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Tag Archives: Matthew Lyon
How Mathew Carey Cleverly Avoided Accusation
In December 1799, John Ward Fenno, Junior, editor of the leading Federalist newspaper, Gazette of the United States, published an editorial claiming the United Irishmen in the United States were plotting a rebellion. He identified the suspected leaders of the organization: … Continue reading
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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
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Tagged Caius, Civil War, Contention in the House of Representatives, Democratic-Republicans, Mathew Carey, Matthew Carey, Matthew Lyon, Roger Griswold
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