The Declaration, the Constitution, the life of every signer, and every President's inaugural from Washington to Pierce — the patriotic shelf of an American parlor of 1855, complete in one volume.

Adams's First Annual Address, November 23, 1797

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Adams's First Annual Address, November 23, 1797

Gentlemen of the Senate and House of Representatives: I WAS for some time apprehensive that it would be necessary, on account of the…

Adams's First Annual Address, November 23, 1797: British

The commissioners appointed in pursuance of the sixth article of the treaty, met at Philadelphia, in May last, to examine the claims of…

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