Representative American Orations: To Illustrate American Political History

Johnston, Alexander, Editor. Professor of Jurisprudence and Political Economy in the College of New Jersey.

Published by G.P. Putnam's Sons: The Knickerbocker Press, New York and London, 1888

About this Item

New York and London: G.P. Putnam's Sons: The Knickerbocker Press, 1888. Published 1888. Includes a gift notation dated June 21, 1888 to the winner of the Saxe Sevier Rhetorical Prize. Brown cloth with blind-stamped fleur-de-lis design at the spine, patterned endpapers, gilt and uncut edges, 282 pages. The book is in good condition with some fraying to the spine tips, bumped and frayed corners and very light surface and edge rubbing, sound text block, good hinges, clean pages with no other names or markings. The book contains selected persuasive speeches of American forefathers as well as lesser known speeches. Examples include: Massachusetts Representative and lifetime friend of John Adams, Col. Josiah Quincy (dissenting the admission of Louisiana to the Union); Fisher Ames on the first British treaty, John Nicholas on the proposed repeal of the Sedition Ac;, Eliphalet Nott on the death of Alexander Hamilton and Henry Clay on the War of 1812. . Hard Cover. Good/No. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Representative American Orations: To Illustrate American Political History
• Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons: The Knickerbocker Press, New York and London
• Publication Date: 1888
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No
• Seller catalogs:
  • American History and Biography