#1253 Second Term
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🗓️ 26 September 2017
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"Nature intended me for the tranquil pursuits of science by rendering them my supreme delight."
— Thomas Jefferson
We return to the Jefferson 101 biographical series and explore Jefferson's second term as President. We discuss the many difficulties he had, including the Burr conspiracy and the Embargo Act of 1807 to 1809.
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| 0:00.0 | Good Day Podcast, podcast listeners to the Thomas Jefferson Hour and welcome. |
| 0:04.7 | And thank you for listening. |
| 0:06.7 | This week, we're back to Jefferson 101, talking about Jefferson's second term as president, which was a one |
| 0:13.0 | talking about Jefferson's second term as president, |
| 0:14.0 | which was a bit more difficult than his first term. |
| 0:17.0 | That's to put it lightly, David. |
| 0:18.0 | You know, we both have benefited |
| 0:20.0 | from reading this extraordinary new biography |
| 0:22.0 | by John B. Bowles. |
| 0:24.0 | Yeah, it's quite good. |
| 0:25.0 | Jefferson, Architect of American Liberty. |
| 0:27.0 | And I last night read the chapters on his presidency and then the first weeks and months of his retirement. |
| 0:33.0 | And I really learned a lot that I didn't previously know. |
| 0:36.0 | He's a really good summarizer of complex events, |
| 0:40.0 | and if ever there was a complex event, well two of them. |
| 0:42.0 | One was the Burr conspiracy. and if ever there was a complex event, well two of them. |
| 0:42.6 | One was the Burr Conspiracy, 186 and 187, |
| 0:46.8 | and the second one was the embargo crisis of 187, 188, and 189. |
| 0:51.7 | These are two of the most difficult landmines to try to figure out in Jefferson |
| 0:57.0 | studies. |
| 0:58.0 | Very complex. |
| 0:59.0 | Complex, lots of maneuvering, lots of diplomatic failures. |
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