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4.04 – Source Notes



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]

Featured Image: “Tsar Aleksándr I” [c. 19th century], courtesy of Wikipedia


4.03 – Source Notes



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].

Featured Image: “Samuel Smith” [c. 1800], courtesy of Wikipedia


4.02 – Source Notes



Special thanks to Nicki of As the Money Burns for providing the intro quote for this episode and to Christian of 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.
  • Chambers, Douglas B. Murder at Montpelier: Igbo Africans in Virginia. Jackson, MS: University Press of Mississippi, 2005.
  • Chernow, Ron. Alexander Hamilton. New York: Penguin Press, 2004.
  • Chernow, Ron. Washington: A Life. New York: Penguin Press, 2010.
  • DeRose, Chris. Founding Rivals: Madison vs. Monroe, The Bill of Rights and the Election That Saved a Nation. New York: MJF Books, 2011.
  • Feldman, Noah. The Three Lives of James Madison: Genius, Partisan, President. New York: Random House, 2017.
  • Gutzman, Kevin R C. James Madison and the Making of America. New York: St. Martin’s Press, 2012.
  • Hicks, Hilarie M. “Where Have All the Papers Gone?” Montpelier’s Digital Doorway. 1 Aug 2018. https://digitaldoorway.montpelier.org/2018/08/01/where-have-all-the-papers-gone/. [Last Accessed: 22 Jan 2022]
  • Kearse, Bettye. The Other Madisons: The Lost History of a President’s Black Family. Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2020.
  • 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. “To James Monroe, 7 August 1785,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/01-08-02-0178. [Original source: The Papers of James Madison, vol. 8, 10 March 1784 – 28 March 1786, ed. Robert A. Rutland and William M. E. Rachal. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1973, pp. 333–336.] [Last Accessed: 17 Jan 2022]
  • Madison, James. “To James Madison, Sr., 1 November 1786,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/01-09-02-0063. [Original source: The Papers of James Madison, vol. 9, 9 April 1786 – 24 May 1787 and supplement 1781–1784, ed. Robert A. Rutland and William M. E. Rachal. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1975, pp. 153–155.] [Last Accessed: 17 Jan 2022]
  • Madison, James. “To George Washington, 8 November 1786,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/01-09-02-0074. [Original source: The Papers of James Madison, vol. 9, 9 April 1786 – 24 May 1787 and supplement 1781–1784, ed. Robert A. Rutland and William M. E. Rachal. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1975, pp. 166–167.] [Last Accessed: 17 Jan 2022]
  • Madison, James. “To Thomas Jefferson, 24 October 1787,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/01-10-02-0151. [Original source: The Papers of James Madison, vol. 10, 27 May 1787–3 March 1788, ed. Robert A. Rutland, Charles F. Hobson, William M. E. Rachal, and Frederika J. Teute. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1977, pp. 205–220.] [Last Accessed: 22 Jan 2022]
  • Madison, James. “To Thomas Jefferson, 28 February 1801,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/01-17-02-0318. [Original source: The Papers of James Madison, vol. 17, 31 March 1797–3 March 1801 and supplement 22 January 1778–9 August 1795, ed. David B. Mattern, J. C. A. Stagg, Jeanne K. Cross, and Susan Holbrook Perdue. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1991, pp. 474–476.] [Last Accessed: 23 Jan 2022]
  • Pole, J.R., ed. The Federalist. Indianapolis, IN and Cambridge: Hackett Publishing Co Inc, 2005.
  • Reardon, John J. Edmund Randolph: A Biography. New York: MacMillan Publishing Co, 1974.
  • Signer, Michael. Becoming Madison: The Extraordinary Origins of the Least Likely Founding Father. New York: PublicAffairs, 2015.
  • Stahr, Walter. John Jay: Founding Father. New York: Hambledon & Continuum, 2006 [2005].
  • Stewart, David O. Madison’s Gift: Five Partnerships That Built America. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2016 [2015].
  • Washington, George. “To James Madison, 7 December 1787,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/04-05-02-0432. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Confederation Series, vol. 5, 1 February 1787 – 31 December 1787, ed. W. W. Abbot. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1997, pp. 477–481.] [Last Accessed: 22 Jan 2022]
  • Washington, George. “Undelivered First Inaugural Address: Fragments, 30 April 1789.” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/05-02-02-0130-0002. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Presidential Series, vol. 2, 1 April 1789 – 15 June 1789, ed. Dorothy Twohig. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1987, pp. 158–173.] [Last Accessed: 17 Jan 2022]

Featured Image: “An Advertisement of The Federalist,” courtesy of Wikipedia


4.01 – Source Notes



Special thanks to Shawn from the American History Podcast for providing the intro quote and for Christian at Your Podcast Pal for his audio editing services for this episode!

