SUN-BEAMS MAY BE EXTRACTED FROM CUCUMBERS, BUT THE PROCESS IS TEDIOUS. An Oration, Pronounced on the Fourth of July, 1799. At the Request of the Citizens of New-Haven
SUN-BEAMS MAY BE EXTRACTED FROM CUCUMBERS, BUT THE PROCESS IS TEDIOUS. An Oration, Pronounced on the Fourth of July, 1799. At the Request of the Citizens of New-Haven | Rare and modern books | Daggett, David
Rare and modern books
Daggett, David
Thomas Green and Son,
SUN-BEAMS MAY BE EXTRACTED FROM CUCUMBERS, BUT THE PROCESS IS TEDIOUS. An Oration, Pronounced on the Fourth of July, 1799. At the Request of the Citizens of New-Haven
SUN-BEAMS MAY BE EXTRACTED FROM CUCUMBERS, BUT THE PROCESS IS TEDIOUS. An Oration, Pronounced on the Fourth of July, 1799. At the Request of the Citizens of New-Haven | Rare and modern books | Daggett, David
Rare and modern books
Daggett, David
Thomas Green and Son,
325.00 €
(Westport,
United States of America)
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Details
- Place of printing
- New-haven
- Author
- Daggett, David
- Publishers
- Thomas Green and Son
- Keyword
- New England
- Binding
- Softcover
Description
A rare and notorious example of early American political discourse. Daggett was a staunchly conservative Federalist, a Connecticut politician, and one of the founders of Yale Law School. Delivered in response to a proposal for a New Haven College for African American men, this speech is is noteworthy in Connecticut political and racial history for its derisive description of progressive reform. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 28 pages
Condizioni: very good+
