Author: Webster, Daniel
Title: Mr. Webster's Speeches at Buffalo, Syracuse, and Albany, May, 1851
Description: New-York: Mirror Office, 1851. 1851. New-York: Mirror Office, 1851. 1851. Good. - Octavo, softcover bound in printed tan wrappers. The wraps are bumped & lightly soiled. There is a small stain to the front wrap & the edges of the wrap are darkened. The bottom corner of the rear wrap is creased. The spine is perished, the front wrap is partially detached & the contents are shaken. 56 pages. The bottom corners of the last 5 leaves are creased & the remaining page corners are lightly bumped. Good only.

First edition.

Daniel Webster and the President were in New York State with several members of the Cabinet to join in celebrating the completion of the New York and Erie Railroad. Webster was invited to attend public dinners and give speeches in Buffalo, Syracuse and Albany. All the speeches address the subjects of the American Constitution and slavery. The Evening Mirror newspaper says of Webster in an introductory note: "He is THE Niagara of intelligence and his eloquence is articulate thunder." . Good .

Keywords: AMERICANA; NEW YORK STATE; MR. WEBSTER'S SPEECHES AT BUFFALO, SYRACUSE, AND ALBANY, MAY, 1851; DANIEL WEBSTER; AMERICAN CONSTITUTION; SLAVERY; NINETEENTH CENTURY; 19TH CENTURY; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION.

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