO A STATISTIC, ACTUALLY A QUESTION. YOU BUYS MIGHT WANT TO LOOK INTO THIS. I KNOW THAT YOU HAVE STATISTICS ON JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING...
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| 01:45:45 |
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WERE THE OLDEST, THE YOUNGEST, THE MIDDLE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT AND SEE IF YOU CAN DRAW ANY CONCLUSIONS
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| 01:45:51 |
Caller, -
FROM THAT. AND THE LAST THING PEOPLE MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN IS THERE IS A ROCK BAND CALLED "THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS" AND THEY HAVE AN ALBUM CALLED "FACTORY...
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| 01:46:33 |
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I WANTED TO POINT OUT TO THE LADY FROM SAN DIEGO THAT'S WHY
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| 01:46:35 |
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WE HAVE CALLS ALSO AS THERE HASN'T BEEN ANY OF THESE PROGRAMS
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| 01:46:37 |
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OF THE 11 WHERE THE SLAVERY ISSUE
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| 01:46:38 |
Caller, -
HASN'T BEEN DISCUSSED. OFTEN IT'S BROUGHT UP BY CALLERS, OFTEN BY AFRICAN-AMERICANS AND THAT'S WHY WE DO IT THE WAY WE DO IT SO WE CAN GET AS MANY DIFFERENT...
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| 01:46:47 |
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WILLIAMS SOMEWHERE IN CEDAR RAPIDS, IOWA. GOOD MORNING, HOW ARE YOU? >> Caller: GOOD. >> WHAT YEAR IN SCHOOL ARE YOU? >> Caller: WHAT? >> WHAT YEAR IN...
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| 01:47:12 |
Caller, -
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| 01:47:14 |
Caller, -
COUNTRY AND A LOT OF OTHER SCHOOLS
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| 01:47:18 |
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ARE NAMED AFTER FAMOUS PEOPLE
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| 01:47:22 |
Caller, -
TOO,
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| 01:47:24 |
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AND SO I GUESS SOMEBODY JUST PICKED POLK. >> WHAT HAVE YOU LEARNED ABOUT JAMES POLK BECAUSE YOUR SCHOOL IS NAMED AFTER
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| 01:47:31 |
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HIM? >> I LEARNED A LOT OF STUFF ABOUT HIM. I LEARNED ABOUT HIS CHILDHOOD AND IMPORTANCE TO IOWA, AND ABOUT MEXICAN WAR AND STUFF LIKE THAT. >> WHAT...
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| 01:47:48 |
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HIS, THE PROBLEMS HE HAD WITH HIS HEALTH WHEN HE WAS YOUNG? >>
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| 01:47:54 |
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Caller: WELL, HE LACKED PHYSICAL STAMINA AND AT THE AGE OF 17 AND HE HAD GALL STONES TOO, AND HE HAD TO
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| 01:48:08 |
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GO TO THE OPERATING TABLE AND ALL HE HAD TO HELP HIM WITH HIS PAIN WAS A LITTLE JAR OF
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| 01:48:16 |
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WHISKEY AND WHEN -- AND HE HAD TO GET HIS STOMACH CUT OPEN TO GET THE GALLSTONES OUT. >> DO YOU TALK ABOUT THAT AT SCHOOL WHERE YOU GO? >> Caller: YEAH....
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| 01:48:48 |
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LOCATED? >> Caller: WELL, IT'S IN IOWA AND IT'S LOCATED ABOUT -- >>
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| 01:48:52 |
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IS IT NEAR, HAVE YOU
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| 01:48:54 |
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EVER BEEN OVER TO THE -- I WAS JUST IN YOUR TOWN A FEW WEEKS AGO. HAVE YOU EVER BEEN OVER TO
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| 01:49:04 |
Caller, -
THE HERBERT HOOVER
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| 01:49:06 |
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LIBRARY? >> Caller: NO. >> WHY DON'T YOU
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| 01:49:10 |
Caller, -
ASK YOUR TEACHERS TO TAKE TO PRESIDENT HOOVER'S LIBRARY SOMETIME IN THE FALL? >> Caller: OKAY. >> THANK
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| 01:49:18 |
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YOU, LINDSAY WILLIAMS, FOR JOINING US. >> Caller: THANK YOU. >> HAVE YOU EVER TAUGHT SCHOOL? >> YES, THAT WAS IN COLLEGE, I TAUGHT COLLEGE YEARS AGO...
