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Centuries of Alex Garrett Having One Leg Up In History · OneLegUpAlex Media

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  Speaker 1: Here's your host, Alex Garrett. All right, well, I feel
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  Speaker 1: like we're in lockstep with the United States of America
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  Speaker 1: with the way our downloads are going. As you know,
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  Speaker 1: we just celebrate in America's two hundred and forty ninth birthday.
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  Speaker 1: This podcast now is forty nine thousand downloads, so by
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  Speaker 1: two point fifty this podcast could very well have fifty
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  Speaker 1: thousand downloads. See, we're sort of in in uh I
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  Speaker 1: don't want to say sim puttago, but in alignment, if
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  Speaker 1: you will, with the trajectory of our country, and hope
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  Speaker 1: it's a great trajectory. By the way. Anyway, that being said,
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  Speaker 1: I have to say in searching over the weekend and
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  Speaker 1: these historical days always have something new.
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  Speaker 2: Pop up with history.
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  Speaker 1: But I was looking for a private, prior interview with
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  Speaker 1: Jim Semple about the New Jersey role in the Revolutionary
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  Speaker 1: War when I.
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  Speaker 2: Stumbled upon this.
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  Speaker 1: Back in eighteen thirteen, there was an Alexander Garrett. I
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  Speaker 1: don't know if it's an ancestor of mine, but an
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  Speaker 1: Alexander Garrett that wrote to Thomas Jefferson and James Madison.
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  Speaker 1: So Garretts have been writing in history, writing on history,
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  Speaker 1: writing for history, for centuries now, and I feel like
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  Speaker 1: there's some kind of cool alignment here because of National Archives.
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  Speaker 1: When they look up founders online find that Alexander Garrett
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  Speaker 1: wrote to Thomas Jefferson twenty seven times and James Madison
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  Speaker 1: eighteen times.
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  Speaker 2: And the bio here says that Alexander Garrett seventeen seventy eight.
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  Speaker 1: He was born two years after America declared independence and
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  Speaker 1: lived to eighteen sixty. Was born in Nelson County but
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  Speaker 1: moved to Albemarer County in seventeen ninety four, where he
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  Speaker 1: served as postmaster of Charlottesville and his deputy.
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  Speaker 2: Sheriff in the latter year.
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  Speaker 1: Garrett was appointed deputy Clerk of the Albemarro County Court
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  Speaker 1: in eighteen oh six, promoted the county clerk in eighteen fifteen,
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  Speaker 1: and made Clerk of the Albemarle County Superior Court of
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  Speaker 1: Law in eighteen nineteen.
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  Speaker 2: Ira Garrett, was his brother, replaced.
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  Speaker 1: Him in the latter two positions in eighteen thirty one
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  Speaker 1: and eighteen fifty two. Garrett was a successful businessman in
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  Speaker 1: the National Archives right who owned significant acreage in Albemaro County.
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  Speaker 1: He served on the committee appointed in eighteen fourteen to
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  Speaker 1: revive the moribund Albemarle counadamy and effort that eventually led
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  Speaker 1: to its evolution into the University of Virginia. He helped
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  Speaker 1: start the home of the Cavaliers University of Virginia. Garrett
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  Speaker 1: was proctor of Central College for a few months in
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  Speaker 1: eighteen seventeen, serving as its treasurer when he became the
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  Speaker 1: first burser.
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  Speaker 2: Of the University of Virginia.
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  Speaker 1: I mean this, Alexander Garrett did a lot, did a lot.
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  Speaker 1: He was president, He was president at Monticello when Thomas
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  Speaker 1: Jefferson died. He acted as an executor for a state,
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  Speaker 1: an executor for the Thomas Jefferson State, and himself is
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  Speaker 1: buried at Monticello. Now that's a road trip to go
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  Speaker 1: see Alexander Garrett buried at Monticello.
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  Speaker 2: Now that's an idea. That's an idea.
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  Speaker 1: The Garrett Papers, the Axle Civen Virginia Postmasters, Active Assembly,
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  Speaker 1: Minutes of Albermer County Trustees, Bruce University, Agricultural Society, Thomas
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  Speaker 1: Jefson to Alexander Garrett, Garrett to Evelina Boiling Garrett, one
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  Speaker 1: of his wives, Richmond Enquirer Shackle for descendants. I mean,
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  Speaker 1: this is a historical figure, Alexander Garrett is, and the
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  Speaker 1: fact that he wrote to Thomas Jefferson twenty seven times
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  Speaker 1: is pretty cool. It does feel like this Garrett is
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  Speaker 1: continuing history and in some way picking up where the
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  Speaker 1: other Garrett left off. I mean, this Alexander Garrett is
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  Speaker 1: buried in Monticello, and he lost a child, he lost
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  Speaker 1: a grandchild at a young age.
