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Join us for a moderated conversation with author & historian Jeffrey Boutwell about his latest book, "Boutwell: Radical Republican and Champion of Democracy".
Join President Lincoln’s Cottage and the Civil War Roundtable of Washington, D.C. on Wednesday, April 22, as Jeffrey Boutwell discusses his book, Boutwell: Radical Republican and Champion of Democracy, in conversation with Lincoln scholar Sidney Blumenthal. George Boutwell was an important if little known figure in American politics from the 1840s to the early years of the 20th century and a key political ally and friend of both Abraham Lincoln and Ulysses S. Grant. Working with Lincoln, Boutwell organized the country’s first Internal Revenue Bureau, raising vitally needed funds for the Union war effort. Boutwell also conferred often with the president on the need for the abolition of slavery and helped prepare public opinion for Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation. Above all, in this 250th anniversary year of the Declaration of Independence, Boutwell and Lincoln shared the conviction that the ideals of the Declaration needed to be instilled in the U.S. Constitution to achieve true equality in America.
Jeffrey Boutwell is a writer, historian, and science policy specialist and a board member of the Lincoln Group of Washington, D.C. During his career he wrote widely on issues ranging from nuclear weapons arms control to Middle East peace to environmental degradation and conflict. Jeffrey and George share a common ancestor, the indentured servant James Boutwell who emigrated in 1632 from England to Salem, Mass.
Sidney Blumenthal is the acclaimed author of A Self-Made Man and Wrestling with His Angel, the first two volumes in his five-volume biography, The Political Life of Abraham Lincoln. He is the former assistant and senior adviser to President Bill Clinton and senior adviser to Hillary Clinton. He has been a national staff reporter for The Washington Post and Washington editor and writer for The New Yorker. His books include the bestselling The Clinton Wars, The Rise of the Counter-Establishment, and The Permanent Campaign. Born and raised in Illinois, he lives in Washington, DC.
Cottage Conversations offers relaxing evenings to socialize and learn something new about our 16th president from authors, collectors, and artists. The program begins with a reception, is followed by the lecture, and concludes with a book signing. Books will be for sale onsite.