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| 01:49:27 |
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ABOUT THREE YEARS. >> FROM WHAT YOU KNOW, HOW DO YOU ASSESS THE WAY HISTORY IS BEING TAUGHT
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| 01:49:32 |
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NOW? >> I'VE ONLY SEEN SOME TEXT BOOKS AND THEY'VE GOTTEN AWFULLY
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| 01:49:37 |
Caller, -
POLITICAL, AND I THINK THE WHOLE HISTORY HAS TO
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| 01:49:39 |
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BE TAUGHT IN A PARTICIPATING WAY. YOU GOT TO HAVE THE
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| 01:49:42 |
Caller, -
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| 01:49:44 |
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| 01:49:45 |
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FACTS, BUT I THINK YOU HAVE TO KNOW HOW HISTORY IS MADE, WHAT IT'S
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| 01:49:49 |
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MADE FROM, FROM DOCUMENTS. AND YOUNG PEOPLE CAN DO THAT. FRESHMAN IN COLLEGE CAN CERTAINLY
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| 01:49:54 |
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DO THAT. >> WHAT YEAR DID YOU DO THIS BOOK? >> '92. WHAT IS IN IT? >> IT'S ABOUT THE, ARCHITECTURE OF THE WHITE HOUSE. IT'S NOT A SOCIAL HISTORY. IT'S...
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| 01:50:15 |
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INVOLVED WITH THE
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| 01:50:16 |
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WHITE HOUSE HISTORICAL SOCIETY. DO THEY HAVE
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| 01:50:18 |
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YOUR BOOKS AVAILABLE? >> YES, IN WASHINGTON. >> HOW DO PEOPLE GET A HOLD OF THEM? WELL,
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| 01:50:27 |
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THEY CAN CALL THE NUMBER. ACTUALLY I BROUGHT IT THIS TIME,
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| 01:50:29 |
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| 01:50:30 |
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| 01:50:31 |
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1-800-555-2451.
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| 01:50:34 |
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AND THE WHITE HOUSE HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION HAS LOTS OF PRODUCTS INCLUDING A JOURNAL WHICH COMES OUT TWICE A YEAR ABOUT THE HISTORY OF THE WHITE HOUSE....
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| 01:50:42 |
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555-2451. >> DOES SOMEBODY
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| 01:50:43 |
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ANSWER OR IS THERE A TAPE? >> NO, IT WILL BE ANSWERED. >> BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS FOR WILLIAM SEALE, GO AHEAD, PLEASE. >> HI, BRIAN, IT'S A DELIGHT TO...
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| 01:51:00 |
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ON THE AIR ON THIS PROGRAM, AND
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| 01:51:02 |
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| 01:51:03 |
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THANK YOU FOR
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| 01:51:15 |
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PLUGGING
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| 01:51:16 |
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WILL
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| 01:51:19 |
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SEALE'S BOOKS BECAUSE THEY'RE ALL WONDERFUL. I JUST HAVE AN OBSERVATION TO MAKE IN RESPONSE TO THE INEVITABLE CALLER ON THE SUBJECT OF SLAVERY. OF...
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| 01:52:14 |
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IT WAS A PART OF THE STORY. OBVIOUSLY IT CONCERNED HIM. THAT THEY
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| 01:52:16 |
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HAD NO CHILDREN TO LEAVE THEIR ESTATE TO, THAT HE WANTED THESE
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| 01:52:18 |
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PEOPLE FREED WHEN SHE DIED, BUT SHE NEEDED TO BE CARED FOR. AS IT TURNED OUT SHE SOLD IT ALL IN 1858. >> WHAT DID THEY DO WITH SLAVES WHEN THEY WENT TO...
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| 01:52:25 |
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THEM? >> OH, YEAH, WITH THE POLKS, WITH EVERYONE WHO WAS A SLAVE HOLDER. THEY WERE HOUSE SERVANTS OR USUALLY TO MY KNOWLEDGE. IT'S HARD TO FIND OUT...
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| 01:52:42 |
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STAFF. THE PERMANENT STAFF, WHICH WAS USUALLY FRENCH OR BELGIUM AND DIDN'T SPEAK
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| 01:52:46 |
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ENGLISH TERRIBLY WELL. >> THE FRENCH OR BELGIUM? >> YES, AND THE SLAVES OF COURSE WERE FROM THE FAMILY AND THEY USUALLY LIVED IN THE FAMILY QUARTERS....
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| 01:53:08 |
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SAID HE WISHED HE DIDN'T HAVE
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| 01:53:09 |
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TO USE PEOPLE FROM THE FARM BECAUSE YOU COULD FIRE EMPLOYEE SERVICE BUT YOU YOU CAN'T FIRE SLAVES AND THEY WERE THERE. NO, THEY VERY MUCH FIGURE IN...
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| 01:53:46 |
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PLEASE. >> Caller: GOOD MORNING, BRIAN. MY NAME IS JOAN AND I'M IN EUGENE NOW BUT I GREW UP IN HOUSTON, TEXAS, AND I LEFT THERE IN 1969 AND SO I HAVE...
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| 01:54:10 |
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GUESS MY SENSE WHEN WE LOOK AT OUR HISTORY IS THAT THE SLAVES WERE FIRST THE BLACK PEOPLE, WERE SLAVES OF THEIR OWN PEOPLE ORIGINALLY, AND I'M NOT...
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| 01:56:00 |
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IN POLK'S ADMINISTRATION. SOMETHING NOT MENTIONED YET ON THE SLAVERY ISSUE BUT
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| 01:56:10 |
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IT BECAME CRUCIAL IN POLK'S ADMINISTRATION AND LATER ADMINISTRATIONS WAS SOMETHING CALLED THE WILMOTT PROVISO. WHAT JAMES K. POLK -- DURING THE MEXICAN...
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| 01:58:47 |
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MY FAMILY
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| 01:58:51 |
Caller, -
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| 01:58:54 |
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TREE. WE HAVE SLAVES
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| 01:58:56 |
Caller, -
THAT WAS IN OUR BUNCH, BUT THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH WHAT THE WAY THE ECONOMY WAS RUN BACK THEN. WE JUST HAVE A SOCIETY TODAY THAT OPPOSES THAT,...
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| 01:59:36 |
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THERE AND WAS NOBODY BEING HURT,
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| 01:59:41 |
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LESS THAN ONE OR ONE TO FIVE PERCENT OF THE POPULATION WAS IN SLAVERY, AND THE OTHER PEOPLE DIDN'T EVEN OWN SLAVES. BUT THAT WAS THEIR WAY OF LIVELIHOOD,...
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| 02:00:46 |
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IT WAS UTTERLY INCOMPATIBLE FOR ALL ITS INHUMANITY, IT WAS UTTERLY INCOMPATIBLE WITH THE SYSTEM THAT WAS SET OUT IN THE AMERICAN CONSTITUTION, THE...
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| 02:01:55 |
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DRESSED IN THEIR FINEST REGALIA, AND THEY ARE BEAUTIFULLY BEHAVED AND VERY PROUD TO BE HERE. >> THE ONE THING I WANTED TO ASK YOU, I WAS VISITING IN...
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| 02:02:09 |
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THEM. DO YOU THINK FOLKS DOWN HERE ARE STILL FIGHTING THAT WAR? >> I DON'T THINK THEY'RE FIGHTING THAT WAR AT ALL. I THINK IT'S SORT OF A FAD. I THINK...
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| 02:02:20 |
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THE SOUTH PEOPLE SORT OF ENJOY IT. I DON'T THINK WHEN PEOPLE PUT UP A CONFEDERATE FLAG, THEY THINK WE'RE GOING TO FIGHT AGAIN AND RAISE ROBERT E. LEE...
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| 02:02:36 |
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TEXAS. WE GO TO CHARLESTOWN, WEST VIRGINIA. GO AHEAD PLEASE, CHARLESTOWN, YOU ARE ON THE AIR PLEASE. >> Caller: HI, GOOD MORNING. IT'S REALLY INTERESTING...
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| 02:02:55 |
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COULD DISCUSS SAY THE MEXICAN AMERICAN WAR AND MAYBE WHY PRESIDENT POLK DECIDED TO SIGN A TREATY
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| 02:03:03 |
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RATHER THAN CONTINUE HIS EXPANSIONIST POLICIES TOWARDS MEXICO. >> THAT WAS THE QUESTION AT THE TIME. THAT IS THE BIG QUESTION AT THE TIME. KEEP GOING,...
