John Adams Jr. , 1800 - 1801

In this much-delayed episode, we finally unpack the final year of the Adams presidency. Resources used for this episode include: Signs of economic recovery https://www.nber.org/system/files/chapters/c11737/c11737.pdf https://fraser.stlouisfed.org/title/bankruptcy-act-1800-5846 https://www.pagelawfirm.com/denton-county-lawyer/a-history-of-bankruptcy-laws-in-the-united-states https://eh.net/encyclopedia/bankruptcy-law-in-the-united-states/ https://law.jrank.org/pages/4650/Bankruptcy-History-U-S-Bankruptcy-Laws.html https://www.rib.uscourts.gov/newhome/docs/the_evelution_of_bankruptcy_law.pdf Battle of Puerto Plata Harbor – https://ussconstitutionmuseum.org/2021/10/05/the-puerto-plata-prize/ James Wilkinson – https://www.mountvernon.org/library/digitalhistory/digital-encyclopedia/article/conway-cabal/ https://armyhistory.org/brigadier-general-james-wilkinson/ https://blogs.loc.gov/law/2020/04/general-james-wilkinson-the-spanish-spy-who-commanded-the-u-s-army-during-four-presidential-administrations/ https://www.npr.org/2010/04/28/126363998/the-man-who-double-crossed-the-founders History of Curacao During the Quasi-War– file:///C:/Users/fence/Downloads/9789004253582-B9789004253582-s001.pdf https://pure.knaw.nl/ws/portalfiles/portal/486096/Klooster_%26_Oostindie_%28eds%29%2C_Curacao.pdf Treaty of Mortefontaine – https://www.c-span.org/classroom/document/?19962 https://avalon.law.yale.edu/19th_century/fr1800.asp The crimes of Samuel Chase - https://web.archive.org/web/20150204194517/http://www.fjc.gov/history/home.nsf/page/tu_sedbio_chase.html (a Wayback Machine recovery of http://www.fjc.gov/history/home.nsf/page/tu_sedbio_chase.html) Election of 1800 – https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/thomas-jefferson-aaron-burr-and-the-election-of-1800-131082359/ https://guides.loc.gov/presidential-election-1800/digital-collections https://www.forbes.com/sites/rickungar/2012/08/20/the-dirtiest-presidential-campaign-ever-not-even-close/ Midnight Judges Act - https://www.whitehousehistory.org/the-midnight-appointments