Adams vs. Jefferson the tumultuous election of 1800
| Main Author: | Ferling, John E. |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2004.
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Pivotal moments in American history
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Table of Contents:
- Election eve, 1800
- 'An affection that can never die' : Adams and Jefferson
- 'Dark and menacing evils' : creating the new national system, 1786-1792
- 'War on our own citizens' : partisanship, 1793-1796
- 'Quite at my leisure' : Jefferson and Adams on the eve of the battle in 1796
- 'A narrow squeak, ' : the first contested presidential election
- 'To recover self-government' : the partisan inferno, 1797-1798
- 'Our Bonaparte' : summer 1798 to autumn 1799
- 'We beat you by superior management' : winter and spring, 1800
- 'The boisterous sea of liberty' : the campaign of 1800
- 'The intention of our fellow citizens' : the election of 1800
- 'Give them the horrors' : the House decides the election
- 'The creed of our political faith' : Jefferson's inauguration
- Epilogue : "the revolution of 1800".