[Rarebooks] FS: J.Q. Adams Oration on the Anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, SIGNED

[Charles Agvent]

One of 65 fine items from our Spring Catalog recently posted on our 
website: http://www.erols.com/agvent

ADAMS, John Quincy. AN ORATION DELIVERED BEFORE THE INHABITANTS OF
THE  TOWN  OF  NEWBURYPORT  ...  ANNIVERSARY  OF  THE  DECLARATION  OF
INDEPENDENCE.  Newburyport: Morss and Brewster (1837). First  Edition.
Original  printed blue wrappers; 68 pages. INSCRIBED and SIGNED on the
front  blue  wrapper: "Deacon Samuel Savile/from/John  Quincy  Adams."
Books  inscribed  by  Adams  are quite uncommon, and  when  found  are
usually  signed  on a presentation slip pasted in rather than  in  the
actual  pamphlet or book as it is here. The first child of a president
to  become  a president, the first president to be a  published  poet,
and  the  first president to be photographed, Adams was certainly  one
of   our  most  intelligent  presidents   and  one  of  the   greatest
humanitarians  to  hold that office. He is also the only president  to
serve  in Congress after leaving office and is perhaps best known  for
two  accomplishments  outside his term: the authorship of  the  Monroe
Doctrine  as  secretary of state and his heroic,  successful  argument
before  the Supreme Court to free the Amistad slaves. This oration  is
of  particular interest as it was given on 4 July 1837 to  commemorate
the  61st  anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, a  document
his  father was assigned to draft, though he left that task to  Thomas
Jefferson.  Adams  Sr. and Jefferson were the only presidents to  sign
the  Declaration.  In  this speech Adams refers to  the  injustice  of
slavery  several times connecting it to the promise of the Declaration
of  Independence and "a rule of right transcending all human power ...
must  lead  to the extinction of slavery and of war from  the  earth."
Adams  and Savile were members of the First Congregational (Unitarian)
Church in Braintree, Massachusetts. Very Good and scarce.   $15,000.00

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