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Title:

American speeches : Political oratory from the Revolution to the Civil War.

Publisher:

Distributed to the trade in the United States by Penguin Putnam,

Copyright Date:

c2006

Description:

810 p. ; 21 cm.

Subject:

United States--Politics and government--Sources.
United States--History--Sources.
Speeches, addresses, etc., American.
Political oratory--United States.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Contents:

Eulogy on John Adams and Thomas Jefferson / William Wirt -- Oration on the Boston Massacre / John Hancock -- Speech in the Virginia Convention / Patrick Henry -- Speech to Officers of the Continental Army / George Washington -- Speech at the Conclusion of the Constitutional Convention / Benjamin Franklin -- Speech in Virginia Ratifying Convention / Patrick Henry -- First Inaugural Address / George Washington -- Reply to President Washington / Red Jacket -- Eulogy on George Washington / Henry Lee -- First Inaugural Address / Thomas Jefferson -- Remarks on the Repeal of the Judiciary Act / Alexander Hamilton -- Speech in Congress against Non-importation / John Randolph -- Speech in Congress on the War of 1812 / Henry Clay -- Address at the Laying of the Cornerstone of the Bunker Hill Monument / Daniel Webster -- Eulogy on John Adams and Thomas Jefferson / William Wirt --
Speech in the Senate on Compromise Resolutions / John C. Calhoun -- First Inaugural Address / Andrew Jackson -- Second Reply to Hayne / Daniel Webster -- Second Inaugural Address / Andrew Jackson -- Address to the General Trades' Union / Ely Moore -- Speech in the Senate on Expunging the Censure of President Jackson / Thomas Hart Benton -- Speech in the Senate on Antislavery Petitions / John C. Calhoun -- The Murder of Lovejoy / Wendell Phillips -- Antislavery Speech at Pennsylvania Hall / Angelina Grimké Weld -- Address to the Slaves of the United States of America / Henry Highland Garnet -- Speech in Congress on the War with Mexico / Abraham Lincoln -- Address to Woman's Rights Convention / Elizabeth Cady Stanton -- The political Destination of America and the Signs of the Times / Theodore Parker -- Speech in the Senate on Compromise Resolutions / Henry Clay -- Speech in the Senate on Compromise Resolutions / John C. Calhoun --
Index. Abraham Lincoln -- Speech to Woman's Rights Convention / Sojourner Truth -- What to the Slave Is the 4th of July? / Frederick Douglass -- The Crime against Kansas / Charles Sumner -- "House Divided" Speech / Abraham Lincoln -- The Irrepressible Conflict / William Seward -- True Americanism / Carl Schurz -- Speech to the Court / John Brown -- Address at Cooper Institute / Abraham Lincoln -- Farewell Address in the Senate / Jefferson Davis -- Speech at Independence Hall / Abraham Lincoln -- First Inaugural Address / Abraham Lincoln -- ''Corner-Stone'' Speech / Alexander Stephens -- Address at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania / Abraham Lincoln -- Second Inaugural Address / Abraham Lincoln -- Biographical notes -- Note on the texts -- Notes -- Index.

Series:

Library of America ; 166

ISBN:

9781931082976
1931082979

OCLC:

(OCoLC)74439513

Locations:

O4AX446 -- Chadwick Library

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

FYPI314 -- Dubuque County Library - Asbury Branch (Asbury)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

CEAX572 -- Kirkwood Community College Library (Cedar Rapids)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

CBPF522 -- Coralville Public Library (Coralville)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

OSAX771 -- Grand View University Library (Des Moines)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

ULAX314 -- Loras College Library (Dubuque)

UDAX314 -- Charles C. Myers Library (Dubuque)

N2AX314 -- Divine Word College - Matthew Jacoby Library (Epworth)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

GLAX641 -- Marshalltown Community College Library (Marshalltown)

GUPF501 -- Newton Public Library (Newton)

AAPF906 -- Ottumwa Public Library (Ottumwa)

OMAX631 -- Geisler Learning Resource Cntr (Pella)

UTAX115 -- Buena Vista University Library (Storm Lake)

GDPF771 -- Urbandale Public Library (Urbandale)

HWAX074 -- Hawkeye Community College Library (Waterloo)

PQAX094 -- Wartburg College - Vogel Library (Waverly)

DPPE403 -- Kendall Young Library (Webster City)