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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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3.24 – Truth and Consequences

November 15, 202003 - Thomas JeffersonAaron Burr, Andrew Jackson, Chancellor Robert Livingston, Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, Democratic-Republican Party, East Florida, Election of 1804, Federalists, France, Great Britain, James Madison, James Monroe, James Wilkinson, John Armstrong Jr, Louisiana, Marquis de Lafayette, Rufus King, slavery, Spain, Thomas Jefferson, US Army, US Supreme Court, West Florida, William C C Claiborne, William Pitt the Youngerpresidencies

Year(s) Discussed: 1803-1805

With a presidential election looming, the Jefferson administration had to consider how to wrap up the first term and transition to the second. For some, that meant moving into new positions. For others, retirement was in their future. As the campaign worked to rally the public, the decisions of 1804 made at home and abroad would have far-reaching consequences. Sources used for this episode can be found at http://presidencies.blubrry.com.

Featured Images: “Thomas Jefferson” by Rembrandt Peale [c. 1800], courtesy of Wikipedia and “George Clinton” by Ezra Ames [c. 1814], courtesy of Wikipedia

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

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3.02 – Jefferson Pre-Presidency Part Two

August 31, 201903 - Thomas JeffersonAbigail Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Democratic-Republican Party, Edmund Randolph, Federalists, France, James Madison, John Adams, John Quincy Adams, Marquis de Lafayette, Patrick Henry, Sally Hemings, slavery, Thomas Jefferson, Virginiapresidencies

Year(s) Discussed: 1774-1801

Between the publication of “Summary View of the Rights of British America” and his assuming the presidency, Jefferson made a name for himself by drafting the Declaration of Independence, struggled to see his home state of Virginia through the Revolution as governor, experienced a devastating personal loss, and served the new nation at home and abroad. Though his rise in national prominence as the leader of the opposition would ultimately lead to him becoming the third President, not only his public record but also various facets of Jefferson’s personal life would pose challenges for the new administration before it even began. Sources used for this episode can be found at http://presidencies.blubrry.com.

Featured Images: “Thomas Jefferson” by Mather Brown [c. 1786], courtesy of Wikipedia, and “Thomas Jefferson” by Rembrandt Peale [c. 1800], courtesy of Wikipedia

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1.35 – Washington Post-Presidency

June 24, 201801 - George WashingtonAlexander Hamilton, Bushrod Washington, Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, George Washington, Gouverneur Morris, Henry Knox, James Madison, John Adams, Jonathan Trumbull Jr, Marquis de Lafayette, Martha Washington, Mount Vernon, Napoleon Bonaparte, slavery, Thomas Jefferson, Tobias Learpresidencies

Year(s) Discussed: 1796-1799

Washington envisioned a relaxing retirement at Mount Vernon with his family after leaving the presidency in March 1797, but it was not to be. Between personal issues and a return to public service, the last couple of years of Washington’s life prior to his sudden demise would be filled with business and breaches of trust and friendship. Source information for this episode can be found at http://presidencies.blubrry.com.

Featured Image: “Life of George Washington: The Christian” lithograph by Claude Regnier, original painting by Junius Brutus Stearns [c. 1853], courtesy of Library of Congress

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1.33 – Race to the Finish Line

May 27, 201801 - George WashingtonAbigail Adams, Albert Gallatin, Alexander Hamilton, Algiers, Andrew Jackson, Chancellor Robert Livingston, Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, Election of 1796, France, George Washington, James Callender, James Madison, James Monroe, John Adams, John Jay, John Marshall, Marquis de Lafayette, Napoleon Bonaparte, Pierre Auguste Adet, Rufus King, Spain, Tennessee, Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Pinckney, Timothy Pickeringpresidencies

Year(s) Discussed: 1790-1796

Relations between the US and France deteriorate after the Jay Treaty goes into effect while Washington gets involved in the campaign to secure Lafayette’s release from his imprisonment in the Habsburg Monarchy, the administration takes care of business as the end of Washington’s second term draws closer, and the parties position themselves to launch into the 1796 presidential campaign as soon as Washington finally makes official his plans to retire (aka the worst kept secret in the 18th century). Source information for this episode can be found at http://presidencies.blubrry.com.

