AN ADDRESS DELIVERED AT CHARLESTOWN, AUGUST 1, 1826 IN COMMEMORATION OF JOHN ADAMS AND THOMAS JEFFERSON (SIGNED); An Address Delivered at Charlestown, August 1, 1826 in Commemoration of John Adams and Thomas Jefferson

Author: Everett, Edward
Title: AN ADDRESS DELIVERED AT CHARLESTOWN, AUGUST 1, 1826 IN COMMEMORATION OF JOHN ADAMS AND THOMAS JEFFERSON (SIGNED); An Address Delivered at Charlestown, August 1, 1826 in Commemoration of John Adams and Thomas Jefferson
Publication: Boston, Massachusetts: William L. Lewis, Congress Street, 1826

Description: Pamphlet. Inscribed from the author to Wm.. N. Fuller. ("Wm N. Fuller / Boston 19 Sept. 1826 / From The Author"). Front wrapper detached and present, rear lacking. 36pp. Both Adams and Jefferson died July 4, 1826, on the 50th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence.

Everett best known perhaps for his 1863 dedicatory speech at the Gettysburg National Monument. Good.

"...Wherever an agonizing people shall perish, in a generous confusion, for want of a valiant arm and a fearless heart, they will cry, in the last accents of despair, Oh, for a Washington, an Adams, a Jefferson...The contemporary and succssive generations of men will disappear. In the long lapse of ages, the Tribes of America, like those of Greece and Rome, may pass away. The fabric of American Freedom, like all things human, however firm and fair, may crumble into dust. But the cause in which these our Fathers shone is immortal. They did that, to which no age, no people of reasoning men, can be indifferent..
And when the great account of humanity shall be closed at the throne of God, in the bright list of his children, who best adorned and served it, shall be found the names of our Adams and our Jefferson"

Seller ID: 81299

Subject: Americana