1806 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT OF HISTORICAL PHI BETA KAPPA SPEECH AT THEIR 30TH ANNIVERSARY MEETING HANDWRITTEN BY THE SON OF PRESIDENT ADAMS
by THOMAS BOYLSTON ADAMS
- Used
- very good
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Cochrane, Alberta, Canada
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About This Item
CAMBRIDGE MASSACHUSETTS MASS MA, 1806. On offer is a superb, historically significant 1806 manuscript essay: "A Disquisition upon the Philosophy of the Ancients pronounced before the society of Phi Beta Kappa, at their anniversary meeting at Cambridge 28th August, 1806", presented as a speech, this being the final draft with corrections, handwritten by Thomas Boylston Adams (1772 - 1832) the third and youngest son of President John Adams and brother to future president John Quincy Adams. The 15 page essay was read before the society on August 28th, 1806 and later published in the Boston Atheneum was read on the 30th anniversary of the Phi Beta Kappa (F??) Society which drew the attention of many distinguished guests and many prestigious orators who delivered speeches in honor of the society. The author describes his philosophical bent and directly into the heart of his politics as he once detailed to Abigal Adams: "I must study politics and war, that our sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy." His sentiment is fully expressed in this erudite lecture on philosophy by Adams. Here is a snippet: "Of those institutions in our own Country professing similar objects, it is remarkable that the most conspicuous were founded amid the din of army and in the very heat of our struggle for Independence; affording an honorable illustration of the truth of a maxim, that the love of liberty and that of solid and useful knowledge walk always hand in hand." The final page has a list a dozen references from Hume to Priestly and Sir William Jones men whose works underpinned American thought and ideals. The 8 x 6 inch pages are in excellent shape with light wear, the paper wrapper in lesser condition with chips and rubs. Overall VG.. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Manuscript.
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- Bookseller
- Katz Fine Manuscripts Inc. (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0001993
- Title
- 1806 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT OF HISTORICAL PHI BETA KAPPA SPEECH AT THEIR 30TH ANNIVERSARY MEETING HANDWRITTEN BY THE SON OF PRESIDENT ADAMS
- Author
- THOMAS BOYLSTON ADAMS
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Place of Publication
- CAMBRIDGE MASSACHUSETTS MASS MA
- Date Published
- 1806
- Keywords
- KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF, PHI BETTA KAPPA, THOMAS BOYLSTON ADAMS, PRESIDENT JOHN ADAMS, QUINCY, MASSACHUSETTS, AMERICANA, AMERICAN POLITICS, AMERICAN PHILOSOPHY, PRE WAR OF 1812, POST FRENCH REVOLUTION, NAPOLEONIC ERA, HANDWRITTEN, MANUSCRIPT, AUTOGRAPHED, AU
- Bookseller catalogs
- 19th Century Manuscript; 19th Century Ephemera;
- Size
- 8vo
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Katz Fine Manuscripts Inc.
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Cochrane, Alberta
About Katz Fine Manuscripts Inc.
Katz Fine Manuscripts Inc. (formerly M. Benjamin Katz Fine Books/Rare Manuscripts) is based out of both Ontario and Alberta, Canada. We do business by appointment, and have had an online presence selling fine books and rare manuscripts since 1999. Specializing in handwritten, historically significant books, manuscripts, diaries, documents and ephemera. A member of The Manuscript Societyeach treasure on offer is guaranteed authentic and as represented for life. Worldwide clientele includes esteemed collections and public, private and university libraries on both sides of the Atlantic and Pacific. Always buying collections and estates.
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