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Nov. 5, 2023

4.26 - Hello, Goodbye

4.26 - Hello, Goodbye

Year(s) Discussed: 1810-1814

Though it took a while, in 1813, news of the war between Britain and the US arrived on the West Coast and would have ramifications for the Americans at the Pacific trading post of Astoria. Meanwhile, President Madison with his second inauguration launched a reset of the administration's war efforts, though he would find his ambitions for East Florida shut down by Congress while General James Wilkinson continued to pose problems for his superiors in Washington. Sources used for this episode can be found at https://www.presidenciespodcast.com.

Special thanks to Craig Baird of Canadian History Ehx and Andrew Schneider for providing the intro quotes for this episode, and thanks to Christian of Your Podcast Pal for his audio editing work on this episode!

The transcript for this episode can be found here.

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Featured Image: "Fort Astoria, 1813" by Gabriel Franchère [c. 1854], courtesy of Wikipedia

Intro and Outro Music: "Hull's Victory," as performed by David and Ginger Hildebrand, courtesy of the Colonial Music Institute at George Washington's Mount Vernon