Boston: Printed by Benjamin Edes & Son, 1793. 21, [1 blank] pp, with the half title. Disbound and lacking the final blank. Else Very Good. This is the first of two editions, the second also published in 1793. John Jenkins called this Oration Adams's first published work. According to ESTC..... More
Hartford: Hudson and Goodwin, 1799. 23, [1 blank] pp. Stitched and untrimmed. Scattered foxing and spotting. Early ownership signature at head of title [loss of letter due to small tear]. Good+. A Connecticut Federalist attacks the French Revolution and the "utter depravity" of its leaders, who would foment a slave..... More
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New Haven: 1799. Half title, 28pp. Bound in modern cloth. Scattered foxing. Good+ or so. The title is from Swift's 'Voyage to Laputa.' Daggett quotes abundantly from it, to illustrate his concern that inventions and faddish thinking will cause people to forget "the foolish habit of temperance, industry and exercise."..... More
New Haven: Printed by T. & S. Green, and sold by I. Beers, at his Book-Store, [1795]. 40pp, but lacking the half title. Disbound. Early ownership signature of Erastus Scranton, likely the Connecticut minister and member of the General Association of Connecticut. Good+. On the necessity of creating a society..... More
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Boston: Printed by J. Gill, Printer to the General Assembly, 1777. 37, [1 blank] pp, but lacking the half title and final blank. Stitched. Inscription on verso of final blank, : "the gift of Dr. W. Gordon / to g. Woods march 17th 1786." Several text corrections in ink, probably..... More
Columbia, SC: Printed at the Times and Gazette Office, 1831. 15, [1 blank] pp. Disbound, partly untrimmed Top blank margin of title page torn away [probably to remove an inscription; no text loss] Scattered foxing. Good+. On the eve of the Nullification Crisis Hayne emphasizes the South's "oppression"..... More
Dedham: Printed at the Minerva Press, 1798. 19, [1 blank] pp, with the half title. Disbound with mild spotting. Good plus. This dramatic July 4 Oration recalls "the sages and heroes of our own Columbia and of our own time," who "waged war against Despotism. They wrenched, from the monster's..... More
Worcester: Isaiah Thomas, Jun. August- 1800. 21, [1 blank] pp. Stitched. Scattered foxing, some early pinholes in blank inner margin. Good+, with attractive ornamentation. A rare July 4 sermon in which Reverend Learned, Pastor of the Congregational Church in Charlton, advocates public worship in order "to impress on" men..... More
New York: Thomas Greenleaf, 1791. 39pp, disbound, with the half title. Scattered foxing, light rubberstamp at top of half title. Good+. Pages 37-39 are An Ode Composed for the Occasion, by Dr. William Pitt Smith. Linn was the first chaplain of the House of Representatives in 1789. One of 600..... More
Boston: Manning & Loring, 1799. 27, [1 blank] pp. Loosened stitching, lightly dusted, else Very Good. "More than an ordinary fourth of July oration" [Sabin]. Lowell, a prominent Federalist, warns of the "Gallic faction in this country," supporters of "the inhuman and savage atrocities which have disgraced the French Revolution."..... More
Wytheville: D.A. St. Clair, 1871. 26pp. Disbound, toned, light foxing. Good+. An unreconstructed Southerner's July 4th Address, with an unusual imprint. Patton's whole family had gone to VMI. Two of his brothers, he says, "fell amid the 'din and roar of battle,' beneath the southern flag." Here he..... More
Philadelphia: 27 June 1856. [2] pp, 8" x 10." Written in neat ink manuscript on recto and verso of a single lined leaf. Very Good. Signed in ink at the end by each of the Signers listed below. Note [misspelling his name at the end]: "Mr. OConner | New York."..... More
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..... More
London: Printed and Sold by Citizen Daniel Isaac Eaton. 1795. 23. [1 blank] pp. Light uniform toning. Very Good, in later cloth. Originally printed the previous year in Charleston, this unusually perceptive oration is one of three London 1795 printings, priority unclear. The South Carolina historian, physician, and statesman was..... More
Boston: [1800]. 19, [1 blank] pp. Stitched. With the half title in elegant typescript. Bound in contemporary pale blue wrappers [heavy ink writing has caused some wrapper tears, no printed text affected]. Mild foxing. Upper margins trimmed closely, removing page numbers but not affecting the text of the Oration. Good+..... More
Philadelphia: Printed for T. Dobson, 1789. 32pp. Bound in modern plain wrappers. Lightly foxed. Inscription on top margin of title page. Very Good. Rogers dedicates his Oration to the President [Thomas Mifflin], Vice President [Thomas M'Kean], and members of the Pennsylvania Society of the Cincinnati. He calls July 4 "The..... More
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Akron, Ohio: H. Canfield, Printer, 1847. 15, [1 blank], 11, [1 blank] pp. Stitched with wrapper title as issued. Spalding's pencil presentation inscription to future president Rutherford B. Hayes: "R.B. Hayes from Hon. R.P. Spalding." Light scattered foxing. Very Good. The first pamphlet's title page is "Oration on the Causes..... More
Hartford: Hudson and Goodwin, 1794. 4to. 20pp, stitched, lightly foxed. Else Very Good. A heartfelt July 4 oration, delivered before the organization of Revolutionary War officers. Of America's first settlers, Waterman says that "Religion was the darling object of their souls." They developed their institutions "upon the grounds of equality...free..... More
Portsmouth, N.H. [1812]. 27pp, with the half title. Untrimmed, disbound, scattered foxing and an ink numeral, Good+. A fine speech blending the celebration of July 4 with recollections of Washington's achievements. "Our national anniversary, and the fame of WASHINGTON are mutual guarantees for each other, that neither shall..... More
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New York: M'Lean & Lang, 1798. 22pp, without the final blank. Bound in modern marbled wrappers. Light scattered foxing, Very Good. Wells "revised for publication the collected papers known as 'The Federalist', bringing out the fifth edition in 1802" [DAB]. A Federalist who allied himself with Hamilton, "he frequently crossed..... More