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

  • Chambers, Douglas B. Murder at Montpelier: Igbo Africans in Virginia. Jackson, MS: University Press of Mississippi, 2005.
  • Feldman, Noah. The Three Lives of James Madison: Genius, Partisan, President. New York: Random House, 2017.
  • Gutzman, Kevin R C. James Madison and the Making of America. New York: St. Martin’s Press, 2012.
  • Ketcham, Ralph. James Madison: A Biography. Charlottesville, VA and London: University Press of Virginia, 1994 [1971].
  • Madison, James. “Commonplace Book, 1759–1772,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/01-01-02-0002. [Original source: The Papers of James Madison, vol. 1, 16 March 1751 – 16 December 1779, ed. William T. Hutchinson and William M. E. Rachal. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1962, pp. 4–32.] [Last Accessed: 21 Dec 2021]
  • Madison, James. “To Reverend Thomas Martin, 10 August 1769,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/01-01-02-0004. [Original source: The Papers of James Madison, vol. 1, 16 March 1751 – 16 December 1779, ed. William T. Hutchinson and William M. E. Rachal. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1962, pp. 42–44.] [Last Accessed: 9 Dec 2021]
  • Malone, Dumas. Jefferson the Virginian: Jefferson and His Time, Volume One. Boston: Little, Brown and Co, 1948.
  • Signer, Michael. Becoming Madison: The Extraordinary Origins of the Least Likely Founding Father. New York: PublicAffairs, 2015.
  • Stewart, David O. Madison’s Gift: Five Partnerships That Built America. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2016 [2015].

Featured Image: “Nassau Hall at Princeton University” [c. 1760], courtesy of Wikipedia


3.41 – Source Notes



Special thanks to Alex Van Rose for his audio editing work on this episode!

  • “Caractacus.” Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello. https://www.monticello.org/site/research-and-collections/caractacus. [Last Accessed: 22 Jan 2022]
  • “Dogs.” Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello. https://www.monticello.org/site/research-and-collections/dogs. [Last Accessed: 22 Jan 2022]
  • Dunbar, Erica Armstrong. Never Caught: The Washingtons’ Relentless Pursuit of Their Runaway Slave, Ona Judge. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2017.
  • Furstenberg, Francois. In the Name of the Father: Washington’s Legacy, Slavery, and the Making of a Nation. New York: The Penguin Press, 2006.
  • Gordon-Reed, Annette. The Hemingses of Monticello: An American Family. New York and London: W W Norton & Co, 2008.
  • “Mockingbirds.” Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello. https://www.monticello.org/site/research-and-collections/mockingbirds. [Last Accessed: 22 Jan 2022]
  • Rutland, Robert Allen. The Presidency of James Madison. Lawrence, KS: University Press of Kansas, 1990.
  • Taylor, Alan. American Republics: A Continental History of the United States, 1783-1850. New York: W W Norton & Co, 2021.
  • “Washington’s Changing Views on Slavery.” George Washington’s Mount Vernon. https://www.mountvernon.org/george-washington/slavery/washingtons-changing-views-on-slavery/. [Last Accessed: 22 Jan 2022]
  • Wiencek, Henry. An Imperfect God: George Washington, His Slaves, and the Creation of America. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2003.
  • Wiencek, Henry. Master of the Mountain: Thomas Jefferson and His Slaves. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2012.

Featured Image: “Thomas Jefferson, a philosopher, a patriote [sic], and a friend,” c. 1800-1816, courtesy of Wikipedia


3.40 – Source Notes



Special thanks to Kenny Ryan from the [Abridged] Presidential Histories podcast for providing the intro quote for this episode and to Alex Van Rose for his audio editing work!

