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Adams vs. Jefferson [electronic resource] : the tumultuous election of 1800 / John Ferling.

By: Ferling, John E.
Contributor(s): ebrary, Inc.
Series: Pivotal moments in American history: Publisher: New York : Oxford University Press, 2004Description: xx, 260 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.Subject(s): Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 | Adams, John, 1735-1826 | Presidents -- United States -- Election -- 1800 | United States -- Politics and government -- 1797-1801Genre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 324.973/044 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
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, 1796 : 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.

Includes index.

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, 1796 : 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.

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Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.