Episode 133: Creating a Federal Government - Peter Kastor (Origins, Part 13)

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Next in the "Origins" series, Peter Kastor talks with Sean Rost about the interactive website, Creating a Federal Government, 1789-1829. Episode Image: Portrait of William Clark by Charles Wilson Peale [Normandy Area Historical Association Records (S0420), SHSMO] About the Guest: Peter Kastor holds a PhD from the University of Virginia. Presently, he is Samuel K. Eddy Endowed Professor, Associate Vice Dean of Research, Professor of History and American Culture Studies, and Professor of Law at Washington University. He is the author and editor of several books, including The Louisiana Purchase: Emergence of an American Nation; The Nation's Crucible: The Louisiana Purchase and the Creation of…