Roger Beckett, executive director of the Ashbrook Center at Ashland University, discusses the importance of studying original documents when trying to understand key issues in American history. Beckett offered these comments during a Dec. 1, 2014, speech for the John Locke Foundation’s Shaftesbury Society. To watch full-length presentations of JLF events, click here.
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