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The script for this episode was devised using the written words and transcripts of speeches made by both Martin Van Buren and William Henry Harrison along with secondary materials, both from the time and by later researchers. The full script can be found here.
The sources used for this episode are as follows:
- “A Comparison of Mr. Poinsett’s Plan for the Re-Organization of the Militia With That of Gen. Harrison, and Both With the Old Law.” Washington: Globe Office, 1840. Box 48. Andrew Stevenson and J.W. Stevenson Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.
- Gunderson, Robert Gray. The Log-Cabin Campaign. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1977 [1957].
- Harrison, William Henry. “25 November 1835, to William Ayers.” Reel 2. William Henry Harrison Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, DC. https://www.loc.gov/resource/mss25148.002_0011_1115/?sp=571 (Images 571-575).
- Harrison, William Henry. “Gen. Harrison’s Speech at the Dayton Convention, September 10, 1840.” Boston, MA: Whig Republican Association, 1840[?]. https://books.google.com/books?id=ep5cAAAAcAAJ&dq=dayton%20convention&pg=PA1#v=onepage&q&f=false.
- Harrison, William Henry. “Inaugural Address.” March 4, 1841. Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project. http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=25813.
- Mahon, John K. History of the Second Seminole War, 1835-1842: Revised Edition. Gainesville, FL: University of Florida Press, 1991 [1967].
- Norton, A B. The Great Revolution of 1840: Reminiscences of the Log Cabin and Hard Cider Campaign. Mount Vernon, OH and Dallas, TX: A B Norton & Co, 1888. https://books.google.com/books?id=h74TAAAAYAAJ&dq=revolution%20of%201840&pg=PA3#v=onepage&q=revolution%20of%201840&f=false.
- Van Buren, Martin. “Fourth Annual Message.” December 5, 1840. Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project. http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=29482.
- Van Buren, Martin. “Inaugural Address.” March 4, 1837. Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project. http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=25812.
The audio used for “The Star-Spangled Banner” is from a recording of the United States Army Bands, and the full audio recording can be found at archive.org. The applause sound effect was by user RHumphries, and the full audio recording can be found at the Wikimedia Commons. The indoor crowd noise sound in the background was by user sound-ideas, and the full audio recording can be found at freesfx.co.uk.
The daguerrotypes above of Martin Van Buren and William Henry Harrison are both found on the Wikimedia Commons with the Van Buren picture courtesy of the Harvard University Library while the Harrison picture is courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
