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The Adams Administration

Original Broadway Cast of Hamilton
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[00:00.00] THE ADAMS ADMINISTRATION

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[00:02.00] [BURR – 3]

[00:03.16] How does Hamilton the short-tempered

[00:05.55] Protean creator of the Coast Guard

[00:07.93] Founder of the New York Post

[00:09.79] Ardently abuse his cab’net post

[00:12.29] Destroy his reputation?

[00:14.37] Welcome, folks, to

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[00:16.03] [COMPANY – ALL]

[00:16.24] The Adams administration!

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[00:18.02] [BURR – 3]

[00:18.23] Jefferson’s the runner-up, which makes him the Vice President

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[00:21.77] [JEFFERSON – 4]

[00:21.98] Washington can’t help you now, no more mister nice President

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[00:25.41] [BURR – 3]

[00:25.62] Adams fires Hamilton

[00:26.56] Privately calls him “creole bastard” in his taunts

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[00:29.70] [JEFFERSON – 4]

[00:29.90] Say what?!

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[00:30.83] Hamilton publishes his response

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[00:32.29] [HAMILTON – 1]

[00:32.60] Sit down, John, you fat mother—[BLEEP]

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[00:36.14] [BURR – 3]

[00:37.13] Hamilton is out of control

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[00:39.58] [MADISON – 6]

[00:39.89] This is great! He’s out of power. He holds no office.

[00:43.02] And he just destroyed President John Adams,

[00:45.32] the only other significant member of his party

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[00:47.93] [JEFFERSON – 4]

[00:48.14] Hamilton is a host unto himself.

[00:50.01] As long as he can hold a pen, he’s a threat.

[00:52.08] Let’s let him know what we know