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On this episode, Cody and Steve talk about the stark-raving madman from Delaware, Gunning Bedford.

Podcast to recommend: Alexander Standard (https://open.spotify.com/show/7kOPxWp4fVKJq4Voaf4gT2)

Sources

• Fradin, Dennis B. The Founders: 39 Stories Behind the U. S. Constitution. New York City, NY: Walker & Co., 2005.
• Morton, Joseph C. Shapers of the Great Debate at the Constitutional Convention of 1787. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2006.
• Wright, Jr., Robert K. & Morris J. McGregor, Jr. Soldier-Statesmen of the Constitution. Washington, DC: U. S. Army Center of Military History, 1987.
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This week, Steve and Cody talk about a man whose name is more famous for a dog breed, Richard Bassett.

Podcast to recommend: So You Think You Can Rule Persia? (https://soyouthinkyoucanrulepersia.podbean.com/)

Sources

•Lindenmuth, Judith. “Local Legal Historic Sites – Grave of Richard Bassett.” Widener Law Blog, 4 Jan 2012. . Retrieved 22 May 2023.

•Pickett, Russ. “Richard Bassett.” Delaware’s Governors, 1777-1801, 15 Jul 2007. . Retrieved 22 May 2023.

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

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On this episode, Steve and Cody discuss the Founding Father with a more famous, if fictional, descendant, Josiah Bartlett.

Podcast to recommend: Ranking ‘76 (https://ranking76podcast.podbean.com/)

Sources

• “Josiah Bartlett.” Descendants of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence, Society of Descendants of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence, https://www.dsdi1776.com/signer/josiah-bartlett/. Retrieved 1 May 2023.
• Kelly, Howard A. and Walter L. Burrage, Ed. “Bartlett, Josiah (1729-95).” American Medical Biographies. Baltimore, MD: Norman Remington Co., 1920.
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On this episode of Imperfect Men, we examine the chariot-riding master of Battersea, John Banister.

Podcast to recommend: Noblesse Oblige (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/nobelesse-oblige/id1637021887)

Sources

• "A List of Tithes & Taxable Property taken by Dun [Duncan] Rose Gent the 10th day of April, 1782 for Dinwiddie County". The William and Mary Quarterly. 26 (3): 196–201. January 1918. https://www.jstor.org/stable/191801. Retrieved 24 Apr 2023.
• “Colonel John Banister.” Colonel John Banister Chapter, DAR. http://www.coljohnbanister.org/banister.htm. Retrieved 24 Apr 2023.
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On this episode, we discuss the first Georgia Bulldog and the last signer of the Constitution, Abraham Baldwin.

Podcast to recommend: Battle Royale (https://battleroyalepodcast.wordpress.com/)

Sources

• Coleman, Kenneth, and Andrew O’Shaugnessy. “Social Affairs, 1782-89.” The American Revolution in Georgia, 1763-89. Athens, GA: U. of Georgia Press, 1958.
• White, Henry C. Abraham Baldwin: One of the Founders of the Republic, and Father of the University of Georgia, the First of American State Universities. Athens, GA: McGregor, 1926.
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On this episode, Cody and Steve discuss who could have been the 57th signer of the Declaration, John Alsop.

Sources

• Library of Congress. Letters of Delegates to Congress, 1774-1789, Vols. 2-4. https://memory.loc.gov/ammem/amlaw/lwdg.html#:~:text=The%20twenty%2Dsix%20volumes,Continental%20Congresses%2C%201774%2D1789. Retrieved 20 Mar 2023.
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On this episode, Cody and Steve cover the fourth and last of the Adamses to sign the Big Four documents, Thomas Adams.

Sources

• The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 23, No. 1 (Jan 1915). https://www.jstor.org/stable/4243407. Retrieved 6 Mar 2023.
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On this episode, we rate the most famous Son of Liberty while downing some of the brew named for him, Samuel Adams.

Sources

• Puls, Mark. Samuel Adams: Father of the American Revolution. New York, NY: Palgrave Macmillan, 2006.
• Schiff, Stacy. The Revolutionary: Samuel Adams. New York, NY: Little, Brown, & Co., 2022.
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On our second episode, we discuss the reason why Paul Giamatti is an Emmy Award winner, John Adams.

Sources

• Ellis, Joseph J. Passionate Sage: The Character and Legacy of John Adams. New York, NY: W. W. Norton & Co., 1993.
• Ferling, John E. John Adams: A Life. Knoxville, TN: U. of Tennessee Press, 1992.
• McCullough, David. John Adams. New York, NY: Simon & Schuster, 2001.
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