An oration in memory of General Montgomery, and of the officers and soldiers, who fell with him, December 31, 1775, before Quebec : drawn up (and delivered February 19th, 1776.) At the desire of the Honorable Continental Congress,

Author

• William Smith

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Publication Date

1776

Physical Format

online resource [4], 44 pages ; 20 cm |physical_form:online resource

Document Type

Article

Comments

relators:att:person:Smith, William 1727-1803|Florida Atlantic University Libraries' Marvin and Sybil Weiner Spirit of America Collection, Pamphlets: Speeches B5F1

Format

resource_types:Text

Publisher

Printed by John Dunlap, in Market-Street

Extent

[4], 44 pages ; 20 cm

Page Number

10039

Description

By William Smith, D.D. provost of the College and Academy of Philadelphia. ; [Four lines of verse].Continental Congressional resolution dated 25 January 1776 for Smith to "prepare and deliver a funeral oration in honor of General Montgomery, and of those officers and soldiers who magnanimously fought and fell with him in maintaining the principles of American liberty."--Second preliminary page. FAU Libraries' own three copies. First copy has full cloth binding with gold stamped spine; covers blind stamped with geometric and floral patterns; bookplate of Richard Montgomery Gilchrist Potter on inside of front cover. Second and third copies are unbound.