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2.14 – The Plausible Probability of Preserving the Peace

January 27, 201902 - John AdamsAlexander Hamilton, Benjamin Stoddert, Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, Charles Lee, Democratic-Republican Party, Federalists, France, Francisco de Miranda, George Washington, Haitian Revolution, James McHenry, John Adams, John Quincy Adams, Oliver Ellsworth, Oliver Wolcott Jr, Patrick Henry, Robert Liston, Rufus King, Spain, Talleyrand, Theodore Sedgwick, Thomas Jefferson, Timothy Pickering, Toussaint L'Ouverture, William Vans Murraypresidencies

Year(s) Discussed: 1798-1799

Adams throws the American political landscape into a frenzy with a special message to Congress announcing that he was appointing a new Minister to France to negotiate peace. While exploring what this all means for Adams, his administration, and the nation, we also take a step back in this episode to look at the influence of American policy in Saint-Domingue and South America on the realities and future of Franco-American relations in 1799. Sources used for this episode can be found at http://presidencies.blubrry.com.

Featured Image: “Atlantic or Western Ocean” by John Thomson [c. 1814], courtesy of Wikipedia

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2.13 – Destiny Written in the Stars

January 13, 201902 - John AdamsAbigail Adams, Caribbean, Elbridge Gerry, France, Fries's Rebellion, George Washington, Great Britain, James Madison, Jay Treaty, John Adams, John Quincy Adams, Napoleon Bonaparte, Robert Liston, Rufus King, Thomas Jefferson, Timothy Pickering, US Navypresidencies

Year(s) Discussed: 1797-1799

Despite the wealth of evidence coming in of the sincerity of the French Directory in seeking peace, President Adams found himself at odds with his Secretary of State Timothy Pickering at the beginning of 1799 with Pickering continuing the push for war. Meanwhile, the US Navy proved its worth in protecting American shipping in the Caribbean just as relations with the British began a downward spiral once more. Sources used for this episode can be found at http://presidencies.blubrry.com.

Featured Image: “USS Constellation vs L’Insurgente,” Rear Admiral John William Schmidt [c. 1981], courtesy of Wikipedia

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2.06 – Scandals and Observations

October 7, 201802 - John AdamsAaron Burr, Abigail Adams, Abraham Venable, Albert Gallatin, Alexander Hamilton, Benjamin Franklin Bache, Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, Elbridge Gerry, Frederick Muhlenberg, Henry Knox, James Callendar, James Monroe, John Adams, John Marshall, John Quincy Adams, Maria Reynolds, Robert Liston, Thomas Jefferson, Timothy Pickering, US Navy, William Blountpresidencies

Year(s) Discussed: 1792-1797

Adams is joined in Philadelphia by his wife Abigail as he tries to balance war and peace with the first of the original six frigates of the US Navy being launched around the time that he appoints peace commissioners to France. Meanwhile, the US Senate is rocked by a scandal involving one of its leaders while news of Hamilton’s extramarital affair becomes public. Source information for this episode can be found at http://presidencies.blubrry.com.

Featured Image: “Alexander Hamilton” [possibly by John Trumbull, c. 1790], courtesy of Wikipedia

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Tag Archives: Robert Liston

2.14 – The Plausible Probability of Preserving the Peace

2.13 – Destiny Written in the Stars

2.06 – Scandals and Observations