tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8953541230084203389.post9222266552658203200..comments2024-01-10T04:42:28.326-05:00Comments on The Downfall Dictionary: Matthew Lyon: pomp and consequenceDirk Langeveldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10347292004358347133noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8953541230084203389.post-23009303110858973002010-11-07T15:10:14.311-05:002010-11-07T15:10:14.311-05:00he account of the voting for President is not quit...he account of the voting for President is not quite correct. Adams lost the vote of the Electoral College, which voted Jefferson 73, Aaron Burr 73, Adams 65, and some others. The vote in the House was between Jefferson and Burr, not Adams (see Journal of the House, 6th Congress 2nd session, pp 796-803).<br /><br />I'd be very interested in the source for your comment that Morris absented himself at the request his uncle - I've not see the reason stated before.<br /><br />Also, oft stated claim that Lyon "founded" Eddyville seems a bit of a stretch to me. It was established before he got there, though clearly his energies contributed to it's commercial development.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12981113756282328765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8953541230084203389.post-83807948139940845522009-12-17T19:21:10.828-05:002009-12-17T19:21:10.828-05:00Very well written and researched article. Great j...Very well written and researched article. Great job. What a great man Matthew Lyon was.tgreubelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04133428440748019788noreply@blogger.com