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GEORGE BANCROFT. FAMOUS ORATION ON THE DEATH OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
HORACE GREELEY. ACCEPTANCE OF THE PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATION IN 1872.
ROSCOE CONKLING. RENOMINATION OF GENERAL ULYSSES S. GRANT FOR

A THIRD TERM IN THE PRESIDENCY.

WILLIAM LLOYD GARRISON. ORATION ON THE LESSONS OF INDEPENDENCE
DAY, DELIVERED JULY 4, 1876.

L. Q. C. LAMAR'S ADDRESSES ON THE SILVER BILL OF 1878 AND THE RACE
PROBLEM OF 1876.

CHARLES FRANCIS ADAMS. SPEECH ON THE ANNIVERSARY OF INDEPEN-
DENCE DAY AND OF THE BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG.
WILLIAM MAXWELL EVARTS.

CONFERENCE IN 1881.

SPEECH ON BIMETALLISM, AT THE PARIS

ROBERT G. INGERSOLL.

EULOGY ON THOMAS PAINE.

; JOHN JAMES INGALLS. EULOGY ON SENATOR BENJAMIN H. HILL.

HENRY CABOT LODGE. SPEECH ON RESTRICTION OF IMMIGRATION, 1891.

CHAUNCEY MITCHELL DEPEW. WASHINGTON CENTENNIAL ORATION.

WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN. ORATION ON "THE CROSS OF GOLD," AT THE

CHICAGO DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION OF 1896.

JUSTIN SMITH MORRILL. SPEECH ON THE REMONETIZATION OF SILVER, 1898.
JOHN TYLER MORGAN. SPEECH ON THE NICARAGUA Canal.
ARCHBISHOP IRELAND. LAFAYETTE AND AMERICA. JULY 4, 1900.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT. ADDRESS IN MINNEAPOLIS, SEPTEMBER 2, 1901.
WILLIAM MCKINLEY. ADDRESS IN BUFFALO, SEPTEMBER 5, 1901.
JOHN COTTON'S SERMON, GOD'S PROMISE TO HIS PLANTATIONS."
PROTEST AGAINST TAXATION, 1764, BY SAMUEL ADAMS.

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STEPHEN HOPKINS'S GRIEVANCES OF THE AMERICAN COLONIES, 1765.
RIGHTS OF THE COLONISTS, 1772, BY SAMUEL ADAMS.

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN'S VINDICATION OF THE COLONIES, 1775.

THE FIRST PRAYER IN THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES. DE-
LIVERED BY DOCTOR DUCHIE.

ALEXANDER HAMILTON'S REPORT ON THE COINAGE IN 1791.

EDWARD LIVINGSTON'S PLEA FOR THE ABOLITION OF CAPITAL PUNISH.

THE DEFECTS OF THE UNITED STATES ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION,
BY RICHARD RUSH.

JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER. NARRATIVE OF THE ANTI-SLAVERY CON

VENTION, 1833.

THE NEWBURG ADDRESS AND WASHINGTON'S REPLY, 1783.

ROBERT CHARLES WINTHROP. CENTENNIAL ORATION, 1876.

ALEXANDER STEPHENS. SAVANNAH ADDRESS, 1861.

JAMES WILSON. VINDICATION OF THE AMERICAN COLONIES, 1775.

PRESIDENTIAL MESSAGES AND PROCLAMATIONS

GEORGE WASHINGTON.

FAREWELL ADDRESS, CONTAINING THE

GERMS

OF WHAT AFTERWARDS BECAME KNOWN AS THE MONROE DOCTRINE.
FIRST AND SECOND INAUGURAL ADDRESSES.

SEVERAL ADDRESSES TO THE CHURCHES IN THE UNITED STATES.
LETTERS ON THE CONSTITUTION TO JAY, MADISON, KNOX, PATRICK
HENRY, ETC.

JOHN ADAMS. MESSAGE ON THE THREATENING ATTITUDE OF FRANCE, MAY 16, 1797

THOMAS JEFFERSON. FIRST INAUGURAL ADDRESS.

JAMES MADISON. FAMOUS MESSAGE ON BRITISH AGGRESSIONS.

MESSAGE ON THE TREATY OF PEACE, FEBRUARY 15, 1815.
PROCLAMATION DECLARING WAR AGAINST ENGLAND.

JAMES MONROE. MESSAGE TO CONGRESS, DECEMBER 22, 1822, DECLARING
WHAT IS KNOWN AS THE MONROE DOCTRINE.

JOHN QUINCY ADAMS. MESSAGE TO THE SENATE ON A PAN-AMERICAN UNION. ADDRESS ON THE JUBILEE OF THE CONSTITUTION, 1826.

ANDREW JACKSON. PROCLAMATION IN RELATION TO THE QUESTION OF NUL

LIFICATION.

MARTIN VAN BUREN. MESSAGE ON THE PANIC OF 1837.

WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON. INAUGURAL ADDRESS AT WASHINGTON, 1841.
JOHN TYLER. MESSAGE to CongresS CONCERNING THE BOUNDARY - LINE
BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA.

MESSAGE ON NEGOTIATIONS WITH GREAT BRITAIN ON THE UNITED STATES
NORTHERN BOUNDARIES.

MESSAGE ON THE ANNEXATION OF TEXAS, APRIL 22, 1844.

