Item #65383 AN ORATION DELIVERED ON TUESDAY, THE FOURTH OF JULY, 1826, It Being the Fiftieth Anniversary of American Independence, before the Supreme Executive of the Commonwealth, and the City Council and Inhabitants of the City of Boston. Josiah Quincy.

AN ORATION DELIVERED ON TUESDAY, THE FOURTH OF JULY, 1826, It Being the Fiftieth Anniversary of American Independence, before the Supreme Executive of the Commonwealth, and the City Council and Inhabitants of the City of Boston.

Boston, (MA): True and Greene, City Printers, 1826. First edition. 8vo. 30 pp. Stirring 50th anniversary address, given on the day that John Adams and Thomas Jefferson died, their passing acknowledged in a note at the foot of pp. 5-6. Inscribed at the head of the title page “J. P. Thorndike, Esq. / with respects of / Josiah Quincy”; Quincy (1772-1864) served as Mayor of Boston, 1823-1829, and as President of Harvard, 1829-1845. American Imprints 25887. Disbound pamphlet. Very good. Item #65383

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