The Scandalmonger's Revenge
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Feb 18, 2020
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00:42:17

 

We dig into the rise and fall of James Thomson Callender, the pamphleteer who exposed the greatest sex scandals in early American history. His story is told through his attacks on Alexander Hamilton, John Adams, and Thomas Jefferson.

Sources:With the Hammer of Truth: James Thomson Callender and America's Early National Heroes by Michael DureyEliza Hamilton: The Extraordinary Life and Times of the Wife of Alexander Hamilton by Tilar J. MazzeoThe Rise and Fall of Alexander Hamilton by Robert HendricksonThe Reynolds Pamphlet – "The variety of shapes which this woman could assume was endless."

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  We dig into the rise and fall of James Thomson Callender, the pamphleteer who exposed the greatest sex scandals in early American history. His story is told through his attacks on Alexander Hamilton, John Adams, and Thomas Jefferson. Sources:With the Hammer of Truth: James Thomson Callender and America's Early National Heroes (https://amzn.to/321oVsK) by Michael DureyEliza Hamilton: The Extraordinary Life and Times of the Wife of Alexander Hamilton (https://amzn.to/38E23Sq) by Tilar J. MazzeoThe Rise and Fall of Alexander Hamilton (https://amzn.to/2UXjAkF) by Robert HendricksonThe Reynolds Pamphlet (https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Hamilton/01-21-02-0138-0002) – "The variety of shapes which this woman could assume was endless." Show notes and sources at plodpod.com   Join our Patreon family at https://www.patreon.com/ploddingthroughthepresidents for exclusive bonus content!  

 

We dig into the rise and fall of James Thomson Callender, the pamphleteer who exposed the greatest sex scandals in early American history. His story is told through his attacks on Alexander Hamilton, John Adams, and Thomas Jefferson.

Sources:With the Hammer of Truth: James Thomson Callender and America's Early National Heroes by Michael DureyEliza Hamilton: The Extraordinary Life and Times of the Wife of Alexander Hamilton by Tilar J. MazzeoThe Rise and Fall of Alexander Hamilton by Robert HendricksonThe Reynolds Pamphlet – "The variety of shapes which this woman could assume was endless."

Show notes and sources at plodpod.com

 

Join our Patreon family at https://www.patreon.com/ploddingthroughthepresidents for exclusive bonus content!

 

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