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March 4, 2018

1.27 – The Light of Burning Effigies

1.27 – The Light of Burning Effigies

Year(s) Discussed: 1789-1799

While the construction of the nation’s new capital proceeds, the public battle against the Jay Treaty begins in earnest upon its publication by Benjamin Franklin Bache. Demonstrations and meetings go on up and down the Eastern seaboard, and even Alexander Hamilton has difficulty determining how to respond. Meanwhile, Washington has to fill John Jay’s position as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court and deal with the last remaining member of his first Cabinet now looking to find a way out of his post.

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Season 1 01 - George Washington
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Featured Image: Burning of Stamp Act [c. 1903], courtesy of Wikipedia