ARP373 State of the Union 1790-91

American Revolution Podcast

Michael Troy

History, Education

4.6 • 938 Ratings

🗓️ 21 December 2025

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Washington delivers two annual addresses to Congress in late 1790 and again in late 1791, setting out his key priorities for the coming year. Around the time of the 1791 address. Thomas Jefferson helps to found a new newspaper that will challenge the administration, and counterbalance a pro-administration newspaper backed by Alexander Hamilton. Washington also reluctantly tries out cabinet meetings after getting over a fear that they will be seen as too monarchical. This episode's, blog entry, at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠blog.AmRevPodcast.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ includes a complete transcript, as well as more resources related to this week's episode. Book Recommendation of the Week: ⁠Infamous Scribblers: The Founding Fathers and the Rowdy Beginnings of American Journalism, by Eric Burns. Online Recommendation of the Week: Discourses on Davila, by John Adams: https://archive.org/details/discoursesondavi00adam Join the podcast mail list: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://mailchi.mp/d3445a9cd244/american-revolution-podcast-by-michael-troy⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ARP T-shirts and other merch: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://merch.amrevpodcast.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Ask your American Revolution Podcast questions on Quora: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://amrevpod.quora.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Join the Facebook group, American Revolution Podcast: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/groups/132651894048271⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow the podcast on X ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@AmRevPodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Support this podcast on Patreon ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/AmRevPodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or via PayPal ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://paypal.me/AmRevPodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	You're listening to an Airwave Media podcast.
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0:12.9	And it's giving the new cheesy chicken stack at McDonald's.
0:16.6	Did we mention it's cheesy?
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0:23.8	Subjects of availability.
0:35.2	Hello, and thank you for joining the American Revolution.
0:39.0	This week, episode 373, State of the Union, 1790 and 1791.
0:45.9	We left off last week, George Washington had returned to Philadelphia in July 1791,
0:51.8	following his grand tour of the southern states. The summer in Philadelphia was
0:56.8	itself relatively uneventful. The first Congress had officially ended on March 3, 1791. Now, the second
1:04.4	Congress could have begun meeting the next day, but they didn't feel the need to do so. In fact,
1:09.9	not all the states had even completed their elections for that Congress.
1:13.8	Instead, Congress declared that it would be adjourned until October.
1:17.6	When the second Congress returned, Washington felt that it was time to give his third annual
1:22.5	address to Congress.
1:24.1	I have to admit here, I did not actually cover Washington's second annual address, which he gave in December of 1790.
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