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#1604 Ten Things about Gouverneur Morris

#1604 Ten Things about Gouverneur Morris

Released Monday, 17th June 2024
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#1604 Ten Things about Gouverneur Morris

#1604 Ten Things about Gouverneur Morris

#1604 Ten Things about Gouverneur Morris

#1604 Ten Things about Gouverneur Morris

Monday, 17th June 2024
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Clay Jenkinson’s conversation with regular guest Dr. Lindsay Chervinsky about the penman of the U.S. Constitution, Gouverneur Morris of New York. Morris and Thomas Jefferson knew each other in France but couldn’t really get along. Morris was Alexander Hamilton’s best friend and after the 1804 duel that ended Hamilton’s life, Morris agreed to look after his widow and young children, and he gave a superb eulogy for Hamilton, whom he admitted was a monarchist. We are also joined by novelist Rebecca Flynt, who is finishing up a book about Nancy Randolph, who was involved first in the most notorious sex scandal of the era at a plantation aptly named Bizarre, but later, destitute in New York, drew Gouverneur Morris’ attention first as his housekeeper and then his wife. It’s all intriguing, scandalous, and well, bizarre.

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