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Roger Griswold and the “Spitting Lyon”
The Federalists had long denigrated Vermont congressman Matthew Lyon as being a lower-class Irishman and former indentured servant. Then, in February 1798, Roger Griswold, a representative from Connecticut, implied that Lyon’s service during the Revolution had been less than exemplary. … Continue reading
Posted in From The Desk, Newspaper Politics
Tagged Caius, Civil War, Contention in the House of Representatives, Democratic-Republicans, Mathew Carey, Matthew Carey, Matthew Lyon, Roger Griswold
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