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Aug. 30, 2020

3.21 – A Plotting We Will Go

3.21 – A Plotting We Will Go

Year(s) Discussed: 1803-1804

In the wake of multiple political losses in the first few years of the 19th century, as the election of 1804 neared, numerous Federalist leaders from New England began to consider the possibility of whether their prospects and those of their home region would be better served by breaking away from the United States. In the meantime, Commodore Edward Preble arrived in the Mediterranean to prosecute war against Tripoli while back in Albemarle County, the life of one of Jefferson’s family members hung in the balance.

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Season 3 03 - Thomas Jefferson

Featured Image: “Uriah Tracy” by Ralph Earl [c. 1790], courtesy of Wikipedia

Intro and Outro Music: Selections from “Jefferson and Liberty” as performed by The Itinerant Band

Special thanks to Matthew for providing the intro quote for this episode!

The transcript for this episode can be found here.

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Featured Image: “Chief Justice Theophilus Parsons” by Sarah Goodridge [c. 1820], courtesy of Wikipedia