AN ORATION, PRONOUNCED, JULY 4, 1798, AT THE REQUEST OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE TOWN OF BOSTON, IN COMMEMORATION OF THE ANNIVERSARY OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE.
Boston: John Russell, 1798. 31, [1 blank] pp, but lacking the half title. Disbound, "Dutton & Wentworth" stamp affixed to blank bottom margin. Good plus.
This is the first edition. Russell printed a second later in 1798. An edition also issued from Philadelphia.
The spirit of tyranny, despite the glorious American Revolution, is again loose in the world. "Exchange Britain for France," and the "despotic design" is identical. The Jeffersonians are the authors of the "disgusting calumnies and falsehoods, which have been propagated concerning our best and most virtuous citizens; our clergy. . . the present head of our nation; or shall I point you, to that injured hero, who, like the departing sun, looks through the shades of Mount Vernon?"
FIRST EDITION. Evans 34429. ESTC 28797. Item #41855
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