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4.04 – Source Notes

March 27, 2022Uncategorizedpresidencies

Special thanks to Alycia from Civics & Coffee for providing the intro quote for this episode and to Christian at Your Podcast Pal for his audio editing work on this episode!

Alvord, Clarence Walworth. The Illinois Country, 1673-1818. Urbana, IL and Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 1987.
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.
Bemis, Samuel Flagg. John Quincy Adams and the Foundations of American Foreign Policy. New York: Alfred A Knopf, 1956.
Esdaile, Charles. Napoleon’s Wars: An International History. New York: Penguin, 2009 [2007].
Landry, Jerry. The Presidencies of the United States. 2017-2022. http://presidencies.blubrry.com.
Madison, James. “To John Quincy Adams, 6 March 1809,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/03-01-02-0022. [Original source: The Papers of James Madison, Presidential Series, vol. 1, 1 March–30 September 1809, ed. Robert A. Rutland, Thomas A. Mason, Robert J. Brugger, Susannah H. Jones, Jeanne K. Sisson, and Fredrika J. Teute. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1984, p. 21.] [Last Accessed: 13 Feb 2022]
Madison, James. “To the Senate, 6 March 1809,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/03-01-02-0024. [Original source: The Papers of James Madison, Presidential Series, vol. 1, 1 March–30 September 1809, ed. Robert A. Rutland, Thomas A. Mason, Robert J. Brugger, Susannah H. Jones, Jeanne K. Sisson, and Fredrika J. Teute. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1984, p. 22.] [Last Accessed: 13 Feb 2022]
Madison, James. “To Simon Snyder, 13 April 1809,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/03-01-02-0132. [Original source: The Papers of James Madison, Presidential Series, vol. 1, 1 March–30 September 1809, ed. Robert A. Rutland, Thomas A. Mason, Robert J. Brugger, Susannah H. Jones, Jeanne K. Sisson, and Fredrika J. Teute. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1984, p. 114.] [Last Accessed: 13 Feb 2022]
Madison, James. “Proclamation—Suspension of Prohibition of Trade Between the United States and Great Britain, 19 April 1809.” Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project. https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/205581. [Last Accessed: 17 Feb 2022]
Malone, Dumas. Jefferson the President Second Term, 1805-1809: Jefferson and His Time, Volume Five. Boston: Little, Brown and Co, 1974.
Masterson, William H. Tories and Democrats: British Diplomats in Pre-Jacksonian America. College Station, TX: Texas A&M University Press, 1985.
Owens, Robert M. Jefferson’s Hammer: William Henry Harrison and the Origins of American Indian Policy. Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 2007.
Rowan, John. “To James Madison, 21 February 1809,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/99-01-02-4050. [Last Accessed: 13 Feb 2022]
Rutland, Robert Allen. The Presidency of James Madison. Lawrence, KS: University Press of Kansas, 1990.
Schom, Alan. Napoleon Bonaparte. New York: HarperCollins, 1998 [1997].
Snyder, Simon. “To James Madison from Simon Snyder, 6 April 1809,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/03-01-02-0118. [Original source: The Papers of James Madison, Presidential Series, vol. 1, 1 March–30 September 1809, ed. Robert A. Rutland, Thomas A. Mason, Robert J. Brugger, Susannah H. Jones, Jeanne K. Sisson, and Fredrika J. Teute. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1984, p. 105.] [Last Accessed: 13 Feb 2022]

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4.04 – East and West

March 27, 202204 - James MadisonAustria, David Erskine, France, George Canning, Great Britain, Illinois Territory, Indiana Territory, James Madison, John Marshall, John Quincy Adams, Napoleon Bonaparte, Ninian Edwards, Robert Smith, Russia, Spain, William Henry Harrisonpresidencies

Year(s) Discussed: 1808-1809

In the first couple of months of his presidency, Madison not only dealt with a domestic political dispute but also managed to negotiate an agreement with the British Minister to the US to resolve issues with Great Britain. Unbeknownst to him, however, the continued instability in Europe would keep peace and prosperity just out of reach for his administration. Sources used for this episode can be found at https://presidencies.blubrry.com.

Featured Image: “David Erskine” by Richard Woodman [c. 1820], courtesy of Wikipedia

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

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SATT 008 – Charles Lee

March 20, 2022Seat at The Tablepresidencies

Tenure of Office: December 10, 1795 – March 4, 1801

Charles Lee served as legal counsel during some of the most notable trials of the Early Republic, but does that mean that his tenure as Attorney General is equally remarkable? With my special guest, Kenny from [Abridged] Presidential Histories, we explore his life and career to determine what he contributed to the Washington and Adams administrations as well as to American history in general.

