Addresses and orations of Rufus Choate.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Choate, Rufus, 1799-1859
Language:English
Published: Boston : Little, Brown, 1879.
Edition:Third edition.
Subjects:
United States > History.
United States > Politics and government > 1815-1861.
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Physical Description:iv, 529 pages ; 20 cm
Format: Electronic eBook
Partial Contents:
  • The importance of illustrating New England history by a series of romances like the Waverley novels
  • The colonial age of New England
  • The age of the Pilgrims, the heroic period of our history
  • The power of a state developed by mental culture
  • The position and functions of the American bar, as an element of conservatism in the state
  • The eloquence of revolutionary periods
  • Remarks before the Circuit Court on the death of Mr. Webster
  • A discourse commemorative of Daniel Webster
  • On the annexation of Texas
  • Speech on the judicial tenure
  • Speech "on the political topics now prominent before the country"
  • American nationality.