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April 26, 2020

3.16 – Up River, Down River

3.16 – Up River, Down River

Content Note: This episode mentions the topic of suicide.

Year(s) Discussed: 1802-1803

As the Jefferson administration awaited word on the outcome of Monroe’s mission to France, the territorial governors and government agents in the western US dealt with various issues including labor shortages, troubled relations with neighboring indigenous nations, and the economic chaos caused by the port of New Orleans being closed to American shipping. To the east, the President and his Cabinet worked with Meriwether Lewis to prepare him for the planned transcontinental expedition as news came from across the Atlantic that would reshape the United States forever.

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Season 3 03 - Thomas Jefferson

Featured Image: “William C. C. Claiborne, Governor of Louisiana” [c. early 19th century], courtesy of Wikipedia 


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

 

Special thanks to Allen Ayers of the Political History of the United States for providing the intro quote for this episode!

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Featured Image: “Portrait of Carlos Martínez de Irujo” by Gilbert Stuart [c. 1804], courtesy of Wikipedia