Monthly Archives: March 2021

3.28 – Source Notes

March 21, 2021Uncategorizedpresidencies

Special thanks to Anthony of Disastrous History for providing the intro quote for this episode!

Brighton, Ray. The Checkered Career of Tobias Lear. Portsmouth, NH: Portsmouth Marine Society, 1985.
Eicher, Peter D. Raising the Flag: America’s First Envoys in Faraway Lands. Lincoln, NE: Potomac Books, 2018.
Lambert, Frank. The Barbary Wars: American Independence in the Atlantic World. New York: Hill and Wang, 2007 [2005].
Landry, Jerry. The Presidencies of the United States. 2017-2021. http://presidencies.blubrry.com.
McKee, Christopher. Edward Preble: A Naval Biography, 1761-1807. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1996 [1972].
Zacks, Richard. The Pirate Coast: Thomas Jefferson, the First Marines, and the Secret Mission of 1805. New York: Hyperion, 2005.

Featured Image: “First Lieutenant Presley O’Bannon,” courtesy of Wikipedia

3.28 – The Calming Seas

March 21, 202103 - Thomas JeffersonAlbert Gallatin, Anthony Wayne, Barbary States, Edward Preble, Henry Dearborn, James Madison, Robert Smith, State Department, Thomas Jefferson, Timothy Pickering, Tobias Lear, US Navy, William Eatonpresidencies

Year(s) Discussed: 1803-1805

With the war with Tripoli continuing to drag on year after year, Jefferson and his administration had to determine whether the best course to bring it to a conclusion lay with opening up a new front by partnering with foreign agents or through engaging in a new round of diplomacy. Meanwhile, a change in the command of the US naval squadron in the Mediterranean took the wind out of the sails of what had been an energetic force. Sources used for this episode can be found at http://presidencies.blubrry.com.

Featured Image: “Attack on Derna” by Charles Waterhouse, courtesy of Wikipedia

Intro and Outro Music: Selections from “Jefferson and Liberty” as performed by The Itinerant Band

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State of the Podcast Update

March 16, 2021Uncategorizedpresidencies

As there have been some recent developments here at Presidencies HQ, I just wanted to give everyone a quick update.

Spoiler: The podcast is not going away, though there may be some delays in the next couple of months.

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Intelligent Speech Conference 2021

March 1, 2021Uncategorizedpresidencies

I’m excited to share that I will be presenting at the Intelligent Speech Conference on Saturday, April 24th, 2021! If you would like to attend, please take a moment to listen to this quick trailer for more information, go to www.intelligentspeechconference.com, and use the promo code “presi” to get 10% off your ticket to 24 hours of content available on 4 simultaneous streams. It should be a great experience, so I hope you’ll join us!

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