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<dl><dd>Preface signed and dated: S.H.P., New York, June 1, 1880</dd>
<dd>pt. 1. Protest of Boston against taxation / Samuel Adams -- The grievances of the American colonies / Stephen Hopkins -- Cause of American discontent / Benjamin Franklin -- Appeal to the sons of liberty / Samuel Adams -- Letters from "Farmer" (Letter XII) / John Dickinson -- Letter from "Candidus" / Samuel Adams -- Report on the rights of colonists / Samuel Adams -- Oration at Boston / Joseph Warren -- Essay on the constitutional power of Great Britain / John Dickinson -- Thoughts on standing armies / Josiah Quincy, Jr. -- Oration on the Boston Massacre / John Hancock -- Vindication of the colonies / Benjamin Franklin -- Speech for American colonies / John Wilkes -- Speech on a motion for removing troops from Boston / William Pitt -- Speech to the delegates of Virginia / Patrick Henry -- Oration on the re-interment of Warren / Perez Morton -- Occupation of Dorchester Heights, 1776 / Edward Everett -- The Declaration of Independence / Thomas Jefferson -- Predictions concerning the 4th of July / John Adams -- Patriotism a virtue / Jonathan Mason -- Circular letter to the governors / George Washington -- Resignation of commission / George Washington -- The defects of the Confederation / Benjamin Rush -- Eulogy on Adams and Jefferson / Daniel Webster --</dd>
<dd>pt. 2. Inaugural address / George Washington -- Farewell address / George Washington -- On the embargo / Josiah Quincy, Jr. -- Maritime protection / Josiah Quincy, Jr. -- Laying the corner stone of the Bunker Hill Monument / Daniel Webster -- Reply to Hayne / Daniel Webster -- Second centennial of Boston / Josiah Quincy, Jr. -- Proclamation against nullification / Andrew Jackson -- Lafayette / John Quincy Adams -- The Jubilee of the Constitution / John Quincy Adams -- Completion of Bunker Hill Monument / Daniel Webster -- The true grandeur of nations / Charles Sumner -- Eulogy on Webster / Rufus Choate --</dd>
<dd>pt. 3. The duty of the free states / William Ellery Channing -- The lessons of Independence Day / William Lloyd Garrison -- The consequences of Secession / Henry Clay -- Protest against slavery in Nebraska and Kansas / Charles Sumner -- Debate with Douglas / Abraham Lincoln -- Burial of John Brown / Wendell Phillips -- At Independence Hall / Abraham Lincoln -- First inaugural address / Abraham Lincoln -- Union mass meeting / Daniel Stevens Dickinson -- Address at Amherst / Daniel Stevens Dickinson -- The rebellion: its origin and mainspring / Charles Sumner -- The war for the Union / Wendell Phillips -- Emancipation Proclamation / Abraham Lincoln -- Emancipation immediate, not gradual / Charles Sumner -- National Cemetery at Gettysburg / Edward Everett -- Speech at Gettysburg / Abraham Lincoln -- The treason of slavery / Carl Schurz -- Second inaugural address / Abraham Lincoln -- The martyr president / Henry Ward Beecher -- The death of Lincoln / George Bancroft -- The burial of Lincoln / Matthew Simpson -- The double anniversary, '76 and '63 / Charles Francis Adams, Jr. -- Centennial oration / Robert Charles Winthrop</dd>
<dd>Bound in cloth</dd>
<dd>Stamped: B. Glick, Bookseller, Kansas City, MO</dd>
<dd>Handwritten signature in ink on flyleaf: Emil Theimann</dd>
<dd>18</dd></dl><br>Subjects: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865; Patriotism</div>
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<dl><dd>Peabody, Selim H. (Selim Hobart), 1829-1903</dd>
<dd>Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865</dd>
<dd>Beecher, Henry Ward, 1813-1887. The martyr president</dd>
<dd>Bancroft, George, 1800-1891. The death of Lincoln</dd>
<dd>Simpson, Matthew, 1811-1884. The burial of Lincoln</dd></dl></div>
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