Orations delivered at Jamestown and Williamsburg, 1834-1837.

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Orations delivered at Jamestown and Williamsburg, 1834-1837.

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Bowers delivered the first oration, May 15, 1834, at a celebration of the anniversary of the first landing by white men. He dwells on the early explorers, the legend of John Smith and Pocohontas "sweet child of nature," Indian massacres, George Washington and the Revolution, Benjamin Franklin's scientific achievements, the genius of Thomas Jefferson, the eloquence of John Randolph, and present glories of the country's institutions. The second oration, delivered to the Williamsburg Guard on the anniversary of George Washington's death, February 22, 1837, praises Washington's accomplishments and warns of "a dark cloud gathering in the Northern Horizon ..."

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