William Jennings Bryan compiled this collection speeches from many early orators of America. Volume 8 includes speeches from the years 1774 through 1837.
Chapters
1 North American Indians - Logan to Lord Dunmore 3 min 2 North American Indians - Brant to Lord George Germaine 7 min 3 North American Indians - Red Jacket on the Religion of the White Man and the Red 9 min 4 North American Indians - Tecumseh to Governor Harrison at Vincennes 5 min 5 North American Indians - Tecumseh to General Proctor 5 min 6 North American Indians - Pushmataha to John C. Calhoun 4 min 7 North American Indians - Black Hawk to General Street 5 min 8 North American Indians - Peter Wilson on the Empire State 4 min 9 James Otis - On Opposition to Writs of Assistance 18 min 10 Benjamin Franklin - His Examination Before the House of Commons 29 min 11 Benjamin Franklin - On the Federal Constitution 6 min 12 Benjamin Franklin - Dangers of a Salaried Bureaucracy 11 min 13 Patrick Henry - The "Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death" Speech 11 min 14 Patrick Henry - Shall Liberty or Empire be Sought? 14 min 15 George Washington - On His Appointment as Commander-in-Chief 2 min 16 George Washington - His First Inaugural Address 12 min 17 George Washington - His Farewell Address 44 min 18 Samuel Adams - On American Independence 24 min 19 William Pinkney - For the Relief of Slaves 14 min 20 Alexander Hamilton - On the Adoption of the Federal Constitution 21 min 21 John Marshall - On the Federal Constitution 22 min 22 Fisher Ames - On the Treaty with Great Britian 20 min 23 Thomas Jefferson - His First Inaugural Address 16 min 24 Eliphalet Nott - On the Death Hamilton 23 min 25 John Randolph - On Offensive War with England 19 min 26 Edward Everett - The Issue in the Revolution 15 min 27 Andrew Jackson - His Second Inaugural Address 10 min 28 Andrew Jackson - His Farewell Address 14 min 29 Sargent S. Prentiss - On the Death of Lafayette 6 min 30 Wendell Phillips - On the Murder of Lovejoy 13 min 31 George Bancroft - The People in Art, Government and Religion 16 min 32 Thomas Hart Benton - On the Expunging of Resolution 22 min 33 Ralph Waldo Emerson - On the American Scholar 28 min
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