James is an excellent #Historian whom I've come to know. This is well worth your time.
https://twitter.com/KinderhookFox/status/1629174520048148488
https://jamesbradley.substack.com/p/its-really-not-that-complicated
#Substack #twitterstorians #IndianRemoval #AgeofJackson #antebellumera
#histodons @histodons
#historian #substack #twitterstorians #indianremoval #ageofjackson #antebellumera #histodons
Even a #Conservative jurist and essayist I know from the #Antebellumera recognized that original meanings behind the Constitution had to evolve according to popular will, a position more enlightened and sophisticated than the 6 GOP hacks on today's #SCOTUS .
#PoliticalHistory #LegalHistory #Originalism #FakeOriginalism #GOP #GOPextremism
#conservative #antebellumera #scotus #politicalhistory #legalhistory #originalism #fakeoriginalism #gop #gopextremism
#NewYork #Merchant Robert Lenox wrote a letter in 1822, mentioning Timothy Pickering as a possible candidate to be a director of a bank.
Timothy Pickering? Wait, is that the same guy I remember from Garry Wills's book on TJ, JA, and slavery that @CPostel once assigned my M.A. class many years ago?
Sure enough, it was! Pickering died in 1829.
#MercantileBanking #antebellumera #financialhistory #politicalhistory #transcribing #microfiche
He had some #antislavery cred if I recall.
#newyork #merchant #mercantilebanking #antebellumera #financialhistory #politicalhistory #transcribing #microfiche #antislavery