The Daniel Webster Speeches Collection contains pamphlets of speeches made by and about Daniel Webster, for the most part published during or shortly after Webster's lifetime. The earliest pamphlet in the collection was published in 1806, and the last in 1932. Many of the later pamphlets contain public eulogies made for Daniel Webster after his death in 1852. Webster's most famous speeches are represented in this collection, including his speech on the Compromise of 1850, his addresses on the national bank, and the noted speech at Niblo's Garden. Two autograph letters by Daniel Webster are also included in this collection.
Holdings: 102 pieces
The MU Libraries purchased the Daniel Webster Speeches Collection from the Charles E. Tuttle Company of Rutland, Vermont, in 1946.
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Daniel Webster (1782-1852) was a legislator and renowned orator whose speeches in Congress were widely reprinted for public circulation. Webster delivered his first public address as an undergraduate student at Dartmouth and went on to make dozens of speeches throughout his life. He rose to national prominence during the debates over the nullification of tariffs by the states, in which Webster argued for a strict adherence to the federal government and the Constitution. Throughout his long career, Webster's first priority was the preservation of the Union, and he served this goal most famously in his speech of March 7, 1850, on the compromise proposal of Henry Clay.
For organizational purposes, an original numbering system for the materials has been noted. Materials are now catalogued and should be requested by their call number.
Alphabetized by author and title. The number below each citation is to help reference each individual piece in the collection.
Adams, Nehemiah, 1852. A Sermon Preached to the Congregation at the Essex Street Church, October 31, 1852, the Sabbath after the Interment of Hon. Daniel Webster. Boston: Press of Geo. C. Rand.
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Adams, Nehemiah. 1852. A Sermon Preached to the Congregation at the Essex Street Church, October 31, 1852, the Sabbath after the Interment of Hon. Daniel Webster. Boston: Press of Geo. C. Rand.
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The Address and Proceedings of the Friends of Daniel Webster, Assembled in Faneuil Hall, on Wednesday, September 15th, 1852, in Mass Convention. 1852. Boston: James French.
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Allen, William H. 1853. Eulogy on the Character and Services of the Late Daniel Webster, Pronounced at the Request of the Select and Common Councils of the City of Philadelphia, January 18, 1853. Philadelphia: Crissy and Markley.
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An Appeal from the New to the Old Whigs, in Consequence of the Senate's Course, and Particularly of Mr. Webster's Speech upon the Executive Patronage Bill. By A Whig of the Old School. 1835. Boston: Russell, Odiorne, and Company.
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The Austro-Hungarian Question. Correspondence between Mr. Huselmann, Austrian Charge d'Affaires, and Mr. Webster, Secretary of State of the United States. 1851. Washington, D.C.: Gideon and Co.
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Butler, C. M. 1852. A Wise Man is Strong: A Sermon on the Death of Daniel Webster, Delivered in Trinity Church, Washington, D.C. November 7, 1852. Washington, D.C.: W.M. Morrison and Co.
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Cleaveland, Elisha Lord, 1853. A Discourse Occasioned by the Death of Daniel Webster. New York: Pudney and Russell.
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Daniel Webster at the Tomb of Shakespeare. [An engraved portrait, probably originally a book illustration.]
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A Description of the Great Historical Painting of the Last Days of Webster at Marshfield, painted by Joseph Ames, 1856. New York: Smith Brothers and Parmelee.
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Everett, Edward, 1859. Daniel Webster, An Oration, by Hon. Edward Everett, on the Occasion of the Dedication of the Statue of Mr. Webster, in Boston, September 17th, 1859. New York: H.H. Lloyd and Co. [The Pulpit and Rostrum: Sermons, Orations, Popular Lectures, &c. Phonographically Recorded by Andrew J. Graham and Chas. B. Collar, no. 8 (15 October 1859).].
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Gallinger, Jacob Harold. Address by Senator Gallinger At Daniel Webster Birth Place Celebration, Franklin, N.H. August 28, 1913.
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George, John H. 1882. Webster Centennial. Address of Col. John H. George at White's Opera House, Concord, N.H. before the Webster Club, January 18, 1882. Concord, N.H.: Republican Press Association.
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Hillard, George S. 1853. Poole's Statistical View on the Executive and Legislative Departments of the Government of Massachusetts, 1853. To Which is Added the Eulogy Delivered by Hon. George S. Hillard on Daniel Webster. Boston: White and Potter.
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Kirk, Edward N. 1852. Great Men Are God's Gift. A Discourse on the Death of Hon. Daniel Webster. Delivered in Mt. Vernon Church, on Sunday, Oct. 31, 1852. Boston: Tappan and Whittemore.
