Strange Bedfellows: Chester A. Arthur and Julia Sand.

Unf*cking The Republic

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🗓️ 22 October 2022

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

As Max grinds away at a more in-depth Unf*cking, we offer our dear listeners a new palate cleanser. Strange Bedfellows examines fascinating relationships and wonders how these duos might have altered the course of history. Our first installment tells the story of President Chester Arthur and a pen-pal named Julia Sand.

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Chapters

Intro: 00:00:31

A Nation Adrift: 00:02:33

Arthur Is Now President: 00:07:17

Letters: 00:07:40

Outro: 00:19:41

Resources

Samuel Eliot Morison, Henry Steele Commager andWilliam E. Leuchtenburg: A Concise History of the American Republic: Volume 1

David C. Whitney: The Graphic Story of the American Presidents

Library of Congress: The Correspondence of Julia I. Sand

Miller Center: Chester Arthur, December 6, 1881: First Annual Message

The New York Times: Overlooked No More: Julia Sand, Whose Letters Inspired a President

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0:00.0	Welcome to a new periodic pellet cleansing feature from unfucking the Republic.
0:04.1	Strange Bedfellows examine small but pivotal moments that brought together unlikely duos throughout U.S. history.
0:10.2	Strange Bedfell is brought to you by pro-level members, Ismail, D.K. on the Rocks, Jim M. Silfer's Daddy, 420, Jessica's CS 90 Days of Rage, S.P.E-D teacher, Schnarf, Caleb C, Carol J.H, Linney Lou, Sarah C, Don D,
0:27.6	unfucking Phil, exile writer, Edric, and Knudson.
0:32.2	How would things be different if they'd never met?
0:37.2	Was it the world's
0:39.6	good fortune
0:41.0	Or histories regret
0:43.4	Like peanut butter and jelly
0:47.0	Fire and Marsbellow
0:50.6	These unlikely
0:52.9	Duos Make strange bedfellows.
1:02.7	Once again under suspicion for theft, Charles Guto made a hasty retreat from Boston
1:08.2	aboard the SS Stonington in the summer of 1880. Whilst on the
1:13.4	Connecticut River, the Stonington collided with the SS Narragansett. Despite the loss of life on
1:18.8	the Narragansett, the Stonington limped to shore with a relieved Guteau, believing that he was spared
1:24.9	due to divine intervention. Throughout his life, Guto struggled with
1:29.6	mental illness and would constantly run afoul of the law, but his brush with death gave him a
1:35.4	renewed sense of purpose. So he decided to enter politics as a supporter of the so-called
1:41.2	stalwart's wing of the Republican Party that supported a third term for
1:45.5	Ulysses S. Grant. Ultimately, the split in the party paved the way for the emergence of one of the
1:51.3	most unlikely candidates for president in U.S. history. Unlikely because he didn't want the job,
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