Episode #45: 1798 Timeline Twist & The Spittin' Lyon
- youaintawoofin
- Nov 7, 2024
- 2 min read

11/6/2024: On today’s episode, Valerie’s 1798 Timeline Twist presents a hunk of French Warcake (with some Irish rebellion frosting), a QVC worthy “1798 Ink Collection” with shimmering flecks of silver for an elegant finish, we take a peek at some “Summer of ‘98” fashion influencers, enjoy some gothic fine arts, and uncover some racy new words of the year. Next, Amy Jo covers The Spittin’ Lyon, a truly self-made immigrant son of Ireland, who during his military service was “Cashiered for Cowardice”, but worked his way up to the US House of Representatives, got into a famous altercation on the house floor, and was then thrown in the slammer for violation of the Sedition Act of 1798 due to his publication which, in our opinion, was the best newspaper title of all time.
Cover Photo: This colorized version of a political cartoon published in Philadelphia in 1798 depicts the fight between Matthew Lyon and Roger Griswold on the floor of Congress. (Library of Congress)
Irish Rebel Pike
Kyanite du Népal, Hand-dipped wax seal cap
Carnelian of Egypt (orangish red)
Morning dresses, Summer 1798, Ella Strong Denison Library
Witches' Sabbath, 1798 by Francisco Goya
Mincemeat Pie
World's Largest Box of Raisins
Johnny Cakes
Black and white close up of section of Matthew Lyon portrait on display at Vermont State House. State House portrait painted in 1945 after a bequest by Zenas H. Ellis and based on an original owned by Ellis
The Fair Haven home of Matthew Lyon
Engraved BEP portrait of U.S. President John Adams
Judge William Paterson (pictured) lamented being unable to give a harsher punishment
Matthew Lyon Historical Marker - Photographed by Kevin Craft, October 18, 2014
Sources/Photo Sources
Intro Sources:
https://www.history.com/topics/united-states-constitution/constitution
https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/hus/sources-definitions/geographic-region.htm
Timeline Twist Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1798
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alien_and_Sedition_Acts
https://www.jherbin.com/1798.html
https://calisphere.org/item/24b21353c671c5cffa42ee6635483f9e/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morning_dress
https://www.franciscogoya.com/witches-sabbath.jsp
https://www.ourheritageofhealth.com/old-fashioned-mincemeat-pie-recipe-from-1798/
https://fromwhencewecome.net/2015/04/25/recipes-from-the-american-cookery-1798-cookbook/
https://www.merriam-webster.com/time-traveler/1798
Timeline Twist Photo Sources:
https://ccdl.claremont.edu/digital/collection/fpc/id/29
https://www.franciscogoya.com/witches-sabbath.jsp
https://www.jherbin.com/1798.html
https://www.ourheritageofhealth.com/old-fashioned-mincemeat-pie-recipe-from-1798/
https://fromwhencewecome.net/2015/04/25/recipes-from-the-american-cookery-1798-cookbook/
The Spittin' Lyon Sources:
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/adams-alien-and-seditions-act/
https://www.britannica.com/topic/First-Amendment
https://www.history.com/news/alien-enemies-act-sedition-adams-jefferson
https://www.politico.com/story/2011/02/griswold-lyon-fight-erupts-on-house-floor-feb-15-1798-049518
https://vermonthistory.org/journal/78/VHS7802SeditionAct1798.pdf
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Lyon
https://www.history.com/news/alien-enemies-act-sedition-adams-jefferson
https://www.britannica.com/event/Alien-and-Sedition-Acts
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/adams-alien-and-seditions-act/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alien_and_Sedition_Acts
https://billofrightsinstitute.org/essays/the-alien-and-sedition-acts
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_invasion_of_Egypt_and_Syria
https://www.hmdb.org/results.asp?Search=KeywordA&SearchFor=matthew+lyon
The Spittin' Lyon Photo Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Lyon#/media/File:Lyon-griswold-brawl.jpg
https://i0.wp.com/todayincthistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/02-15-griswold-lyon-c-1.jpg?ssl=1
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Lyon#/media/File:Matthew_Lyon_(Vermont_Congressman)_2.jpg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Lyon#/media/File:Lyon's_Fair_Haven_House.jpg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Lyon#/media/File:William_Paterson_copy.jpg


























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