Author: Sprague, Charles
Title: An Oration, Delivered on Monday, Fourth of July, 1825, in Commemoration of American Independence, Before the Supreme Executive of the Commonwealth, and the City Council and Inhabitants of the City of Boston
Description: Boston, True and Greene, Printers, 1825. Pamphlet. Pamphlet, disbound from a larger volume. Lacking the wraps that were issued, making it impossible to determine which issue this is of the four printed in 1825 (see Sabin). 31 pp. A speech on the American Independence and subsequent American Revolution, addressing in general and allegorical terms, the virtues of liberty and the foresight, wisdom and bravery of the founding fathers. Charles Sprague, an American poet from the Boston, Massachusetts area, was a descendant of Samuel Sprague, a participant in the Boston Tea Party as well as the Revolutionary War. GOOD condition. Minor wrinkling. Uneven toning to the piece, with minor soiling to the title page and last page. A few minor marks/numbers in pencil to the title page. Interior clean and solid. Sabin 89660. Good .

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