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  Speaker 2: And he wrote.
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  Speaker 1: About, you know, starting up the University of Virginia. Alex
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  Speaker 1: Garrett sends mister Jefferson the Governor's letter. Reviewed received last
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  Speaker 1: night a copy of my account and report we were
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  Speaker 1: ready by tomorrow. I mean, just to have the name
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  Speaker 1: Alex Garrett and Thamas Jefferson in the same sentence, it's
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  Speaker 1: pretty freaking cool.
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  Speaker 2: But it just makes me feel.
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  Speaker 1: Like I'm continuing something that was started almost two undred
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  Speaker 1: and fifty years ago.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, you gotta think about it, Alexander Garrett.
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  Speaker 1: This one was born two hundred and forty eight years ago,
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  Speaker 1: so in two years we should honor his two hundred
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  Speaker 1: and fiftieth birthday on this podcast. And he was a burser,
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  Speaker 1: as I mentioned, and in Charlottesville. I'm sure he would
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  Speaker 1: not like what happened years ago. And then the type
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  Speaker 1: of things he wrote right to Madison I'm looking here
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  Speaker 1: is all about literal paperwork, and he wrote kind of fancy.
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  Speaker 1: It looks like like old style writing. But it's just
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  Speaker 1: interesting that this figure was writing in eighteen thirteen, much
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  Speaker 1: like I feel like I'm writing and doing this podcast
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  Speaker 1: to preserve history and continue his story.
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  Speaker 2: Two hundred and forty eight years after that, Alexander Garrett
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  Speaker 2: was born. Seventeen seventy eight, A child was born the name.
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  Speaker 1: Of Alexander and his last name was Garrett. And now
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  Speaker 1: here we are this alex Garrett.
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  Speaker 2: Loves history, loves talking about history.
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  Speaker 1: There has to be some bloodline connection here, and I
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  Speaker 1: have to investigate this because now I'm curious, and it
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  Speaker 1: almost makes sense.
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  Speaker 2: It almost makes sense that.
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  Speaker 1: I would be so in love with history because maybe,
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  Speaker 1: just maybe this is in my blood line.
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  Speaker 2: Maybe just maybe this is in my blood line.
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  Speaker 1: And maybe indeed, I'm meant to have one leg up
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  Speaker 1: on history by bringing you some of the great folks
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  Speaker 1: speaking on history. And I will keep doing so, but
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  Speaker 1: keep this in mind. Seventeen seventy eighth, the date the
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  Speaker 1: year I should say that that Alexander Garrett, who wrote
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  Speaker 1: to Thomas Jefferson and James Madison was born. We're going
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  Speaker 1: to do a two and fifty yeth celebration of him
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  Speaker 1: after we've done America to fifty.
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  Speaker 2: By the way, amazing fireworks. Thank you average socialite.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you Mayor Adams for the tickets to see the
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  Speaker 1: fourth of July fireworks off the Brooklyn Bridge. Gabby and
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  Speaker 1: I had a blast, and don't worry, did not ask
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  Speaker 1: for me for his vote because of the tickets.
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  Speaker 2: Don't worry, there was no quick broke row here, though
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  Speaker 2: you might know I'm voting for in November by now. Anyway,
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  Speaker 2: I digress.
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  Speaker 1: The health of New York City will be vital, however,
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  Speaker 1: to the health of America as we hit two fifty.
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  Speaker 2: I believe that wholeheartedly.
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  Speaker 1: So we have to elect the right person to make
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  Speaker 1: two America to fifty even more special here in New
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  Speaker 1: York City, don't we.
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  Speaker 2: So after all.
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  Speaker 1: That being said, I will post this link thanks to
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  Speaker 1: the National Archives of Alexander Garrett writing to Thomas Jefferson
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  Speaker 1: and James Madison, I mean historical figures being written to
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  Speaker 1: and Ryan pegana you would think there's gotta be some
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  Speaker 1: historical bloodline here between the Garrett So we'll.
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  Speaker 2: Have to see. But that's my thought.
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  Speaker 1: Forty nine thousand downloads, two hundred and forty nine years,
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  Speaker 1: we are in lockstep with America. We're hitting fifty thousand.
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  Speaker 1: Has America's hitting two fifty coincidence?
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  Speaker 2: I think? Not here on the One Leg Up Network.
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  Speaker 1: We'll have more to come in the days to come
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  Speaker 1: here on the Alex Garrett One Leg Up Network. But
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  Speaker 1: for now, enjoy this historical deep dive in the description below,
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  Speaker 1: Thanks to the National Archives