  • Adams, John. “To Thomas Jefferson, 1 January 1812,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Adams/99-02-02-5735. [Last Accessed: 23 Nov 2021]
  • Ammon, Harry. James Monroe: The Quest for National Identity. Charlottesville, VA and London: University Press of Virginia, 1999 [1971].
  • Betts, Edwin Morris, and James Adam Bear, Jr. The Family Letters of Thomas Jefferson. Charlottesville, VA: University Press of Virginia. 1995 [1966].
  • Crawford, Alan Pell. Twilight at Monticello: The Final Years of Thomas Jefferson. New York: Random House, 2008.
  • Gaines, William H, Jr. Thomas Mann Randolph: Jefferson’s Son-in-Law. Baton Rouge, LA: Louisiana State University Press, 1966.
  • Gordon-Reed, Annette. The Hemingses of Monticello: An American Family. New York and London: W W Norton & Co, 2008.
  • Historical Currency Converter (test version 1.0). http://www.historicalstatistics.org/Currencyconverter.html. [Last Accessed: 28 Nov 2021]
  • Jefferson, Thomas. “To John Wayles Eppes, 24 June 1813,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/03-06-02-0200. [Original source: The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Retirement Series, vol. 6, 11 March to 27 November 1813, ed. J. Jefferson Looney. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2009, pp. 220–226.] [Last Accessed: 22 Nov 2021]
  • Jefferson, Thomas. “To Samuel H. Smith, 21 September 1814,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/03-07-02-0484-0003. [Original source: The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Retirement Series, vol. 7, 28 November 1813 to 30 September 1814, ed. J. Jefferson Looney. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2010, pp. 681–684.] [Last Accessed: 24 Nov 2021]
  • Jefferson, Thomas. “To John Adams, 1 August 1816,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/03-10-02-0173. [Original source: The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Retirement Series, vol. 10, May 1816 to 18 January 1817, ed. J. Jefferson Looney. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2013, pp. 284–286.] [Last Accessed: 16 Nov 2021]
  • Ketcham, Ralph. James Madison: A Biography. Charlottesville, VA and London: University Press of Virginia, 1994 [1971].
  • 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.
  • Malone, Dumas. The Sage of Monticello: Jefferson and His Time, Volume Six. Boston: Little, Brown and Co, 1981.
  • McCullough, David. John Adams. New York: Simon and Schuster, 2001.
  • “Nicholas, Wilson Cary, 1761-1820.” Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/N000086. [Last Accessed: 27 Nov 2021]
  • Nicholas, Wilson Cary. “To Thomas Jefferson, 5 August 1819,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/03-14-02-0551. [Original source: The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Retirement Series, vol. 14, 1 February to 31 August 1819, ed. J. Jefferson Looney. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2017, pp. 586–588.]
  • Rush, Benjamin. “To John Adams, 17 October 1809,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Adams/99-02-02-5450. [Last Accessed: 23 Nov 2021]
  • Sloan, Herbert E. Principle & Interest: Thomas Jefferson and the Problem of Debt. Charlottesville, VA and London: University Press of Virginia, 2001 [1995].
  • Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello. “John Wayles Eppes.” https://www.monticello.org/site/research-and-collections/john-wayles-eppes. [Last Accessed: 22 Nov 2021]

Featured Image: “Thomas Jefferson’s design of the Rotunda” [c. 1818-1819], courtesy of Wikipedia


A Day in Athens, GA



The Presidencies crew spent the day in Athens, GA while on the way back home and took a tour of some of the historical sites in the city.

 

In front of the Athens city hall is a unique artillery invention failure – the world’s one and only double-barrelled cannon. Though developed for use in the Civil War, it proved to be an inaccurate shot in testing and was never used in battle.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Naturally, we had to visit the University of Georgia while in Athens. The University is one of the oldest public universities in the US.

Old College, constructed in 1806, is the oldest building on the UGA campus as well as the oldest existing building in Athens. Since they didn’t know at the time which way the college would grow, the front and back of the building were constructed to look the same so that either could be the ‘front’.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Abraham Baldwin, in addition to being a US Senator, a US Representative, and a signer of the US Constitution, was also the first president of UGA.

