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3.30 – The Tide in Europe

May 30, 202103 - Thomas JeffersonAustria, Charles Pinckney, France, Great Britain, James Madison, James Monroe, John Armstrong Jr, Marquis de Lafayette, Napoleon Bonaparte, Prussia, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Talleyrand, Thomas Jefferson, William Pitt the Youngerpresidencies

Year(s) Discussed: 1804-1806

The Napoleonic Wars continue apace in Europe as Napoleon plots an invasion of Britain, and Admiral Horatio Nelson searches for the French fleet in the Mediterranean. As battles continue on land and sea across the continent, American diplomats in London, Paris, and Madrid continue their work. Meanwhile, the untimely death of a key leader opens up opportunities for the US to negotiate a treaty. Sources used for this episode can be found at http://presidencies.blubrry.com.

Featured Image: “The Battle of Trafalgar” by J M W Turner [c. 1822-1824], courtesy of Wikipedia

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

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3.30 – Source Notes

May 30, 2021Uncategorizedpresidencies

Special thanks to Alex for providing the intro quote for this episode and to Andrew for his audio editing assistance!

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Dangerfield, George. Chancellor Robert R. Livingston of New York, 1746-1813. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co, 1960.
Ehrman, John. The Younger Pitt Volume III: The Consuming Struggle. London: Constable & Co, 1996.
Esdaile, Charles. Napoleon’s Wars: An International History. New York: Penguin, 2009 [2007].
Jefferson, Thomas. “To Thomas Lomax, 11 January 1806,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/99-01-02-2995. [Last Accessed: 5 Apr 2021]
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McGrath, Tim. James Monroe: A Life. New York: Penguin Random House, 2020.
Monroe, James. “To Thomas Jefferson, 6 October 1805,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/99-01-02-2442. [Last Accessed: 4 May 2021]
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Featured Image: “La bataille d’Austerlitz. 2 decembre 1805″ by François Gérard [c. 1810], courtesy of Wikipedia

3.29 – Source Notes

May 2, 2021Uncategorizedpresidencies

Special thanks to Alycia from the Civics & Coffee podcast for providing the intro quote for this episode, and thanks so much to our audio editor, Andrew Pfannkuche, for his work on this episode!

