An oration pronounced at Cambridge, before the Society of Phi Beta Kappa. August 27, 1824.

Author

• Edward Everett
• Oliver Everett

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Publication Date

1824

Physical Format

online resource 67, [1] pages ; 24 cm |physical_form:online resource

Document Type

Article

Comments

relators:att:person:Everett, Edward 1794-1865|relators:att:person:Everett, Oliver|Florida Atlantic University Libraries' Marvin and Sybil Weiner Spirit of America Collection, Pamphlets: Speeches B9F35

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resource_types:Text

Publisher

Oliver Everett, 13 Cornhill

Extent

67, [1] pages ; 24 cm

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10024.tif

Description

By Edward Everett. Published by request. Cover title: Everett's oration. First printing, with date "August 27" rather than "August 26" on title page, and without copyright statement. Delivered in the presence of the marquis de Lafayette, on Aug. 26, 1824. "Press of the North American Review."--Title-page verso. "Note. A few passages, omitted in the delivering of this Address, on account of its length, are inserted in the printed copy."--Page [4]. Last page blank. Includes bibliographical references. FAU copy imperfect: cover missing; appears to have been trimmed to 23 cm. On the theme "The peculiar motives to intellectual exertion in America."