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Sept. 23, 2018

2.05 – Et Tu, France?

2.05 – Et Tu, France?

Year(s) Discussed: 1796-1797

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.

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Season 2 02 - John Adams

Special thanks to Mark Painter of The History of the Twentieth Century for providing this episode’s intro quote!

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Featured Image: “Portrait of William Vans Murray,” Mather Brown [c. 1787], courtesy of Wikipedia