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Chapter Headings for this episode:
Music and Intro
Chapter 1 - Resistance to Aristocracy, 1789-1798
Chapter 2 - Aaron Burr at the Helm, 1798-1802
Chapter 3 - Tammany Quarrels with DeWitt Clinton, 1802-1809
Wrap up and Exit Music
Books/information mentioned in this episode:
Gustavus Myers
Definition of "Muckraker"
Upton Sinclair
Ida Tarbell
Borders Books wiki
"Boss" William M. Tweed
Kenneth D. Ackerman
John Jacob Astor
Definition of "Oligarchy"
History of voter fraud
Where There's Smoke, There's Fire: 100, 000 Stolen Votes in Chicago
Online version of Votescam: The Stealing of America by James and Kenneth Collier
Example of a Tammany Wigwam meeting notice
Chief Tamanend
William Penn and Tamanend
King George III
Alexander Hamilton
Definition of a Federalist
Definition of an Anti-Federalist
Listen to Eric The Blacksmith read the Anti-Federalist Letters
New York Governor George Clinton
Definition of a Tory
1777 New York State Constitution
Obituary of Dr. John W. Francis, from New York Times, February 11, 1861
Society of the Cincinnati
Continental Army
Thomas Jefferson
Definition of a Sachem
The French Revolution
"Bucktails"
Fitz-Greene Halleck
Aaron Burr
Matthew L. Davis
Jacob Barker
John Swartwout
Robert Swartwout
John Peter Van Ness
William Peter Van Ness
Benjamin Romaine - - Books written by Benjamin Romaine
Isaac Pierson
Martin Van Buren
Definition of Peculation
The chartering of Manhattan Bank
Aaron Burr's 1799 Yellow Fever Bill
Duels, Bombings and Apple: The Incredible Story Behind of JP Morgan Chase
Daniel D. Tompkins
Edward Livingston
DeWitt Clinton
Duel with John Swartwout
Morgan Lewis
1804 - Hamilton-Burr Duel
Tammany Hall chartered as a benevolent society
Longworth's American Almanac
1808 - cornerstone laid for Prison Ship Martyrs Monument
1809 - Corruption and Tammany Hall
James Cheetham
Definition of a Jacobin
Jacobin clubs in the U.S.
Other relevant information:
John Jacob Astor and the History of the Fur Trade - video from C-SPAN 3 about the first multimillionaire in the United States. I wonder if they'll mention his involvement in smuggling opium into China?
Image of the American Patriot - this focuses on James Fenimore Cooper and the start of the newspaper The New York Patriot, but includes an interesting timeline that involves many of the players in the Tammany saga.
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