Monthly Archives: September 2019

3.04 – Source Notes

September 29, 2019Uncategorizedpresidencies

Special thanks to Moxie of the Your Brain on Facts podcast for providing the intro quote for this episode!

Appleby, Joyce. Thomas Jefferson. New York: Times Books, 2003.
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Dangerfield, George. Chancellor Robert R. Livingston of New York, 1746-1813. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co, 1960.
Fischer, David Hackett. The Revolution of American Conservatism: The Federalist Party in the Era of Jeffersonian Democracy. New York: Harper & Row, 1965.
Gallatin, Albert. “To Thomas Jefferson, 14 March 1801,” Founders Online, National Archives, accessed April 11, 2019, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/01-33-02-0235. [Original source: The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, vol. 33, 17 February–30 April 1801, ed. Barbara B. Oberg. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2006, pp. 275–277.] [Last Accessed: 20 Aug 2019]
Hunt, Gaillard. “Office-Seeking during Jefferson’s Administration.” American Historical Review. 3:2 [Jan 1898] 270-291.
Jefferson, Thomas. “To Robert R. Livingston, 24 February 1801,” Founders Online, National Archives, accessed April 11, 2019, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/01-33-02-0058. [Original source: The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, vol. 33, 17 February–30 April 1801, ed. Barbara B. Oberg. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2006, p. 61.] [Last Accessed: 20 Aug 2019]
Jefferson, Thomas. “To Philippe de Létombe, 5 March 1801,” Founders Online, National Archives, accessed April 11, 2019, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/01-33-02-0140. [Original source: The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, vol. 33, 17 February–30 April 1801, ed. Barbara B. Oberg. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2006, p. 181.] [Last Accessed: 17 Aug 2019]
Jefferson, Thomas. “Notes on a Cabinet Meeting, 8 March 1801,” Founders Online, National Archives, accessed April 11, 2019, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/01-33-02-0177. [Original source: The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, vol. 33, 17 February–30 April 1801, ed. Barbara B. Oberg. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2006, pp. 219–220.] [Last Accessed: 15 Aug 2019]
Jefferson, Thomas. “To Samuel Smith, 9 March 1801,” Founders Online, National Archives, accessed April 11, 2019, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/01-33-02-0189. [Original source: The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, vol. 33, 17 February–30 April 1801, ed. Barbara B. Oberg. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2006, p. 234.] [Last Accessed: 8 Sep 2019]
Jefferson, Thomas. “To William Findley, 24 March 1801,” Founders Online, National Archives, accessed April 11, 2019, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/01-33-02-0367. [Original source: The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, vol. 33, 17 February–30 April 1801, ed. Barbara B. Oberg. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2006, pp. 427–428.] [Last Accessed: 22 Aug 2019]
Jefferson, Thomas. “To Samuel Smith, 24 March 1801,” Founders Online, National Archives, accessed April 11, 2019, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/01-33-02-0378. [Original source: The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, vol. 33, 17 February–30 April 1801, ed. Barbara B. Oberg. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2006, pp. 438–439.] [Last Accessed: 8 Sep 2019]
Jefferson, Thomas. “To Samuel Smith, 26 March 1801,” Founders Online, National Archives, accessed April 11, 2019, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/01-33-02-0398. [Original source: The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, vol. 33, 17 February–30 April 1801, ed. Barbara B. Oberg. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2006, p. 456.] [Last Accessed: 9 Sep 2019]
Jefferson, Thomas. “To Benjamin Stoddert, 30 March 1801,” Founders Online, National Archives, accessed April 11, 2019, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/01-33-02-0434. [Original source: The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, vol. 33, 17 February–30 April 1801, ed. Barbara B. Oberg. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2006, p. 502.] [Last Accessed: 9 Sep 2019]
Jefferson, Thomas. “To John Langdon, 23 May 1801,” Founders Online, National Archives, accessed April 11, 2019, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/01-34-02-0133. [Original source: The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, vol. 34, 1 May–31 July 1801, ed. Barbara B. Oberg. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2007, pp. 172–173.] [Last Accessed: 8 Sep 2019]
Jefferson, Thomas. “To the New Haven Merchants, 12 July 1801,” Founders Online, National Archives, accessed April 11, 2019, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/01-34-02-0425. [Original source: The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, vol. 34, 1 May–31 July 1801, ed. Barbara B. Oberg. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2007, pp. 554–558.] [Last Accessed: 17 Aug 2019]
“JONES, William, (1760-1831).” Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=J000258. [Last Accessed: 9 Sep 2019]
Landry, Jerry. The Presidencies of the United States. 2018-2019. http://presidencies.blubrry.com.
“LANGDON, John, (1741-1819).” Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000067. [Last Accessed: 9 Sep 2019]
Livingston, Robert R. “To Thomas Jefferson, 12 March 1801,” Founders Online, National Archives, accessed April 11, 2019, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/01-33-02-0215. [Original source: The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, vol. 33, 17 February–30 April 1801, ed. Barbara B. Oberg. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2006, p. 255.] [Last Accessed: 20 Aug 2019]
“LIVINGSTON, Robert R.” Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000372. [Last Accessed: 21 Aug 2019]
Malone, Dumas. Jefferson the President First Term, 1801-1805: Jefferson and His Time, Volume Four. Boston: Little, Brown and Co, 1970.
McCullough, David. John Adams. New York: Simon and Schuster, 2001.
Monroe, James. “To Thomas Jefferson, 3 March 1801,” Founders Online, National Archives, accessed April 11, 2019, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/01-33-02-0108. Original source: The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, vol. 33, 17 February–30 April 1801, ed. Barbara B. Oberg. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2006, pp. 126–128.] [Last Accessed: 17 Aug 2019]
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New-York Evening Post. 8 Jul 1802. NYS Historic Newspapers. New York University. http://nyshistoricnewspapers.org/lccn/sn83030385/1802-07-08/ed-1/seq-3/ [Last Accessed: 18 Sep 2019]
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Seale, William. The President’s House: A History, Volume One. Washington, DC: White House Historical Association, 1986.
Smith, Samuel. “To Thomas Jefferson, 17 March 1801,” Founders Online, National Archives, accessed April 11, 2019, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/01-33-02-0287. [Original source: The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, vol. 33, 17 February–30 April 1801, ed. Barbara B. Oberg. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2006, pp. 339–340.] [Last Accessed: 8 Sep 2019]
“THURSDAY,March 5, 1801.” Senate Executive Journal. Library of Congress. http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/D?hlaw:3:./temp/~ammem_J3a7:: [Last Accessed: 21 Aug 2019]
White, Leonard D. The Federalists: A Study in Administrative History. New York: Macmillan Co, 1948.
White, Leonard D. The Jeffersonians: A Study in Administrative History 1801-1829. New York: The Macmillan Co, 1956 [1951].

