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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC06255 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to 1806 |
| Title | Mr. Adams's Oration |
| Date | 1806 |
| Author | Adams, John Quincy (1767-1848) |
| Document Type | Pamphlet |
| Content Description | Elongated title on title page: "An Inaugural Oration, Delivered at the Author's Installation, as Boylston Professor of Rhetorick and Oratory, at Harvard University, in Cambridge, Massachusetts. On Thursday, 12 June, 1806." Adams explains "the immeasurable superiority of ancient over modern oratory...The assemblies of the people, of the select councils, or of the senate in Athens Rome were held for the purpose of real deliberation. The fate of measures was not decided before they were proposed. Eloquence produced a powerful effect, only upon the minds of the hearers, but upon the issue of the deliberation." Printed by Munroe & Francis. |
| Subjects | Classical World and Ancient Civilization Education President |
| People | Adams, John Quincy (1767-1848) |
| Place written | Boston, Massachusetts |
| Theme | Education; The Presidency |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
| Additional Information | Notes: DAB lists this speech as among Adams's "more important writings." First Edition. I DAB 92. American Imprints 9800. Collateral to JQA letters to James Bridges, GLC 958 concerning oratory in the first Federal Congress. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |