Michael Hattem

And then as the alarms are going off all around them and they can see on the hillsides that militiamen are mustering, they decide that they're not going to be slowed down because they need to ride back to the actual column and warn them. And so they basically just cut his saddle and his reins and took his horse. So he was basically out of commission.

Ja, und Szenen über die amerikanische Geschichte. Longfellows Familie ging zurück zur Revolution. Sein Großvater war Kapitän in der Kontinentalen Armee und hatte tatsächlich in einem Unit in einer Strecke angeboten. Das ist Peleg Wadsworth. Und dann servierte er schließlich im Kongress in den 1790ern. Also seine Familiengeschichte.

Ja, und Szenen über die amerikanische Geschichte. Longfellows Familie ging zurück zur Revolution. Sein Großvater war Kapitän in der Kontinentalen Armee und hatte tatsächlich in einem Unit in einer Strecke angeboten. Das ist Peleg Wadsworth. Und dann servierte er schließlich im Kongress in den 1790ern. Also seine Familiengeschichte.

Ja, und Szenen über die amerikanische Geschichte. Longfellows Familie ging zurück zur Revolution. Sein Großvater war Kapitän in der Kontinentalen Armee und hatte tatsächlich in einem Unit in einer Strecke angeboten. Das ist Peleg Wadsworth. Und dann servierte er schließlich im Kongress in den 1790ern. Also seine Familiengeschichte.

Und in Wahrheit hat seine Tochter Eliza Wadsworth, ich spreche über das in dem Buch, es öffnet eigentlich das Buch, aber sie war... I tell the story where she was so moved by the death of George Washington in 1799 that she asks her father, who's in Congress in Philadelphia, if he could get some kind of memento of George Washington.

Und in Wahrheit hat seine Tochter Eliza Wadsworth, ich spreche über das in dem Buch, es öffnet eigentlich das Buch, aber sie war... I tell the story where she was so moved by the death of George Washington in 1799 that she asks her father, who's in Congress in Philadelphia, if he could get some kind of memento of George Washington.

Und in Wahrheit hat seine Tochter Eliza Wadsworth, ich spreche über das in dem Buch, es öffnet eigentlich das Buch, aber sie war... I tell the story where she was so moved by the death of George Washington in 1799 that she asks her father, who's in Congress in Philadelphia, if he could get some kind of memento of George Washington.

And so her father sends the letter to Martha Washington, who then responds by including a lock of Washington's hair. So his aunt Es erinnert mich, dass ich das Teil meiner Wille mache. Diese Lacken der Haare sind sehr wichtig. Ich vergesse das immer. Ich vergesse das immer.

And so her father sends the letter to Martha Washington, who then responds by including a lock of Washington's hair. So his aunt Es erinnert mich, dass ich das Teil meiner Wille mache. Diese Lacken der Haare sind sehr wichtig. Ich vergesse das immer. Ich vergesse das immer.

And so her father sends the letter to Martha Washington, who then responds by including a lock of Washington's hair. So his aunt Es erinnert mich, dass ich das Teil meiner Wille mache. Diese Lacken der Haare sind sehr wichtig. Ich vergesse das immer. Ich vergesse das immer.

Yeah, he's really part of the sort of first generation or so in which Americans could actually be professional writers. There's no real professional writers in the 18th century. Most of the prominent writers, they did other things. Jeremy Belknap, who you mentioned, was a well-known historian who founded the Massachusetts Historical Society, but his day job was as a clergyman. So that was common.

Yeah, he's really part of the sort of first generation or so in which Americans could actually be professional writers. There's no real professional writers in the 18th century. Most of the prominent writers, they did other things. Jeremy Belknap, who you mentioned, was a well-known historian who founded the Massachusetts Historical Society, but his day job was as a clergyman. So that was common.

Yeah, he's really part of the sort of first generation or so in which Americans could actually be professional writers. There's no real professional writers in the 18th century. Most of the prominent writers, they did other things. Jeremy Belknap, who you mentioned, was a well-known historian who founded the Massachusetts Historical Society, but his day job was as a clergyman. So that was common.

So he's part of that first generation of professional writers. And like you mentioned, he had a long history of not just being sympathetic with the cause of abolitionism and of freedom for African Americans, but supporting those causes. So his journals and his account books are full of these entries of him making not large, but pretty regular small donations to all kinds of

So he's part of that first generation of professional writers. And like you mentioned, he had a long history of not just being sympathetic with the cause of abolitionism and of freedom for African Americans, but supporting those causes. So his journals and his account books are full of these entries of him making not large, but pretty regular small donations to all kinds of

So he's part of that first generation of professional writers. And like you mentioned, he had a long history of not just being sympathetic with the cause of abolitionism and of freedom for African Americans, but supporting those causes. So his journals and his account books are full of these entries of him making not large, but pretty regular small donations to all kinds of

I'll be back with more American History after this short break.

I'll be back with more American History after this short break.

I'll be back with more American History after this short break.

I mean, you know, it's an early example of the effect that visiting historical sites can have on people, right? I mean, there's a reason that, you know, millions of people go to Mount Vernon or Monticello or the Boston Freedom Trail or Independence Hall every year, you know, and Die meisten dieser Orte, sogar 1860, waren noch nicht historische Touristenorte, aber er hat einen solchen Moment.