Featured Image: “Pierpont Edwards,” courtesy of Wikipedia

3.04 – A Deadly Revenge

September 29, 201903 - Thomas JeffersonAlbert Gallatin, Benjamin Stoddert, Chancellor Robert Livingston, Gideon Granger, Henry Dearborn, James Madison, James Monroe, John Adams, Levi Lincoln, Rufus King, Samuel Smith, Thomas Jefferson, Washington DC, William Marbury, William Smithpresidencies

Year(s) Discussed: 1801

Literally and figuratively, the new President worked to get his house in order following his inauguration. With a limited number of positions available and plans to shrink the size of the federal government even further, Jefferson set ground rules for his new administration to determine whether to retain Federalist office holders or oust them in favor of Democratic-Republicans. Despite a nod towards non-partisanship, Jefferson’s decisions were criticized by members of both parties. Sources used for this episode can be found at http://presidencies.blubrry.com.

Featured Image: “Elizur Goodrich,” printed in The Connecticut Quarterly, Jul/Aug/Sep 1898, courtesy of Wikipedia

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3.03 – Source Notes

September 15, 2019Uncategorizedpresidencies

Special thanks to Jacob Collier of the Podcast on Germany for providing the intro quote for this episode!

Dangerfield, George. Chancellor Robert R. Livingston of New York, 1746-1813. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co, 1960.
“Dearborn, Henry, (1751-1829).” Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000178. [Last Accessed: 12 Aug 2019]
“The 4^th Presidential Inauguration: Thomas Jefferson, March 04, 1801.” Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies. https://www.inaugural.senate.gov/about/past-inaugural-ceremonies/4th-inaugural-ceremonies/index.html. [Last Accessed: 11 Aug 2019]
Hall, Kermit L, etc, eds. The Oxford Companion to the Supreme Court of the United States. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1992.
Jefferson, Thomas. “To Robert R. Livingston, 14 December 1800,” Founders Online, National Archives, accessed April 11, 2019, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/01-32-02-0205. [Original source: The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, vol. 32, 1 June 1800 – 16 February 1801, ed. Barbara B. Oberg. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2005, pp. 302–304.] [Last Accessed: 14 Aug 2019]
Jefferson, Thomas. “To James Madison, 1 February 1801,” Founders Online, National Archives, accessed April 11, 2019, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/01-32-02-0381. [Original source: The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, vol. 32, 1 June 1800 – 16 February 1801, ed. Barbara B. Oberg. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2005, p. 537.] [Last Accessed: 12 Aug 2019]
Jefferson, Thomas. “To Henry Dearborn, 18 February 1801,” Founders Online, National Archives, accessed April 11, 2019, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/01-33-02-0009. [Original source: The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, vol. 33, 17 February–30 April 1801, ed. Barbara B. Oberg. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2006, p. 13.] [Last Accessed: 12 Aug 2019]
Jefferson, Thomas. “To James Madison, 18 February 1801,” Founders Online, National Archives, accessed April 11, 2019, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/01-33-02-0012. [Original source: The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, vol. 33, 17 February–30 April 1801, ed. Barbara B. Oberg. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2006, pp. 16–17.] [Last Accessed: 12 Aug 2019]
Jefferson, Thomas. “To Samuel Dexter, 20 February 1801,” Founders Online, National Archives, accessed April 11, 2019, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/01-33-02-0021. [Original source: The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, vol. 33, 17 February–30 April 1801, ed. Barbara B. Oberg. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2006, p. 24.] [Last Accessed: 14 Aug 2019]
Jefferson, Thomas. “To Benjamin Stoddert, 21 February 1801,” Founders Online, National Archives, accessed April 11, 2019, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/01-33-02-0034. [Original source: The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, vol. 33, 17 February–30 April 1801, ed. Barbara B. Oberg. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2006, p. 35.] [Last Accessed: 14 Aug 2019]
