Geez, Jon!  You don't mess around.  Getting Kaminski is quite a coup!

Thank you for letting me know about this.  I think I can probably attend
the Monday lecture in Richmond.

I am teaching with Herman Belz this summer for the Madison Fellowship
summer seminar, and we will be using Kaminski's anthology of writings on
slavery and the constitution.

I am going to have to shut up in the VA Hist list--Dixon is getting under
my skin.

It was great to see you--hopefully I will see you again on the 8th,
although you will of course be busy :)

Back to grading . . .

My very best,
Kevin

--On Sunday, March 31, 2002 6:44 PM -0500 Jon Kukla <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:

> Second Annual Governor Henry Lecture
>
> "He Spoke as Homer Wrote": Patrick Henry and the Debate over the U. S.
> Constitution
>
> John P. Kaminski
>      Charlotte Court House, April 7, 3:00 p.m.
>      Library of Virginia, April 8, 5:30 p.m.
>
> The distinguished American historian and editor John P. Kaminski will
> present the second annual Governor Henry Lecture at Charlotte Court
> House and again at the Library of Virginia in Richmond in April 2002. A
> leading authority on the history of the Constitution, Dr. Kaminski has
> been associated with the monumental Documentary History of the
> Ratification of the Constitution since 1969, serving as project director
> since 1980.
>
> Dr. Kaminski's presentation, "'He Spoke as Homer Wrote': Patrick Henry
> and the Debate over the U. S. Constitution," is the second annual
> Governor Henry Lecture sponsored by the Patrick Henry Memorial
> Foundation and the Library of Virginia.
>
> On Sunday afternoon, April 7, Dr. Kaminski will present his talk in the
> historic courthouse of Charlotte County at 3 PM. The lecture is free and
> open to the public, with refreshments afterwards at Arcadia.
>
> On Monday, April 8, Dr. Kaminski will present his lecture, at 5:30 PM.
> at the Library of Virginia, 800 East Broad Street, in Richmond. A
> reception will follow the lecture. The event is free and open to the
> public, with free underground parking for those attending the Governor
> Henry Lecture.
>
> With eighteen volumes published to date - including three comprehensive
> volumes on Virginia - Dr. Kaminski's *Documentary History of the
> Ratification of the Constitution* makes a vital contribution to American
> history, political science, law, and statesmanship. An able speaker and
> writer, Dr. Kaminski has carried his mastery of the subject into books
> and articles and educational programs. In addition to the *Ratification*
> volumes, Dr. Kaminki's published works include *The Constitution and the
> States* (1988), *The Bill of Rights and the States* (1992), *A Necessary
> Evil? Slavery and the Debate over the Constitution* (1995), and
> *Federalists and Antifederalists* (1998).
>
> Raised in Chicago, John P. Kaminski earned his B.A. and M.A. from
> Illinois State University and his Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin
> in 1972. He joined the *Documentary History of the Ratification of the
> Constitution* project as associate editor in 1969, became director in
> 1980, and founded the Center for the Study of the American Constitution
> in 1981.
>
> The Patrick Henry Memorial Foundation and the Library of Virginia
> sponsor the annual Governor Henry Lectures, with additional support from
> the Library of Virginia Foundation and an anonymous institutional
> sponsor.
>
> For more information about the April 7 lecture at Charlotte Court House,
> please call Red Hill - The Patrick Henry National Memorial at 434
> 376-2044.
>
> For more information about the April 8 lecture at the Library of
> Virginia, please call Janice M. Hathcock at 804 692-3592 or visit the
> Library's Web site at www.lva.lib.va.us.
>
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Department of History, MSC 2001
James Madison University
Harrisonburg VA 22807
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