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| 02:03:31 |
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BEFORE. THE AMERICAN NATIVES WERE AN ANCIENT POPULATION AND IT WOULD NEVER WORK. WE'VE NOT HAD TO FACE THAT BEFORE. I MEAN THE AMERICAN INDIANS OR...
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| 02:05:37 |
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THAT? >> JAMES K. POLK WAS REALLY
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| 02:05:40 |
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RIDING THE CREST OF THE WAVE OF EXPANSIONISM WHICH DR. SEALE
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| 02:05:42 |
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HAD ALLUDED TO. HENRY CLAY
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| 02:05:44 |
Caller, -
MADE A
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| 02:05:49 |
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POSITION DECISION THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN QUITE REALISTIC AND INTELLIGENT BUT WASN'T VERY POLITICALLY
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| 02:05:56 |
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SHREWD. IT TURNED OUT THAT CLAY WAS GOING TO TAKE MARTIN VAN
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| 02:05:59 |
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BUREN'S POSITION ON THE ANNEXATION OF TEXAS, THAT BY ANNEXING TEXAS IT WILL BRING THE SLAVERY ISSUE TO THE FOREFRONT. THAT WOULD DIVIDE THE POLITICAL...
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| 02:06:49 |
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LOUISVILLE. AND WE WILL ON THE AIR FROM 9:00 ON MONDAY MORNING FOR TWO HOURS TO TWO AND A HALF HOURS. >> AS WE GO NEXT ON THE TELEPHONE TO WANESBORO,...
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| 02:07:16 |
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CAN APPRECIATE THAT I REALLY DO BELIEVE SHE THINKS SHE IS SAYING
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| 02:07:22 |
Caller, -
RIGHT THING BUT TO SAY TO BLACK PEOPLE THAT
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| 02:07:24 |
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THE BEST
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| 02:07:25 |
Caller, -
THING FOR THEM WAS THE INSTITUTION OF SLAVERY, THAT'S A BITTER PILL. AS A SOUTHERNER, WHEN I LOOK BACK AT MY OWN FAMILY HISTORY, I THINK WHAT WHITE...
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| 02:09:55 |
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THINK? >> IT WAS HEATING UP IN THIS PERIOD, WITH THE MEXICAN AMERICAN WAR AND ALL, EXPANSION PARTICULARLY, WOULD SLAVERY EXTEND OR WOULD IT STOP; AND...
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| 02:10:16 |
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THE 1850'S. THERE IS QUITE A FAMILY IN NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE WHERE ARCHITECTS ARE STILL IN BUSINESS, THE ARCHITECTS ARE STILL IN BUSINESS, STILL THE...
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| 02:11:13 |
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EAST AURORA THEN DIED IN BUFFALO. >> HE IS BURIED UP
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| 02:11:19 |
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| 02:11:20 |
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THERE. YEAH, WE WILL BE AT EAST AURORA BUT DURING THAT PROGRAM, A FELLOW BY THE NAME OF TONY COHEN IS AN AFRICAN-AMERICAN WILL APPEAR ON THE PROGRAM...
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| 02:11:36 |
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IN PERSPECTIVE. WE GO TO LOS ANGELES
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| 02:11:40 |
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NEXT. -- GO AHEAD, PLEASE. GO AHEAD PLEASE. >> Caller: GOOD MORNING. I ENJOY C-SPAN VERY MUCH. I'M HOME WITH A BAD BACK AT THE SECOND AND SO I'M,...
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| 02:12:07 |
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SLAVERY, AND I HAVE TWO DISTINCT POINTS OF VIEW ON THE ISSUE. ONE, MY FAMILY ORIGINALLY WAS FROM AN AREA OF ALABAMA WHERE THEY OWNED NUMEROUS SLAVES...
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| 02:13:45 |
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EARNED TOWARD THEIR FREEDOM, WORKED OUT
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| 02:13:47 |
Caller, -
SYSTEM FOR THIS DAVIS HAD. >> JOHN HOLTZAPPLE, THE PRESIDENT'S HEALTH AND WE'VE ALLUDED TO IT EARLIER AND I KNOW PEOPLE KIND OF DANCE AROUND THIS ONE...
