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Jan. 2, 2019

2.12 – Ready, Aim, Fire!

2.12 – Ready, Aim, Fire!

Year(s) Covered: 1798

As the nation gears up for the possibility of war with France, President Adams is increasingly focused on the possibility of peace as he prepares his annual message to Congress. Meanwhile, a rising star in the French military suffers a major setback that imperils the French Republic’s position on the global landscape.

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Season 2 02 - John Adams
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  • Adams, John. “To James McHenry, 22 October 1798,” Founders Online, National Archives, last modified June 13, 2018, http://founders.archives.gov/documents/Adams/99-02-02-3142. [Last Accessed: 19 Dec 2018]
  • Adams, John. “To Timothy Pickering, 26 October 1798,” Founders Online, National Archives, last modified June 13, 2018, http://founders.archives.gov/documents/Adams/99-02-02-3158. [Last Accessed: 16 Dec 2018]
  • Adams, John. “Second Annual Address to Congress.” Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project. https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/200550. [Last Accessed: 15 Dec 2018]
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  • Lee, Charles. “To John Adams, 1 November 1798,” Founders Online, National Archives, last modified June 13, 2018, http://founders.archives.gov/documents/Adams/99-02-02-3190. [Last Accessed: 20 Dec 2018]
  • McCullough, David. John Adams. New York: Simon and Schuster, 2001.
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  • Pickering, Timothy. “To John Adams, 5 November 1798,” Founders Online, National Archives, last modified June 13, 2018, http://founders.archives.gov/documents/Adams/99-02-02-3199. [Last Accessed: 16 Dec 2018]
  • Pickering, Timothy. “To John Adams, 27 November 1798,” Founders Online, National Archives, last modified June 13, 2018, http://founders.archives.gov/documents/Adams/99-02-02-3216. [Last Accessed: 20 Dec 2018]
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  • Withey, Lynne. Dearest Friend: A Life of Abigail Adams. New York & London: Simon & Schuster, 2002 [1981].
  • Wolcott, Oliver, Jr. “To John Adams, 26 November 1798,” Founders Online, National Archives, last modified June 13, 2018, http://founders.archives.gov/documents/Adams/99-02-02-3214. [Last Accessed: 20 Dec 2018]
  • Zahniser, Marvin R. Charles Cotesworth Pinckney: Founding Father. Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press, 1967.

Featured Image: “The Destruction of “L’Orient” at the Battle of the Nile, 1 August 1798″ by George Arnald [c. 1825-1827], courtesy of Wikipedia