JULY 4

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Barbour, B.J.:

AN ADDRESS DELIVERED BEFORE THE LITERARY SOCIETIES OF THE VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE, AT LEXINGTON, ON THE 4TH OF JULY, 1854. BY...OF ORANGE COUNTY, VIRGINIA.

Richmond: 1854. 32pp, stitched in original printed wrappers, blank lower corner of front wrap clipped, else Very Good. On this national holiday the author lauds "that perpetual watchword of our hearts-- Virginia!" He denounces the "tendency to centralization" and "that morbid philanthropy and calculating humanity, which takes a fugitive slave..... More

Price: $250.00

Item #38006 AN ORATION, SPOKEN AT HARTFORD, IN THE STATE OF CONNECTICUT, ON THE ANNIVERSARY OF...

Brown, William:

AN ORATION, SPOKEN AT HARTFORD, IN THE STATE OF CONNECTICUT, ON THE ANNIVERSARY OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE, JULY 4TH, A.D. 1799.

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

Price: $500.00

Item #35824 AN ORATION, DELIVERED AT TAUNTON, ON THE 4TH OF JULY, 1799. BY SIMEON DOGGETT, JUN....

Doggett, Simeon:

AN ORATION, DELIVERED AT TAUNTON, ON THE 4TH OF JULY, 1799. BY SIMEON DOGGETT, JUN. A.M. PRECEPTOR OF BRISTOL ACADEMY.

Newbedford, (Massachusetts): Printed by John Spooner, 1799. 20pp. Disbound, uniform light toning, else Very Good. "On this most auspicious day may the hallowed fires, which, through the United States, glowed so ardently on the altars of FREEDOM and INDEPENDENCE, during a most distressing, but victorious war, again rekindle, blaze to..... More

Price: $350.00

Drake, Charles:

THE REBELLION: ITS CHARACTER, MOTIVE, AND AIM. ORATION...DELIVERED AT WASHINGTON, MO., ON THE FOURTH OF JULY, 1862.

[St Louis? 1862]. 12pp, with caption title, as issued. Disbound, Very Good. Union control of Missouri during the War "was exercised in a unique manner. The governor and most of the legislative body had decamped. The only unionist body with some claim to sovereignty was the state convention that had..... More

Price: $175.00

Item #23983 THE TRUE MEANS OF ESTABLISHING PUBLIC HAPPINESS. A SERMON, DELIVERED ON THE 7TH OF...

Dwight, Timothy:

THE TRUE MEANS OF ESTABLISHING PUBLIC HAPPINESS. A SERMON, DELIVERED ON THE 7TH OF JULY, 1795, BEFORE THE CONNECTICUT SOCIETY OF CINCINNATI, AND PUBLISHED AT THEIR REQUEST.

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

Price: $200.00

Fairchild, J.H.:

EARLY SETTLEMENT AND HISTORY OF BROWNHELM. PRESENTED AT THE JUBILEE CELEBRATION, JULY 4TH, 1867.

Oberlin: Printed at the News Office, 1867. Original printed wrappers and disbound, 24pp. Light wrapper soil, and some light margin spotting. Good+. President of Oberlin College and an outspoken anti-slavery man during his career, Fairchild provides first-hand information on the settlement of this Ohio community-- located a bit northwest of..... More

Price: $250.00

Hayne, Isaac William:

AN ORATION, DELIVERED IN THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN COLUMBIA, ON THE FOURTH OF JULY, 1831. PUBLISHED BY REQUEST OF THE CITIZENS.

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", the North's..... More

Price: $350.00

Hayne, Robert Y.:

AN ORATION, DELIVERED IN THE INDEPENDENT OR CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH CHARLESTON. BEFORE THE STATE RIGHTS & FREE TRADE PARTY, THE STATE SOCIETY OF CINCINNATI, THE REVOLUTION SOCIETY, THE '76 ASSOCIATION, AND SEVERAL VOLUNTEER COMPANIES OF MILITIA; ON THE 4TH OF JULY, 1831, BEING THE 55TH ANNIVERSARY OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE.

Charleston: A. & E. Miller, 1831. 47, [1 blank] pp. Disbound and foxed, Good+. Hayne was in his final term as U.S. Senator from South Carolina,. He became the primary voice of Nullification in Carolina's faceoff with Andrew Jackson. Here he extols the virtues of the Revolution, the Society of..... More

Price: $275.00

Learned, Erastus:

THE NATURE AND IMPORTANCE OF CHRISTIAN WORSHIP: CONSIDERED IN A SERMON, PREACHED, JULY 4, 1800, AT THE DEDICATION OF THE NEW MEETING HOUSE IN THE SOUTHWEST PART OF CHARLTON. ERECTED BY A NUMBER OF INHABITANTS, BELONGING TO CHARLTON, STURBRIDGE AND DUDLEY.

