On this week’s episode, Cody and Steve talk about William Floyd and decide whether or not silence earns you a place as a Founding Father.

Podcast to recommend: Blowback (Blowback)

Sources

· Maxwell, William Q. A Portrait of William Floyd of Long Island. Setauket, NY: Society of the Preservation of Long Island Antiquities, 1956.

· Pyne, Fred W. “William Floyd.” Society of the Descendants of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence. . Retrieved 7 Oct 2024.

· Scubiere, Paul J. New York’s Signers of the Declaration of Independence. Albany, NY: New York State American Revolutionary Bicentennial Commission, 1975.

· See pinned post on Bluesky for general sources

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On this episode, Cody and Steve talk about Joseph Galloway, the Founding Father who committed the ultimate sin.

Podcast to recommend: Assassinations (Assassinations Podcast)

Sources

· Ferling, John. The Loyalist Mind: Joseph Galloway and the American Revolution. College Station, PA: Pennsylvania State U. Press, 1977.

· Ford, Washington C., ed. Journals of the Continental Congress, 1774-89 Vol 1. Washington, DC: Library of Congress, 1904.

· Gardner, Zachary. “Joseph Galloway: The Occupation of Philadelphia.” HIST 102: The American Revolutionary War. Harvard U. Department of History, 2017. . Retrieved 24 Sept 2024.

· Stewart, Graham. “Joseph Galloway: The Forgotten Founding Father.” Englesberg Ideas, 19 Jan 2021. . Retrieved 24 Sept 2024.

· Smith, James M. “Joseph Galloway’s Plan of Union.” Journal of the American Revolution, 26 Jan 2022. . Retrieved 24 Sept 2024.

· United States Congress. “Galloway, Joseph.” Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. . Retrieved 24 Sept 2024.

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On this episode, Steve and Cody discuss another Revolutionary immigrant from the Emerald Isle, Thomas Fitzsimons.

Podcast to recommend: Anglo-Saxon England (Anglo-Saxon England (evergreenpodcasts.com))

Sources

· Flanders, Henry. “Thomas Fitzsimmons.” The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography 2, no. 3 (1878): 306–14. . Retrieved 10 Sept 2024.

· United States Congress. “Fitzsimons, Thomas.” Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. . Retrieved 10 Sept 2024.

· Wright, Jr., Robert K., and Morris J. MacGregor, Jr. Soldier-Statesmen of the Constitution. Washington, DC: U.S. Army Center of Military History, 1987.

· See pinned tweet for general sources

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On this episode, Cody and Steve discuss the few and far between details of the Constitutional Convention’s man of few words, William Few.

Podcast to recommend: American Revolution (http://blog.amrevpodcast.com/)

Sources

• United States Congress. “Few, William.” Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. . Retrieved 27 Aug 2024.
• Wright, Jr., Robert K., and Morris J. MacGregor, Jr. Soldier-Statesmen of the Constitution. Washington, DC: U.S. Army Center of Military History, 1987.
• See pinned tweet for general sources

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On this episode, Cody and Steve talk about another important dude who didn’t sign anything, Oliver Ellsworth.

Podcast to recommend: America’s National Parks (https://nationalparkpodcast.com/)

Sources

• Abraham, Henry J. Justices and Presidents: A Political History of Appointments to the Supreme Court. Oxford, UK: Oxford U. Press, 1992.
• Brown, William Garrott. The Life of Oliver Ellsworth. New York City, NY: Macmillan, 1905.
• Friedman, Leon. The Justices of the United States Supreme Court: Their Lives and Opinions. New York City, NY: Chelsea House, 1995.
• Toth, Michael C. Founding Federalist: The Life of Oliver Ellsworth. New York City, NY: Simon & Schuster, 2011.
• See pinned tweet for general sources

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On this episode, Steve and Cody discuss one of those rarest of creatures, a Rhode Islander, William Ellery.

Podcast to recommend: America’s Secret Wars (https://redcircle.com/shows/america-secret-wars)

Sources

• Fowler, Jr., William M. William Ellery: A Rhode Island Politico and Lord of Admiralty. Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1973.
• Hand, Tom. “William Ellery of Rhode Island: Merchant, Lawyer, and Signer of the Declaration of Independence.” Constituting America. 22 October 2022. . Retrieved 6 Aug 2024.
• Pyne, Frederick. “William Ellery.” Society of the Descendants of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence. 2011. . Retrieved 6 Aug 2024.
• United States Congress. “Ellery, William.” Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. . Retrieved 6 Aug 2024.
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On this episode, Cody and Steve discuss weird biblical names and John Adams’ opinions about people as they discuss Eliphalet Dyer.

Podcast to recommend: History of Byzantium (https://thehistoryofbyzantium.com/)

Also... be sure to check out our friends at the Ancient and Esoteric Order of the Jackalope! (https://order-of-the-jackalope.com)

Sources

• Dexter, Franklin B. Biographical Sketches of the Graduates of Yale College, 1701-45. New York City, NY: Henry Holt & Co., 1885.
• Trumbull, J. Hammond. “Eliphalet Dyer.” The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography 3, no. 2 (1879): 174–77. . Retrieved 31 Jul 2024.
• United States Congress. “Dyer, Eliphalet.” Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. . Retrieved 31 Jul 2024.
• See pinned tweet for general sources

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On this episode, Steve and Cody discuss William Duer, the man almost single-handedly responsible for America’s first financial crash.

Podcast to recommend: The Hellenistic Age (https://hellenisticagepodcast.wordpress.com/)

Sources

• Brown, Abram. “The High Crimes And Misadventures Of William Duer, The Founding Father Who Swindled America.” Forbes. 4 Jul 2019. . Retrieved 15 Jul 2024.
• Jones, Robert Francis. The King of the Alley, William Duer: Politician, Entrepreneur, and Speculator, 1768-99. Philadelphia, PA: American Philosophical Society, 1992.
• Narron, James, and Skeie, David. “Crisis Chronicles: Central Bank Crisis Management during Wall Street’s First Crash.” Federal Reserve Bank of New York. 9 May 2014. . Retrieved 15 Jul 2024.
• Sylla, Richard, et al. “Alexander Hamilton, Central Banker: Crisis Management During the U. S. Financial Panic of 1792.” Business History Review 83 (Spring 2009). . Retrieved 15 Jul 2024.
• Wright, Robert E., and Cowen, David J. Financial Founding Fathers: The Men Who Made America Rich. Chicago, IL: U. of Chicago Press, 2006.
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