Allgor, Catherine. A Perfect Union: Dolley Madison and the Creation of the American Nation. New York: Henry Holt & Co, 2006.
Ambrose, Stephen E. Undaunted Courage: Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson, and the Opening of the American West. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1997 [1996].
Ammon, Harry. James Monroe: The Quest for National Identity. Charlottesville, VA and London: University Press of Virginia, 1999 [1971].
Armstrong, Thom M. Politics, Diplomacy and Intrigue in the Early Republic: The Cabinet Career of Robert Smith 1801-1811. Dubuque, IA: Kendall/Hunt Publishing Co, 1991.
“Breckinridge, John, 1760-1806.” Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/B000787. [Last Accessed: 30 Mar 2021]
Crowninshield, Jacob. “To Thomas Jefferson, 27 March 1805,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/99-01-02-1452. [Last Accessed: 28 Mar 2021]
“Dayton, Jonathan, 1760-1824.” Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/D000165. [Last Accessed: 24 Mar 2021]
Einboden, Jeffrey. Jefferson’s Muslim Fugitives: The Lost Story of Enslaved Africans, Their Arabic Letters, and an American President. New York: Oxford University Press, 2020.
Gaines, William H, Jr. Thomas Mann Randolph: Jefferson’s Son-in-Law. Baton Rouge, LA: Louisiana State University Press, 1966.
Jefferson, Thomas. “To United States Senate, 26 February 1805,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/99-01-02-1237. [Last Accessed: 28 Mar 2021]
Jefferson, Thomas. “To Albert Gallatin, 29 May 1805,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/99-01-02-1800. [Last Accessed: 2 Apr 2021]
Jefferson, Thomas. “To John Julius Pringle, 15 June 1805,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/99-01-02-1906. [Last Accessed: 30 Mar 2021]
Jefferson, Thomas. “Notes on a Cabinet Meeting, 8 July 1805,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/99-01-02-2047. [Last Accessed: 30 Mar 2021]
Jefferson, Thomas. “To John Breckinridge, 7 August 1805,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/99-01-02-2202. [Last Accessed: 30 Mar 2021]
Kierner, Cynthia A. Martha Jefferson Randolph, Daughter of Monticello: Her Life and Times. Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press, 2012.
Landry, Jerry. The Presidencies of the United States. 2017-2021. http://presidencies.blubrry.com.
Lewis, James E, Jr. The Burr Conspiracy: Uncovering the Story of an Early American Crisis. Princeton, NJ and Oxford: Princeton University Press, 2017.
Lomask, Milton. Aaron Burr: The Conspiracy and Years of Exile, 1805-1836. New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, 1982.
Malone, Dumas. Jefferson the President Second Term, 1805-1809: Jefferson and His Time, Volume Five. Boston: Little, Brown and Co, 1974.
Mason, John. “To Thomas Jefferson, 20 July 1805,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/99-01-02-2117. [Last Accessed: 30 Mar 2021]
Matthews, Marty D. Forgotten Founder: The Life and Times of Charles Pinckney. Columbia, SC: University of South Carolina Press, 2004.
McGrath, Tim. James Monroe: A Life. New York: Penguin Random House, 2020.
Miles, Tiya. The Dawn of Detroit: A Chronicle of Slavery and Freedom in the City of the Straits. New York and London: The New Press, 2019 [2017].
Monroe, James. “To Thomas Jefferson, 1 November 1805,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/99-01-02-2559. [Last Accessed: 14 Mar 2021]
Monroe, James, and Charles Pinckney. “To James Madison, 25 May 1805,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/02-09-02-0446. [Original source: The Papers of James Madison, Secretary of State Series, vol. 9, 1 February 1805–30 June 1805, ed. Mary A. Hackett, J. C. A. Stagg, Mary Parke Johnson, Anne Mandeville Colony, Angela Kreider, and Katherine E. Harbury. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2011, pp. 398–401.] [Last Accessed: 18 Mar 2021]
Pringle, John J. “To George Washington, 3 September 1792,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/05-11-02-0034. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Presidential Series, vol. 11, 16 August 1792 – 15 January 1793, ed. Christine Sternberg Patrick. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2002, p. 68.] [Last Accessed: 30 Mar 2021]
Pringle, John Julius. “To Thomas Jefferson, 2 July 1805,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/99-01-02-2013. [Last Accessed: 30 Mar 2021]
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Featured Images: “Margaret Bayard Smith” by Charles Bird King [c. 1829], courtesy of Wikipedia and “Hammouda Pacha, bey de Tunis” [c. 1800], courtesy of Wikipedia

3.29 – A Winter to Remember

May 2, 202103 - Thomas JeffersonAaron Burr, Albert Gallatin, Andrew Jackson, Benjamin Latrobe, Burr Conspiracy, Charles Pinckney, Dolley Madison, East Florida, Edward Livingston, France, Great Britain, Indiana Territory, James Madison, James Monroe, James Wilkinson, John Breckinridge, Jonathan Dayton, Louisiana Territory, Martha Jefferson Randolph, Meriwether Lewis, Michigan Territory, New Orleans, Robert Smith, Spain, Talleyrand, Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Mann Randolph, West Florida, William Clark, William Henry Harrison, William Hullpresidencies

Year(s) Discussed: 1804-1805

President Jefferson had much to celebrate in the latter half of 1805 as he finally secured a new Attorney General, envoys arrived from distant lands in the east and the west, and his daughter and her family joined him in the President’s House for the winter. Little did he know, though, that difficult negotiations in Madrid and the machinations of the former Vice President, Aaron Burr, would soon lead to difficulties for his administration. Sources used for this episode can be found at http://presidencies.blubrry.com.

Featured Images: “Tchong-tas-sáb-bee, Black Dog, Second Chief” by George Catlin [c. 1834], courtesy of Wikipedia and “John Breckinridge” [c. 1891], courtesy of Wikipedia

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

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