Oration Delivered Before the City Authorities of Boston : On the Fourth of July, 1860

Everett, Edward

Boston : G.C. Rand & Avery, City printers, 1860.

Inscribed to Albert S. Brigham by Edward Everett on FFEP. Bound in publishers black cloth. Spine rebacked in modern black cloth. Gilt spine. Good binding and cover. Rehinged and rejointed. Spotting to boards. Slight toning. SABIN 23271

Everett was one of the great American orators of the antebellum and Civil War eras. He is often remembered today as the featured orator at the dedication ceremony of the Gettysburg National Cemetery in 1863, where he spoke for over two hours—immediately before President Abraham Lincoln delivered his famous, two-minute Gettysburg Address.