Jefferson, Thomas. “Inaugural Address [4 Mar 1801].” Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project. https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/201948. [Last Accessed: 11 Aug 2019]
Jefferson, Thomas. “First Inaugural Address.” The Portable Thomas Jefferson. Merrill D Peterson, ed. New York: Penguin Books, 1977 [1975]. p. 290-295.
Jefferson, Thomas. “Inaugural Address, March 4, reading copy, in Jefferson’s hand. March 4, 1801.” Manuscript/Mixed Material. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/pin0405/. [Last Accessed: 11 Aug 2019]
Jefferson, Thomas. “To Levi Lincoln, 5 March 1801,” Founders Online, National Archives, accessed April 11, 2019, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/01-33-02-0141. [Original source: The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, vol. 33, 17 February–30 April 1801, ed. Barbara B. Oberg. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2006, pp. 181–182.] [Last Accessed: 12 Aug 2019]
Jefferson, Thomas. “Notes on a Cabinet Meeting, 8 March 1801,” Founders Online, National Archives, accessed April 11, 2019, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/01-33-02-0177. [Original source: The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, vol. 33, 17 February–30 April 1801, ed. Barbara B. Oberg. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2006, pp. 219–220.] [Last Accessed: 14 Aug 2019]
Jefferson, Thomas. “To Joseph Priestley, 21 March 1801,” Founders Online, National Archives, accessed April 11, 2019, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/01-33-02-0336. [Original source: The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, vol. 33, 17 February–30 April 1801, ed. Barbara B. Oberg. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2006, pp. 393–395.] [Last Accessed: 11 July 2019]
Jefferson, Thomas. “To Spencer Roane, 6 September 1819,” Founders Online, National Archives, accessed April 11, 2019, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/98-01-02-0734. [Last Accessed: 10 August 2019]
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Linden, Frank van der. The Turning Point: Jefferson’s Battle for the Presidency. Washington, DC: Robert B Luce Inc, 1962.
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Malone, Dumas. Jefferson and the Ordeal of Liberty: Jefferson and His Time, Volume Three. Boston: Little, Brown and Co, 1962.
Malone, Dumas. Jefferson the President First Term, 1801-1805: Jefferson and His Time, Volume Four. Boston: Little, Brown and Co, 1970.
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Stoddert, Benjamin. “To Thomas Jefferson, 18 February 1801,” Founders Online, National Archives, accessed April 11, 2019, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/01-33-02-0015. [Original source: The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, vol. 33, 17 February–30 April 1801, ed. Barbara B. Oberg. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2006, pp. 18–19.] [Last Accessed: 14 Aug 2019]
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Featured Image: “Thomas Jefferson” by Gilbert Stuart [c. 1805], courtesy of Wikipedia

3.03 – The Revolution of 1800

September 15, 201903 - Thomas JeffersonAaron Burr, Albert Gallatin, Alexander Hamilton, Benjamin Stoddert, Chancellor Robert Livingston, Democratic-Republican Party, Election of 1800, Henry Dearborn, James A Bayard, John Marshall, Levi Lincoln, Margaret Bayard Smith, Samuel Dexter, Thomas Jefferson, US Supreme Courtpresidencies

Year(s) Discussed: 1800-1801

As Jefferson assumed office and Democratic-Republicans took control of the federal government in March 1801, new leaders emerged while others exited the stage or moved to the periphery. The new administration would get its start still dealing with the aftermath of the recent contentious election, and the new President had to weigh, with his words and his first decisions, how to balance his obligations to his party and the best interests of the nation. Sources used for this episode can be found at http://presidencies.blubrry.com.

Featured Image: “Election Day in Philadelphia” by John Lewis Krimmel [c. 1815], courtesy of Wikipedia

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