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| 02:13:55 |
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FUN TO TALK ABOUT, BUT HE HAD AN OPERATION WHEN HE WAS 17. CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT IT? >> EXACTLY, I THANK THE FIFTH GRADER, LINDSAY, FROM IOWA FOR MENTIONING...
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BEFORE HIS 17th BIRTHDAY NEEDED SURGERY, LITHOTOMY FOR STONES IN HIS URINARY BLADDER. THE NEAREST DOCTOR TO PERFORM SURGERY LIKE THAT WAS A RENOWNED...
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| 02:14:22 |
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BUT IT WAS AN AGONIZING TRIP TO GET THERE. JAMES POLK HAD THE OPERATION WHILE AWAKE WITH AS LINDSAY MENTIONED JUST EITHER WHISKEY OR BRANDY, THE RECOVERY...
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| 02:15:54 |
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THE ACTUAL LOCATION IS PINEVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA. HE LIVED IN THIS HOUSE WE'RE SITTING IN. HIS PARENTS OWNED IT. HE LIVED THERE FOR SIX YEARS BEFORE...
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| 02:16:39 |
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WAS THE WORD GIVEN HERE IN AMERICA, BUT IN AFRICA WHEN ONE OWED A DEBT TO ANOTHER FAMILY, IT WAS A WAY OF PAYING OFF THAT DEBT BY WORKING FOR THAT FAMILY....
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| 02:17:22 |
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DON'T BELIEVE THEY REALLY -- >> WHO PAID FOR THEM? WHERE DID THE MONEY GO? THIS IS A SUBJECT WE COULD GO ON FOR A LONG TIME. IT'S A GOOD SUBJECT TO...
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| 02:17:42 |
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DEBT. >>
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| 02:17:45 |
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OKAY. THANKS. BILL, DO YOU WANT TO COMMENT? >> WHAT YOU ARE TALKING WITH IS SIMILAR TO INDENTURED SERVITUDE, AND SOME SCHOLARS BELIEVE THAT THE
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| 02:17:59 |
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FIRST BLACK PEOPLE THAT CAME TO THIS COUNTRY THAT WE KNOW ABOUT IN 1619 CAME AS INDENTURED SERVANTS AND NOT SLAVES, THAT IT WAS AN INDENTURE FOR A CERTAIN...
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| 02:18:09 |
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GOING ON IN AFRICA TODAY SO I CAN'T COMMENT ANY MORE. >> SAVANNAH, GEORGIA, ABOUT SEVEN MINUTES
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| 02:18:16 |
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LEFT. GO AHEAD, PLEASE. >> Caller: HELLO. WELL, I WAS GOING TO CHANGE THE SUBJECT TO THE BLADDER STONES BUT PROFESSOR HOLTS HAD TOLD THE STORY
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| 02:18:32 |
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COMPLETELY. I'LL ONLY ADD THAT THE LETTER THAT WAS WRITTEN
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| 02:18:41 |
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TO McDOWELL SHOWED THE STATE OF EDUCATION OF THE LATER TO BECOME PRESIDENT POLK, AND HE NEEDED A LITTLE MORE INSTRUCTION. AS TO THE QUESTION OF SLAVERY,...
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| 02:19:26 |
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DOES INDICATE THAT WE ARE DESCENDANT FROM SAMUEL, NOT FROM THE PRESIDENT. ONE OF THE QUESTIONS I HAVE
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| 02:19:38 |
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IS WHETHER MR. SEALE KNOW, WHETHER SARA POLK WAS A SISTER OF JAMES K. POLK. SARA POLK MARRIED CONGRESSMAN KENNETH REIGNER, AND I WAS TRYING TO FIND A...
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| 02:20:23 |
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ALL OVER THE COUNTRY GETTING TOGETHER, AND SOME
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| 02:20:26 |
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OF THOSE FOLKS ARE EXCELLENT GENEALOGICAL RESEARCHERS. I'LL DO WHAT I CAN TO TRY TO FORWARD THE CALLER'S QUESTION TO THEM. SHE IS WELCOME TO SEND ...
