September 23, 2018 Uncategorizedpresidencies
Special thanks to Mark Painter of The History of the Twentieth Century for providing this episode's intro quote!
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2.05 – Et Tu, France?
September 23, 2018 02 - John AdamsAbigail Adams, Alexander Hamilton, Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, Charles Lee, Fisher Ames, France, George Cabot, James Callendar, James McHenry, James Monroe, John Adams, Oliver Wolcott Jr, Pierre Auguste Adet, Timothy Pickering, William Vans Murraypresidencies
News arrives in Philadelphia of the French government refusing to accept Charles Cotesworth Pinckney as the US Minister to France, and various individuals both inside and outside the Adams administration spring into action to try to gain control of US foreign policy. Meanwhile, Adams works to cultivate sources independent of the State Department to keep him informed of affairs in Europe, and forces conspire to launch an attack on one of the leading figures of the American political landscape. Source information for this episode can be found at http://presidencies.blubrry.com.
Featured Image: "Portrait of William Vans Murray," Mather Brown [c. 1787], courtesy of Wikipedia
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September 9, 2018 Uncategorizedpresidencies
Special thanks to Ben Jacobs of the Wittenberg to Westphalia podcast for providing this episode's intro quote!
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2.04 – Hither and Yon: The News From Abroad
September 9, 2018 02 - John AdamsFrance, Great Britain, Haitian Revolution, James Wilkinson, John Adams, John Quincy Adams, Louisa Catherine Adams, Napoleon Bonaparte, Rufus King, Spain, Talleyrand, Toussaint L'Ouverturepresidencies
In this episode, we get caught up on the international situation around the time of Adams's inauguration and the various issues that conditions beyond its borders bring up for the United States. Britain is faced with attacks from both at home and abroad. The French Directory stumbles along as two leaders arise. Toussaint L'Ouverture contemplates the future of Saint-Domingue. Various European powers conspire to threaten American sovereignty west of the Appalachians. Source information for this episode can be found at http://presidencies.blubrry.com.
Featured Image: "Bataille gagnée par le Général Bonaparte le 14 Janvier 1797", Henri Félix Emmanuel Philippoteaux [c. 1844], courtesy of Wikipedia
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