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The World's Famous Orations, Vol. VIII: America - I

Various, William Jennings Bryan (1860 - 1925) et al.

William Jennings Bryan compiled this collection speeches from many early orators of America. Volume 8 includes speeches from the years 1774 through 1837.

Genre(s): History

Language: English

Keyword(s): speeches (43), Washington (19), Benjamin Franklin (13), jefferson (4), tecumseh (3), samuel adams (1)

Group: World's Famous Orations

Section	Chapter	Reader	Time
Play 01	North American Indians - Logan to Lord Dunmore	Alan Mapstone	00:02:44
Play 02	North American Indians - Brant to Lord George Germaine	Mayah	00:07:03
Play 03	North American Indians - Red Jacket on the Religion of the White Man and the Red	Lyndon Ashworth	00:09:17
Play 04	North American Indians - Tecumseh to Governor Harrison at Vincennes	Alan Mapstone	00:04:35
Play 05	North American Indians - Tecumseh to General Proctor	Alan Mapstone	00:05:26
Play 06	North American Indians - Pushmataha to John C. Calhoun	Lyndon Ashworth	00:03:49
Play 07	North American Indians - Black Hawk to General Street	Lyndon Ashworth	00:05:08
Play 08	North American Indians - Peter Wilson on the Empire State	Lyndon Ashworth	00:03:33
Play 09	James Otis - On Opposition to Writs of Assistance	Lyndon Ashworth	00:18:19
Play 10	Benjamin Franklin - His Examination Before the House of Commons	Linda Johnson	00:28:36
Play 11	Benjamin Franklin - On the Federal Constitution	Linda Johnson	00:05:51
Play 12	Benjamin Franklin - Dangers of a Salaried Bureaucracy	Linda Johnson	00:11:10
Play 13	Patrick Henry - The "Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death" Speech	Laurie Wehmeyer	00:10:47
Play 14	Patrick Henry - Shall Liberty or Empire be Sought?	Laurie Wehmeyer	00:14:30
Play 15	George Washington - On His Appointment as Commander-in-Chief	jkilly	00:02:05
Play 16	George Washington - His First Inaugural Address	jkilly	00:12:12
Play 17	George Washington - His Farewell Address	jkilly	00:44:22
Play 18	Samuel Adams - On American Independence	Linda Johnson	00:24:07
Play 19	William Pinkney - For the Relief of Slaves	Larry Wilson	00:14:30
Play 20	Alexander Hamilton - On the Adoption of the Federal Constitution	Linda Johnson	00:20:39
Play 21	John Marshall - On the Federal Constitution	brenda8mac	00:21:49
Play 22	Fisher Ames - On the Treaty with Great Britian	Linda Johnson	00:20:02
Play 23	Thomas Jefferson - His First Inaugural Address	Linda Johnson	00:15:40
Play 24	Eliphalet Nott - On the Death Hamilton	Linda Johnson	00:22:46
Play 25	John Randolph - On Offensive War with England	Linda Johnson	00:18:37
Play 26	Edward Everett - The Issue in the Revolution	Linda Johnson	00:15:00
Play 27	Andrew Jackson - His Second Inaugural Address	Lyndon Ashworth	00:09:50
Play 28	Andrew Jackson - His Farewell Address	Lyndon Ashworth	00:13:31
Play 29	Sargent S. Prentiss - On the Death of Lafayette	MaryAnn	00:06:25
Play 30	Wendell Phillips - On the Murder of Lovejoy	MaryAnn	00:12:33
Play 31	George Bancroft - The People in Art, Government and Religion	aani	00:15:30
Play 32	Thomas Hart Benton - On the Expunging of Resolution	TracyAnn	00:22:21
Play 33	Ralph Waldo Emerson - On the American Scholar	Lyndon Ashworth	00:27:48

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