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| 02:21:16 |
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LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WHERE THEY KEEP THE 92 PRESIDENTIAL PAPERS
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| 02:21:31 |
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BACK IN THE STACKS, THERE IS I THINK IT'S MAYBE A 40-VOLUME GROUP OF DIARIES FROM JAMES K. POLK. HAVE YOU EVER SEEN THOSE? >> YES, THEY ARE WONDERFUL....
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| 02:21:43 |
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THINKING AND THE LABOR, THE CONSTANT ONE JOB AFTER ANOTHER, THE GETTING INTO TOUCH WITH THIS ONE, GETTING IN TOUCH WITH THAT ONE, THE DIARIES. JOHNSON'S...
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| 02:21:56 |
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HAMILTON, OHIO, GO AHEAD, PLEASE. >> Caller: HI, BRIAN, HOW ARE YOU? >> FINE, WELCOME. >> Caller: THIS IS MY VERY FIRST TIME CALLING . I'M REALLY NERVOUS....
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| 02:22:16 |
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| 02:22:18 |
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| 02:22:19 |
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ON.
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| 02:22:20 |
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WE'VE ONLY TALKED ABOUT SLAVERY FOR THE LAST 30 MINUTES. THIS IS A TWO-AND-A-HALF HOUR PROGRAM. >> THE FIRST HALF WAS PRETTY COOL BUT IT IS GOT LOST...
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| 02:22:39 |
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BACK ON TO PRESIDENT POLK. AND SO CAN YOU TELL ME PRESIDENT POLK'S RELATIONSHIP WITH FRANKLIN PIERCE AND HOW THEY INTERACTED TOGETHER BECAUSE I KNOW...
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| 02:22:53 |
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SHOW. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE YOU NARRATE THAT BECAUSE HE IS OUR MOST FORGOTTEN PRESIDENT. AND ALSO ON VICE-PRESIDENT DALLAS, DID HE BREAK THE TIE-BREAKING...
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| 02:23:35 |
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POLK RATHER THAN TO HIS HOME STATE ON THIS ISSUE AND
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| 02:23:38 |
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HE TOOK A LOT OF FLACK FOR IT. >> JOHN HOLTZAPPLE, THE
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| 02:23:44 |
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GRAVE, IT'S NOW UP IN NASHVILLE
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| 02:23:46 |
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RIGHT THERE IN THE SHADOW OF THE CAPITOL. WHY WAS HE MOVED THREE TIMES? >> HE DIED DURING A CHOLERA EPIDEMIC. 150 YEARS AGO TODAY I MIGHT HAVE MENTIONED...
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| 02:24:05 |
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THE DOWNTOWN AREA WHERE JAMES K. POLK LIVED. SO HE AND I THINK 32 OTHER CHOLERA VICTIMS WERE BURIED IN THE SAME CEMETERY THAT DAY. WHEN THE
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| 02:24:13 |
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EPIDEMIC SUBSIDED, HIS REMAINS WERE REMOVED AND HE WAS GIVEN A MORE CEREMONIAL BURIAL AT THE NASHVILLE HOME. BUT AS TOM PRICE MENTIONED BEFORE, EVENTUALLY...
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| 02:24:52 |
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HARD ON HIM BECAUSE THE WAR STARTED OUT VERY POPULAR AND IT ENDED UP EXTREMELY UNPOPULAR. HENRY CLAY'S SON WAS KILLED. THE WHOLE REALITY OF IT WAS TERRIBLE...
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| 02:25:01 |
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OUT OF TIME FOR THE 11th PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, JAMES POLK. WE WANT TO THANK PASTOR CARLTON FAXTON HAVE I GOT THAT RIGHT, JOHN HOLTZAPPLE? >>...
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| 02:25:20 |
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UNITED METHODIST CHURCH IN COLUMBIA, AND OUR TWO SPOKESMAN DURING THIS PERIOD JOHN HOLTZAPPLE WHO IS THE DIRECTOR HERE AND THE BOSS FOR THE LAST 15 YEARS...
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| 02:25:39 |
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TAYLOR NATIONAL CEMETERY,
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| 02:25:40 |
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9:00 EAST COAST TIME. ALL OF THESE PROGRAMS AS YOU KNOW ARE RERUN ON FRIDAY EVENINGS AT 8:00 EAST COAST TIME. YOU CAN GO TO OUR WEB SITE, AMERICANPRESIDENTS.ORG...
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