Sammelband of Speeches by John Quincy Adams, etc. (7 volumes) [Unique Listing]

John Quincy Adams; William E. Channing; Joseph Story

Boston daily advertiser; Dutton and Wentworth; J. Munroe; Richardson, Lord & Holbrook; J.H. Eastburn; American stationers'; Gales and Seaton, 1829

Sammelband of seven volumes, bound as one. An interesting collection primarily containing John Quincy Adams' orations. Of particular note are Adams' remembrances of Monroe, Madison and Lafayette. 524 pages.  Bound in contemporary leather over marbled boards. Some rubbing to boards, binding sound.  Scattered foxing, rear most pamphlet has some dampstaining. 

Includes: 1. Correspondence between John Quincy Adams, president of the United States, and several citizens of Massachusetts concerning the charge of a design to dissolve the union alleged to have existed in that state. Boston daily advertiser, 1829.  80 p.; 2. Sermon, preached at the annual election, May 26, 1830, before His Excellency Levi Lincoln, governor, His Honor Thomas L. Winthrop, lieutenant governor, the honorable Council, and the legislature of Massachusetts. By William E. Channing. Dutton and Wentworth, 1830. 46 p. [1]; 3. A discourse upon the life, character, and services of the Honorable John Marshall, LL.D. : chief justice of the United States of America, pronounced on the fifteenth day of October, at the request of the Suffolk bar by Joseph Story. J. Munroe, 1835. 74 p., [1]; 4. An oration addressed to the citizens of the town of Quincy, on the fourth of July, 1831, the fifty-fifth anniversary of the independence of the United States of America. By John Quincy Adams. Richardson, Lord & Holbrook, 1831. 40 p.  Fourth of July oration.  5. An eulogy: on the life and character of James Monroe, fifth president of the United States. Delivered at the request of the corporation of the city of Boston, on the 25th of August, 1831. By John Quincy Adams. J.H. Eastburn, 1831. 100 p. 6. An eulogy on the life and character of James Madison By John Quincy Adams. American stationers' company, 1836. 87 p.  Errata, (1); 7. Oration on the life and character of Gilbert Motier de Lafayette: delivered, at the request of both houses of the Congress of the United States, before them, in the House of Representatives at Washington, on the 31st of December, 1834. Gales and Seaton, 1835. 94 p. [1].  

Provenance: Contemporary signature of P. Jones. Later ownership by J. Frank Perry (1854-1930) and his son John M. Perry (1895–1973).