Year(s) Discussed: 1799-1800
With the new members of the Adams Cabinet coming on board, the President travels south to inspect the work on the new Federal Capital as the US government begins its move from Philadelphia to Washington, DC. Meanwhile, Adams makes a decision on the fates of those convicted of crimes for their participation in Fries’s Rebellion while federal prosecutions under the Sedition Act continue and Democratic-Republicans gear up for the upcoming presidential election.
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Featured Image: “Samuel Chase” by John Beale Bordley [c. 1836], courtesy of Wikipedia
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