Imperfect Men

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. <https://www.dsdi1776.com/signer/william-floyd/>. 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

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. <https://hist1002.omeka.fas.harvard.edu/exhibits/show/zachary-gardner/joseph-galloway----the-occupat>. Retrieved 24 Sept 2024.·        Stewart, Graham. “Joseph Galloway: The Forgotten Founding Father.” Englesberg Ideas, 19 Jan 2021. <https://engelsbergideas.com/portraits/joseph-galloway-the-forgotten-founding-father/>. Retrieved 24 Sept 2024.·        Smith, James M. “Joseph Galloway’s Plan of Union.” Journal of the American Revolution, 26 Jan 2022. <https://allthingsliberty.com/2022/01/joseph-galloways-plan-of-union/>. Retrieved 24 Sept 2024.·        United States Congress. “Galloway, Joseph.” Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. <https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/G000026>. Retrieved 24 Sept 2024.

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. <http://www.jstor.org/stable/20084352>. Retrieved 10 Sept 2024.·        United States Congress. “Fitzsimons, Thomas.” Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. <https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/F000178>. 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

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/)SourcesUnited States Congress. “Few, William.” Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. <https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/F000100>. 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

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/)SourcesAbraham, 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

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)SourcesFowler, 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. <https://constitutingamerica.org/90day-dcin-william-ellery-of-rhode-island-merchant-lawyer-and-signer-of-the-declaration-of-independence-guest-essayist-tom-hand/>. Retrieved 6 Aug 2024.Pyne, Frederick. “William Ellery.” Society of the Descendants of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence. 2011. <https://www.dsdi1776.com/signer/william-ellery/>. Retrieved 6 Aug 2024.United States Congress. “Ellery, William.” Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. <https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/E000115>. Retrieved 6 Aug 2024.See pinned tweet for general sources

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)SourcesDexter, 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. <http://www.jstor.org/stable/20084395>. Retrieved 31 Jul 2024.United States Congress. “Dyer, Eliphalet.” Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. <https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/D000590>. Retrieved 31 Jul 2024.See pinned tweet for general sources

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/)SourcesBrown, Abram. “The High Crimes And Misadventures Of William Duer, The Founding Father Who Swindled America.” Forbes. 4 Jul 2019. <https://www.forbes.com/sites/abrambrown/2019/07/04/the-high-crimes-and-misadventures-of-william-duer-the-founding-father-who-swindled-america/>. 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. <https://libertystreeteconomics.newyorkfed.org/2014/05/crisis-chronicles-central-bank-crisis-management-during-wall-streets-first-crash-1792/#.VmIYbXarTIW>. 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). <https://w4.stern.nyu.edu/research/alexander_hamilton_central_banker.pdf>. 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.See pinned tweet for general sources

On this episode, Steve and Cody discuss James Duane, the blueblood post-Revolution Mayor of New York City.Podcast to recommend: The Explorers (https://explorerspodcast.com/)SourcesAlexander, Edward. Revolutionary Conservative: James Duane of New York. New York City, NY: AMS Press, 1978.Burrows, Edwin G. and Wallace, Mike. Gotham: A History of New York City to 1898. New York City, NY: Oxford U. Press, 1999.Journals of the Continental Congress, 1774-1789, ed. Worthington C. Ford et al. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1905.United States Congress. “Duane, James.” Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. <https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/D000508>. Retrieved 2 Jul 2024.See pinned tweet for general sources