193 Partisans: The Friendship and Rivalry of Adams and Jefferson

Ben Franklin's World

Liz Covart

History, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 3 July 2018

⏱️ 83 minutes

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John Adams and Thomas Jefferson. Two drafters and signers of the Declaration of Independence, two diplomats who served the United States abroad in Europe, and two men who went on to serve as vice president and president of the United States. Both men left indelible marks on American society. Adams and Jefferson are two founders who captivate the attention of and greatly interest Americans today, so in honor of the 242nd anniversary of the Declaration of Independence and the 192nd anniversary of their deaths, we will explore their lives and relationship. Barbara Oberg and Sara Georgini, two historians and documentary editors, join us from the Papers of Thomas Jefferson and the Papers of John Adams Documentary Editing Projects so we can explore the lives and relationships of John and Abigail Adams and Thomas Jefferson. Show Notes: https://www.benfranklinsworld.com/193 Sponsor Links Omohundro Institute Discover the relationship between “Abigail and Tom” The Great Courses Plus (Free Trial) Complementary Episodes Episode 007: Sara Georgini, John Adams and The Adams Papers Editorial Project Episode 018: Danielle Allen, Our Declaration Episode 117: Annette Gordon-Reed, The Life and Ideas of Thomas Jefferson Episode 141: A Declaration in Draft Episode 145: Rosemarie Zaggari, Mercy Otis Warren and the American Revolution Episode 150: Woody Holton, Abigail Adams: Revolutionary Speculator Episode 188: Terri Halperin, The Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798 Helpful Show Links Ben Franklin's World Facebook Page Join the Ben Franklin's World Community Sign-up for the Franklin Gazette Newsletter Ben Franklin's World iOS App Ben Franklin's World Android App Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Ben Franklin's world is a production of the
0:02.5	O'Mohandro Institute.
0:04.0	Philadelphia, April 6, 1796.
0:13.1	Dear Sir, this is indeed, as you say, the age of experiments in government.
0:18.7	One trial has been fairly made in America and France of Nedham's perfect Commonwealth and at length given up.
0:26.1	Holland is trying it again and if Britain should have a revolution, she will try it too.
0:31.9	Corruption in elections has heretofore destroyed all elective governments.
0:36.4	What regulations or precautions may be devised to prevent it in future, I am content with
0:41.8	you to leave to posterity to consider.
0:44.9	You and I shall go to the kingdom of the Just, or at least shall be released from the Republic
0:50.0	of the unjust, with hearts pure and hands clean of all corruption and elections, so much I firmly believe.
0:58.0	With great esteem and regard, I am, sir, your most obedient, 1796.
1:15.0	Dear Sir, the public and the public papers have been much occupied lately in placing us in a point
1:22.3	of opposition to each other.
1:24.0	I trust with confidence that less of it has been felt by ourselves personally.
1:28.2	In the retired Canton where I am, I learn little of what is passing.
1:31.8	Pamphlets, I see never.
1:33.5	Papers but a few, and the fewer the happier.
1:36.4	Our latest intelligence from Philadelphia at present
1:38.8	is of the 16th instant.
1:40.4	But though at that date, your election to the first majesty seems not to be known as a fact,
1:45.0	yet with me it has never been doubted.
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