JAMES K. POLK. SPECIAL MESSAGE IN REGARD TO THE MEXICAN WAR. INAUGURAL ADDRESS DELIVERED AT WASHINGTON, 1845.

ZACHARY TAYLOR. MESSAGE ON THE CENTRAL AMERICAN STATES, MARCH 1850. (ON NICARAGUA AND PANAMA CANALS.)

MESSAGE CONCERNING THE STATUS OF CALIFORNIA, NEW MEXICO, AND
TEXAS (JUNE 23, 1850).

MILLARD FILLMORE. Message on THE TEXAS BOUNDARY CONTROVERSY, 1850.

FRANKLIN PIERCE. SPECIAL MESSAGE ON KANSAs, 1856.

JAMES BUCHANAN. MESSAGE TO CONGRESS ON THE PROSPECTS OF CIVIL

WAR.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN. PROCLAMATION FREEING ALL THE SLAVES IN THE UNITED STATES.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN. ADDRESS DELIVERED AT THE COOPER INSTITUTE, 1860. FIRST AND SECOND INAUGURAL ADDRESSES, AND THE SPEECH AT GETTYSBURG, 1865.

ANDREW JOHNSON. ANSWER TO THE ARTICLES OF IMPEACHMENT, 1868.
ULYSSES S. GRANT. DEFENCE OF GENERAL FITZ-JOHN PORTER.

FIRST INAUGURAL ADDRESS, 1869. LAST MESSAGE TO CONGRESS, 1876.
ADDRESS AT THE CENTENNIAL EXHIBITION, 1876.

RUTHERFORD B. HAYES. INAUGURAL ADDRESS AT WASHINGTON, 1877.
MESSAGE ON MILITARY INTERFERENCE IN ELECTIONS.

JAMES A. GARFIELD. INAUGURAL ADDRESS AT WASHINGTON, 1881.
ADDRESS ON THE WESTERN RESERVE.

CHESTER A. ARTHUR. MESSAGE VETOING THE CHINESE IMMIGRATION BILL
IN 1882.

GROVER CLEVELAND.

TO THE MORMONS.

PROCLAMATION, SEPTEMBER 27, 1894, OF AMNESTY

TARIFF MESSAGE OF 1887, AND MESSAGE ON THE VENEZUELAN BOUN-
DARY QUESTION, 1895.

BENJAMIN HARRISON. INAUGURAL ADDRESS DELIVERED AT WASHINGTON, 1889.

WASHINGTON CENTENNIAL ADDRESS, 1889.

WILLIAM MCKINLEY. SECOND LETTER OF ACCEPTANCE, 1900, REVIEWING THE HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES FROM 1896 TO 1900.

SECOND INAUGURAL ADDRESS AT WASHINGTON, 1901.

THEODORE ROOSEVELT. MESSAGE TO CONGRESS, DECEMBER 3, 1901.

SPECIAL TOPICS

NEW NETHERLANDS.-THE BEGINNING AND GROWTH OF THE COLONY.
THE AMERICAN INDIAN.-LEGISLATION GOVERNING INDIANS.

THE PANAMA CANAL.-ATTEMPTS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE TO PIERCE THE
ISTHMUS OF PANAMA.

LABOR ORGANIZATIONS. THE HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT OF LABOR UNIONS AND THEIR WORK.

CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA.-GENERAL SKETCH OF THE COMPOSITION OF THE CONFEDERACY.

COMMERCE OF THE UNITED STATES.—THE BIRTH, GROWTH, AND PRESENT STATE OF OUR COMMERCE (WITH TABLES).

ABOLITION AND THE ABOLITIONISTS.

ACQUISITION OF TERRITORY.

ARCTIC EXPLORATIONS.

THE CABINETS OF THE PRESIDENTS SINCE 1789.

THE CENSUS OF 1900 (WITH COMPARATIVE TABLES).

AMERICA'S PART IN THE SUGGESTED PARTITION OF CHINA.

DIPLOMATIC SERVICE OF THE UNITED STATES.

THE DEBT OF THE UNITED STATES FROM 1791 TO 1901.
WASHINGTONIANA.

MONETARY REFORM.-THE INDIANAPOLIS CONFERENCE.
RELIGION IN THE UNITED STATES (WITH TABLES).
CHRONOLOGY OF THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR, 1775-83.
CHRONOLOGY OF THE EVENTS OF THE CIVIL WAR.

THE WAR WITH SPAIN-A COMPLETE CHRONOLOGY. SAMPSON'S AND
SCHLEY'S REPORTS ON THE NAVAL BATTLE OF SANTIAGO.

CHRONOLOGY OF THE PHILIPPINE INSURRECTION.

ARMY.-A CHRONOLOGICALLY CLASSIFIED STATEMENT OF THE BIRTH AND GROWTH OF THE ARMY OF THE COLONIES AND OF THE UNITED STATES.

NAVY.-CHRONOLOGICAL SKETCH OF THE AMERICAN NAVY, FROM REVOLU TIONARY TIMES TO THE PRESENT DAY, WITH A LIST OF ALL THE VESSELS IN THE UNITED STATES NAVY ARRANGED BY CLASSES. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS, 1789-1901.-POPULAR AND ELECTORAL VOTES. PRESIDENTIAL ADMINISTRATIONS. 1789-1901.

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