Audio editing by Alex Van Rose

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4.03 – Source Notes

March 13, 2022Uncategorizedpresidencies

Special thanks to Alex for providing the intro quote for this episode and to Christian from Your Podcast Pal for his audio editing work on this episode!

The transcript for this episode can be found at this link.

Allgor, Catherine. A Perfect Union: Dolley Madison and the Creation of the American Nation. New York: Henry Holt & Co, 2006.
“An Act making provision for the further accommodation of the household of the President of the United States.” Annals of Congress, 10th Congress, 2nd Session. 1830-1831. https://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=llac&fileName=019/llac019.db&recNum=910. [Last Accessed: 29 Jan 2022]
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.
Dungan, Nicholas. Gallatin: America’s Swiss Founding Father. New York & London: New York University Press, 2010.
“Eustis, William, 1753-1825.” Biographical Guide to the US Congress. https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/E000230. [Last Accessed: 29 Jan 2022]
Feldman, Noah. The Three Lives of James Madison: Genius, Partisan, President. New York: Random House, 2017.
Green, Constance McLaughlin. Washington: Village and Capital, 1800-1878. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1962.
Kaminski, John P. George Clinton: Yeoman Politician of the New Republic. Madison, WI: Madison House, 1993.
Ketcham, Ralph. James Madison: A Biography. Charlottesville, VA and London: University Press of Virginia, 1994 [1971].
Landry, Jerry. The Presidencies of the United States. 2017-2022. http://presidencies.blubrry.com.
Madison, James. “Inaugural Address, 4 Mar 1809.” Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project. https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/204053. [Last Accessed: 29 Jan 2022]
Madison, James. “To William Eustis, 7 March 1809,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/03-01-02-0028. [Original source: The Papers of James Madison, Presidential Series, vol. 1, 1 March–30 September 1809, ed. Robert A. Rutland, Thomas A. Mason, Robert J. Brugger, Susannah H. Jones, Jeanne K. Sisson, and Fredrika J. Teute. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1984, p. 26.] [Last Accessed: 29 Jan 2022]
Malone, Dumas. Jefferson the President Second Term, 1805-1809: Jefferson and His Time, Volume Five. Boston: Little, Brown and Co, 1974.
McGuiness, Colleen, ed. American Leaders 1789-1994: A Biographical Summary. Washington, DC: Congressional Quarterly, 1994.
Rutland, Robert Allen. The Presidency of James Madison. Lawrence, KS: University Press of Kansas, 1990.
“South Carolina Governor Paul Hamilton.” National Governors Association. https://web.archive.org/web/20070930035647/http://www.nga.org/portal/site/nga/menuitem.29fab9fb4add37305ddcbeeb501010a0/?vgnextoid=266425330cd1a010VgnVCM1000001a01010aRCRD&vgnextchannel=e449a0ca9e3f1010VgnVCM1000001a01010aRCRD. [Last Accessed: 2 Feb 2022]
White, Leonard D. The Jeffersonians: A Study in Administrative History 1801-1829. New York: The Macmillan Co, 1956 [1951].
Withey, Lynne. Dearest Friend: A Life of Abigail Adams. New York & London: Simon & Schuster, 2002 [1981].

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4.03 – The Call of My Country

March 13, 202204 - James MadisonAlbert Gallatin, Benjamin Latrobe, Caesar Rodney, Dolley Madison, Election of 1808, George Clinton, Gideon Granger, Henry Dearborn, Isaac Coles, James Madison, John Marshall, Margaret Bayard Smith, Paul Hamilton, Robert Smith, Samuel Smith, Thomas Jefferson, US House, US Senate, US Supreme Court, Washington DC, William Branch Giles, William Duane, William Eustis, Wilson Cary Nicholaspresidencies

Year(s) Discussed: 1809

Though James Madison was seen as being Thomas Jefferson’s successor, it became clear starting with his inauguration that his presidency would be different from his predecessor’s, for better or worse. While the public got to see a more festive social tone as set by Dolley Madison, behind the scenes, the president struggled to get political support for a key Cabinet nomination. Sources used for this episode can be found at http://presidencies.blubrry.com.

Featured Image: “James Madison” by David Erwin [c. 1809-1817], courtesy of Wikipedia

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

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