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 "a..... More

Price: $350.00

Item #28273 THE BLESSINGS OF AMERICA. A SERMON, PREACHED IN THE MIDDLE DUTCH CHURCH, ON THE...

Linn, William:

THE BLESSINGS OF AMERICA. A SERMON, PREACHED IN THE MIDDLE DUTCH CHURCH, ON THE FOURTH JULY, 1791, BEING THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE INDEPENDENCE OF AMERICA: AT THE REQUEST OF THE TAMMANY SOCIETY, OR COLUMBIAN ORDER.

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

Price: $450.00

Item #36159 AN ORATION, PRONOUNCED JULY 4, 1799, AT THE REQUEST OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE TOWN OF...

Lowell, John Jun.:

AN ORATION, PRONOUNCED JULY 4, 1799, AT THE REQUEST OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE TOWN OF BOSTON, IN COMMEMORATION OF THE ANNIVERSARY OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE.

Boston: Manning & Loring, 1799. 27, [1 blank] pp. Disbound and 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

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Patton, Col. John M.:

ADDRESS DELIVERED BEFORE THE SOCIETY OF ALUMNI OF THE VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE, JULY 4TH, 1871.

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 celebrates, not..... More

Price: $150.00

Pilmore, Joseph:

THE BLESSINGS OF PEACE: A SERMON, PREACHED IN CHRIST'S CHURCH, NEW-YORK, ON THE FOURTH OF JULY, 1794. AT THE JOINT REQUEST OF THE TAMMANY SOCIETY OR, COLUMBIAN ORDER, AND THE SOCIETY OF MECHANICS.

New York: John Buel- For the Society. 1794. 32pp, disbound [with later stitching], light wear, else Very Good. The New York minister preaches an early and "ardent" July 4th sermon, celebrating American independence and the thriving American republic. FIRST EDITION. Evans 27525. More

Price: $250.00

Quincy, Josiah:

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, bit of blank margin wear, old institutional rubberstamp. Last leaf loose, closed tear without loss. Good or Good+. The spirit of tyranny, despite the glorious American Revolution, is again loose in the world. "Exchange Britain for..... More

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Richardson, Luther:

AN ORATION, PRONOUNCED JULY 4, 1800, AT THE REQUEST OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE TOWN OF ROXBURY, IN COMMEMORATION OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE.

Boston: [1800]. 19, [1 blank] pp. With the half title. Light to moderate foxing, disbound, Good+. Unlike most countries, we assemble "not to pay the servile homage of adulation for the birth of kings and despots." Our revolution was not the "demon of anarchy"-- as in France-- and there are..... More

Price: $150.00

[Spooner, William]:

REVIEW OF THE ADDRESS DELIVERED BY HON. JOHN Q. ADAMS, AT WASHINGTON, ON 4TH OF JULY, 1821.

Boston: Wells and Lilly, 1821. 28pp, stitched. Blank edges of several leaves slightly chipped, some dustsoil. Good+. Adams was Secretary of State, then a stepping-stone to the Presidency, during the entire two terms of the Monroe Administration. His July 4, 1821 oration attacking England angered the Federalist remnant in New..... More

Price: $125.00

Item #39566 AN ORATION, DELIVERED JULY 4TH, 1789, AT THE REQUEST OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE TOWN...

Stillman, Samuel:

AN ORATION, DELIVERED JULY 4TH, 1789, AT THE REQUEST OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE TOWN OF BOSTON, IN CELEBRATION OF THE ANNIVERSARY OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE. BY SAMUEL STILLMAN, D.D.

Boston: Printed by B. Edes & Son, 1789. 30, [2 blanks] pp, with the half title [moderately foxed] as issued. Stitched, scattered light foxing, Very Good. This is a great July 4 Oration. Stillman, an original trustee of Rhode Island College [later Brown University], would serve as one of Boston's..... More

Price: $1,500.00

Item #37723 AN ORATION, DELIVERED BEFORE THE SOCIETY OF CINCINNATI, HARTFORD, JULY 4, 1794....

Waterman, Elijah:

AN ORATION, DELIVERED BEFORE THE SOCIETY OF CINCINNATI, HARTFORD, JULY 4, 1794.

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

Price: $375.00

Webster, Daniel:

AN ADDRESS DELIVERED BEFORE THE WASHINGTON BENEVOLENT SOCIETY, AT PORTSMOUTH, JULY 4, 1812.

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 be forgotten."..... More

Price: $150.00

Wells, John:

AN ORATION, DELIVERED ON THE FOURTH OF JULY, 1798, AT ST. PAUL'S CHURCH, BEFORE THE YOUNG MEN OF THE CITY OF NEW-YORK, ASSEMBLED TO COMMEMORATE THEIR NATIONAL INDEPENDENCE.

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

Price: $175.00

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