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Maynard, Horace, 1853. A Discourse Commemorating the Life and Services of Daniel Webster: Delivered in the Methodist Episcopal Church, Knoxville, January 1st, 1853, at the Request of the Citizens. Knoxville, Tn.: A. Blackburn and Co.
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Mr. Webster and His Revilers, Reprinted from the National Intelligencer of April 24, 1841.
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Perley, Ira, 1852. Eulogy of the Hon. Ira Perley on the Late Daniel Webster, Pronounced before the Executive and Legislative Departments of New Hampshire, December 22, 1852. Concord, Mass.: Butterfield and Hill.
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Phillips, Wendell, 1850. Review of Webster's Speech on Slavery. Boston: American A.S. Society.
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Prairie Bird, a Lady of Massachusetts, 1854. Poem and Other Thoughts Suggested upon the Death of Hon. Daniel Webster. Boston: Published by the author.
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The Proceedings of Two Meetings, Held in Boston, on the 7th & 14th July, to Protest against the Nomination of Gen. Scott, for the Presidency, and to Recommend Hon. Daniel Webster for that Office. 1852. Boston: Prentiss and Sawyer.
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Richards, George, 1852. A Discourse, Occasioned by the Death of Daniel Webster, Delivered in Central Church, Boston, October 31, 1852. Boston: Press of T.R. Marvin.
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The Seventy-Fourth Anniversary of the Birth-Day of Daniel Webster, Celebrated at the Revere House...Boston, January 18, 1856. 1856. Boston: Office of the Daily Courier.
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Skinner, Otis A. 1852. The Death of Daniel Webster. A Sermon Delivered in the Warren Street Church, Sunday, November 14, 1852. Boston: A. Tompkins.
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Stearns, William A. 1852. The Great Lamentation: A Sermon in Commemoration of Daniel Webster, Delivered in Cambridge, on Sunday Morning, November 21, 1852. Boston and Cambridge: James Munroe and Company.
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Stuart, Prof. 1844. Mr. Webster's Andover Address and His Political Course while Secretary of State. Essex County, Mass.: Published for Distribution.
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Taft, Alphonso. 1853. An Oration on the Life and Public Services of Daniel Webster, Delivered December 18, 1852, Upon Request of the Citizens of Cincinnati. Cincinnati: Cincinnati Gazette Company.
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The True Whig Sentiment of Massachusetts. 1846.
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Walker, T. 1852. Oration on the Life and Public Services of Daniel Webster. Delivered before the Bar of Cincinnati, November 22nd, 1852. Cincinnati: Morgan and Overend.
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Webster, Daniel, 1843. Address delivered at Bunker Hill, June 17, 1843, on the completion of the monument. Boston: Press of T.R. Marvin.
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________, 1843. An Address delivered at the completion o fthe Bunker Hill Monument, June 17, 1843. Boston: Tappan and Dennet.
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________, 1843. An Address delivered at the completion o fthe Bunker Hill Monument, June 17, 1843. Boston: Brainard & Co.
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________, 1825. An Address Delivered at the Laying of the Corner Stone of the Bunker Hill Monument . Boston: Cummings, Hilliard, and Co.
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________, 1825. An Address Delivered at the Laying of the Corner Stone of the Bunker Hill Monument. Boston: Cummings, Hilliard, and Co.
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________, 1825. An Address Delivered at the Laying of the Corner Stone of the Bunker Hill Monument. Boston: Cummings, Hilliard, and Co.
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________, 1852. An Address Delivered before the New York Historical Society, February 23, 1852. New York: Press of the Historical Society.
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________, 1852. Address Delivered by the Hon. Daniel Webster in Faneuil Hall, May 22, 1852, at the Request of the City Council of Boston. City Document No. 31. Boston: J.H. Eastburn.
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________, 1806. An Appeal to the Old Whigs of Massachusetts.
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________, 1932. The Character of Washington: A Speech by Daniel Webster at a Public Dinner on the 22nd of February, 1832, in Honor of the One Hundredth Birthday of George Washington. Washington, D.C.: Reprinted for the United States George Washington Bicentennial Celebration.
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________, 1850. Correspondence between Mr. Webster and His New Hampshire Neighbors. Washington, D.C.: Gideon and Co.
88.
________, Correspondence between Mr. Webster and Lord Ashburton 1. On McLeod's Case; 2. On the Creole Case; 3. On the Subject of Impressment.
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________, 1821. Discourse, Delivered at Plymouth, December 22, 1820, in Commemoration of the First Settlement of New-England. Boston: Wells and Lilly.
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________, 1821. Discourse, Delivered at Plymouth, December 22, 1820, in Commemoration of the First Settlement of New-England. Boston: Wells and Lilly.
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________, 1826. Discourse, Delivered at Plymouth, December 22, 1820, in Commemoration of the First Settlement of New-England. Boston: Wells and Lilly.
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________, 1826. