The American Library of Useful Knowledge, Vol. 1: Published by Authority of the Boston Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge; Containing Judge Story's, Mr. Webster's, and Mr. Everett's Lectures Before the Mechanics' Institution; Mr. Everett's Lect

Excerpt from The American Library of Useful Knowledge, Vol. 1: Published by Authority of the Boston Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge; Containing Judge Story's, Mr. Webster's, and Mr. Everett's Lectures Before the Mechanics' Institution; Mr. Everett's Lecture on the Working Men's Party

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1831, by Bruno: and clapp, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of Massachusetts.

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