Featured Image: “Portrait of Marie Adrienne Francoise de Noailles, Marquise de La Fayette (1759-1807)”, courtesy of Wikipedia

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1.32 – Samsons and Solomons

May 13, 201801 - George WashingtonAlbert Gallatin, Alexander Hamilton, Edward Livingston, Fisher Ames, George Washington, James Madison, James McHenry, Jay Treaty, Marquis de Lafayette, Mazzei letter, Oliver Ellsworth, Oliver Wolcott Jr, Samuel Chase, Samuel Smith, slavery, Thomas Jefferson, Timothy Pickering, US Housepresidencies

Year(s) Discussed: 1795-1796

Though finally managing to resolve his personnel issues, Washington and his Cabinet find themselves faced with a host of new problems including a new round of debate over the Jay Treaty and political maneuverings by the Democratic-Republicans as the next presidential election draws ever closer. Source information for this episode can be found at http://presidencies.blubrry.com.

Featured Image: “James McHenry” by H Pollock, courtesy of Wikipedia

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1.29 – The Not So Dream Team

April 1, 201801 - George WashingtonAlexander Hamilton, Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, Edmund Randolph, France, George Cabot, George Hammond, George Washington, Gouverneur Morris, Henry Knox, Jay Treaty, Jean-Antoine Fauchet, Marquis de Lafayette, Oliver Wolcott Jr, Pierre Auguste Adet, Rufus Kingpresidencies

Year(s) Discussed: 1792-1796

With positions in his Cabinet to fill, Washington is finding it difficult to convince anyone to join his administration. Meanwhile, the son of his Revolutionary War comrade the Marquis de Lafayette shows up in the US and places the President in a difficult position as he’s forced to choose between personal loyalty and public duty. Around the same time, the disgraced Edmund Randolph makes his way up and down the east coast gathering evidence to clear his name. Source information for this episode can be found at http://presidencies.blubrry.com.

Featured Image: Timothy Pickering by Charles Willson Peale, courtesy of Wikipedia

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1.15 – It’s Not Easy Being Neutral

August 20, 201701 - George WashingtonAlexander Hamilton, Democratic-Republican Party, Edmund Charles Genet, Edmund Randolph, France, George Hammond, George Washington, Gouverneur Morris, Great Britain, Henry Knox, Louis XVI, Marquis de Lafayette, Thomas Jeffersonpresidencies

Combat Between the Frigate ‘L’Embuscade’ and the ‘Boston’ in the Port of New York in 1793 by Jean Antoine Théodore de Gudin, courtesy of Wikipedia

Year(s) Discussed: 1791-1793

The British and French are at war, and the Washington administration is caught in the middle. Though the US government had established a Treaty of Alliance with the French back in the Revolutionary War, the administration had to question whether the new French republican government was in fact valid and whether the US was still bound by the treaty made with the government of the recently executed Louis XVI. However, they are given little time to consider the situation as French ships start capturing British vessels off the coast of North America and bringing them into Philadelphia harbor. Washington wants to stay out of it, but will the European powers force his hand? Source information for this episode can be found at http://presidencies.blubrry.com.

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1.10 – Agitations 2: Foreign Intrigues

June 18, 201701 - George WashingtonAlexander Hamilton, French Revolution, George Beckwith, George Washington, Great Britain, Haitian Revolution, Marquis de Lafayette, Spain, Thomas Jeffersonpresidencies

Jean-Baptiste, Chevalier de Ternant, French Minister to the US [1791-1793], by Charles Willson Peale, courtesy of the US Dept of the Interior

Year(s) Discussed: 1789-1792

Numerous foreign relations issues faced Washington’s first administration. In this episode, we examine how the administration dealt with the Anglo-American trade imbalance, the impact of the French Revolution, Spanish attempts to break the lands west of the Appalachians away from the US, and what would prove to be the only successful major large scale slave insurrection that occurred in the French colony of Saint-Domingue at the beginning of what we now know of as the Haitian Revolution. Hope you have your seatbelts fastened, listeners, cause early 1790s diplomacy can be a bumpy ride! Sources used in this episode can be found at http://presidencies.blubrry.com.

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Tag Archives: Marquis de Lafayette

3.30 – The Tide in Europe

3.24 – Truth and Consequences

3.02 – Jefferson Pre-Presidency Part Two

1.35 – Washington Post-Presidency

1.33 – Race to the Finish Line

1.32 – Samsons and Solomons

1.29 – The Not So Dream Team

1.15 – It’s Not Easy Being Neutral

1.10 – Agitations 2: Foreign Intrigues