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Tag: Postal System

  • Patronage and Prosperity

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    Photograph of Amos Kendall.

    Amos Kendall was a journalist and a staunch supporter of President Andrew Jackson. In return for his support, he was one of President Jackson’s closest advisors, save Martin Van Buren. Kendall even “formulated the rationale for the spoils system as ‘rotation in office’ and ghostwrote the Bank Veto Message as well as several of Jackson’s other major state papers.” Daniel Walker Howe, What Hath God Wrought: Transformation of America, 1815-1848, 495.

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  • Quincy Adams’ Economic Agenda

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    John Quincy Adams Shakes Hands with Admiral of the Fleet James Gambier. By: Amedee Forestier.

    President John Quincy Adams, in his First Annual Message to Congress delivered on December 6, 1825, set forth his agenda for developing the American economy. Daniel Walker Howe, What Hath God Wrought: Transformation of America, 1815-1848, 251.

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  • The Communications Revolution

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    Engraving of Catharine Sedgwick. By: W. .

    Not long after the end of the War of 1812, America was undergoing a communications revolution.

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