| Author | Magoon, Elias Lyman.
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| Title | Orators of the American Revolution. By E. L. Magoon.
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| Edition | 4th ed. |
| Published | New York, Baker and Scribner, 1848.
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| Description | xv, [17]-456 p. front., ports. 19 cm.
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| Formatted Note | Contents: The battle-fields of early American eloquence.--James Otis, orator of intrepid passion.--Samuel Adams, last of the Puritans.--Josiah Quincy, orator of refined enthusiasm.--John Hancock, dignified cavalier of liberty.--Joseph Warren, type of our martial eloquence.--John Adams, orator of blended enthusiasm and sobriety.--Patriotic piety of '76.--Patrick Henry, the incarnation of revolutionary zeal.--Richard Henry Lee, the polished statesman.--Alexander Hamilton, the master of political sagacity.--Fisher Ames, orator of genius and elaborate beauty.--William Pinkney, the accomplished counsellor.--William Wirt, the elegant advocate.--Thomas Addis Emmet, the orator of deep feeling.--John Randolph, the impersonation of sarcasm.
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| Subjects | Orators -- United States.
United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Biography.
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| Call Number/Copies | |
| | WRHS Research Library: E 206 M211 1850
mq119535: LC class, closed stacks [status: NON-CIRCULATING] |
| [Record 67808] |
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