The UGA chapel was constructed in 1832 and was a center of campus activities when there was a daily required religious service.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Likewise, Demosthenian Hall, the fourth oldest building at UGA, became a focal point of student life when it was constructed in 1824.

The Holmes-Hunter Building, constructed in 1901, commemorates the first two Black students at UGA – Charlayne Hunter and Hamilton Holmes. Hunter and Holmes first registered for classes in this building in January 1961.

The city’s history doesn’t end at the campus borders, though. This apartment building was at one point the home of Dean Rusk, Secretary of State under Kennedy and Johnson, as well as William McFeely, who wrote a Pulitzer Prize-winning biography of Ulysses Grant.

Going a bit further back in time, the Taylor-Grady House, constructed in 1844, was originally intended to just be a summer residence. The 13 columns around the home are set to represent the original 13 states of the Union.

The University of Georgia President’s House, constructed in 1856, was the home of Benjamin Hill, a US Senator and US Representative, before the University took over the property in 1949.

The TRR Cobb House was constructed in 1834 and was the home of Thomas Reade Rootes Cobb, a slave owner and secessionist killed in the Battle of Fredericksburg. The home itself was moved from Athens to Stone Mountain Park then, nearly twenty years later, was returned to Athens.

The Cobb-Bucknell-Leathers House, constructed in 1849, was the home of Howell Cobb, Governor of Georgia, Speaker of the US House of Representatives, and Treasury Secretary under James Buchanan. Cobb rebelled against the government that he had served during the Civil War and was arrested at the end of the war.


3.39 – Source Notes



Special thanks to Leah and Rachel of Hashtag History, Will of American History Geek, and Alex for providing the intro quotes for this episode! Thanks also to Alex Van Rose for his audio editing work!

  • Adams, John. “To John Quincy Adams, 8 January 1808,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Adams/99-03-02-1629. [Last Accessed: 8 Nov 2021]
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  • Anonymous [Nestor]. “An Address to the People of the American States who choose Electors … [Signed, Nestor]. To which is added, a short sketch of the biography of Gen. G. Clinton, and several essays which have appeared in the Washington Expositor and other papers, etc.” Washington, DC: April 1808. https://books.google.com/books?id=uho43PQD4OUC&source=gbs_navlinks_s. [Last Accessed: 19 Oct 2021]
  • Armstrong, John, Jr. “To James Madison, 15 February 1808,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/99-01-02-2703. [Last Accessed: 8 Nov 2021]
  • 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.
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  • Boles, John B. Jefferson: Architect of American Liberty. New York: Basic Books, 2017.
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  • Jefferson, Thomas. “Eighth Annual Message, 8 November 1808.” Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project. https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/202933. [Last Accessed: 12 Nov 2021]
  • Jefferson, Thomas. “To George Logan, 27 December 1808,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/99-01-02-9411. [Last Accessed: 14 Nov 2021]
  • Jefferson, Thomas. “To Pierre Samuel Du Pont de Nemours, 2 March 1809,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/99-01-02-9936. [Last Accessed: 15 Nov 2021]
  • Jefferson, Thomas. “To the Citizens of Washington, D.C., 4 March 1809,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/03-01-02-0006. [Original source: The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Retirement Series, vol. 1, 4 March 1809 to 15 November 1809, ed. J. Jefferson Looney. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2004, pp. 13–14.] [Last Accessed: 19 Oct 2021]
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  • Malone, Dumas. Jefferson the President Second Term, 1805-1809: Jefferson and His Time, Volume Five. Boston: Little, Brown and Co, 1974.
  • Malone, Dumas. The Sage of Monticello: Jefferson and His Time, Volume Six. Boston: Little, Brown and Co, 1981.
  • Meacham, Jon. Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power. New York: Random House, 2012.
  • Philip, Cynthia Owen. Robert Fulton: A Biography. New York and Toronto: Franklin Watts, 1985.
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3.38 – Source Notes



Special thanks to Alycia of the Civics & Coffee Podcast for providing the intro quote for this episode and to Christian of Your Podcast Pal for his audio editing assistance with this episode!

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3.37 – Source Notes



Special thanks to Stacey of the History’s Trainwrecks podcast and Alex for providing the intro quotes and to Alex Van Rose for his audio editing work for this episode!

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