Fourth of July orations, 1803-1804.

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Fourth of July orations, 1803-1804.

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The first oration is a defense of the Federalists, and in particular John Adams and George Washington against the attacks of James Thompson Callender. Denny attacks Callender and Jefferson in the oration. Denny criticizes Jefferson's administration and the South in general. He writes of the "painful task of viewing our situation under a different administration. The affairs of our country at present day are governed & directed by men of the South ... "School houses in Virginia are as rare as Brothels in New England & places of public worship as unfrequented, as horse races in Massachusetts." The second oration looks at the divisiveness in American political culture and uses the French and English Revolutions as examples of where America may be headed if things don't change. The final three pages of the manuscript include genealogical material on the Denny family.

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Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library

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Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library

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Adams, John, 1735-1826

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John Adams (1735-1826) was the second president of the United States, born in Braintree (now Quincy), Massachusetts. He served as defense counsel for British soldiers accused of Boston Massacre in 1770; as delegate to Continental Congress from 1774 to 1778; as member of committee charged with drafting Declaration of Independence in 1776; as congressional commissioner to France from 1778 to 1779; as minister to United Provinces in 1780; and negotiated a loan from Dutch bankers in 1782. Adams join...

Denny, Nathaniel P. (Nathaniel Paine), 1771-1856

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Nathaniel Paine Denny was a Harvard trained lawyer from Leicester, Massachusetts where he practiced for nearly forty years. He served as a state legislator and senator. Born Thomas Denny, he changed his name to Nathaniel Paine because Leicester already had a lawyer named Thomas Denny. From the description of Fourth of July orations, 1803-1804. (Colonial Williamsburg Foundation). WorldCat record id: 268777186 ...

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Washington, George, 1732-1799

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George Washington (b. Feb. 22, 1732, Westmoreland County, Va.-d. Dec. 14, 1799, Mount Vernon, VA) was the first president of the United States, serving from 1789 to 1797. Washington came from a family of farmers and landowners. He had little education but showed an aptitude for mathematics. He used this talent to become a surveyor. At 15, Washington took a job as assistant surveyor on a team sent to map the Shenandoah Valley in western Virginia. In his early 20s, Washington joined the Virgin...

Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826

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Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) was an American statesman and third president of the United States. From the description of Thomas Jefferson letter, 1809. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 367818629 Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) was the third president of the United States, born in Goochland (now Albemarle County), Virginia. He was a member of the Virginia House of Burgesses from 1769 to 1775, and with R. H. Lee and Patrick Henry initiated the inter-colonial committee of correspond...

Callender, James Thomson, 1758-1803

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James Thomson Callender (1758 – July 17, 1803) was a political pamphleteer and journalist whose writing was controversial in his native Scotland and later, also in the United States. His revelations concerning George Washington, Alexander Hamilton, and later Thomas Jefferson, led to his marginalization politically. He wrote against the continuing influence of the British Crown, and he warned that Adams, Washington, and Hamilton planned to impose a titled aristocracy and hereditary positions in t...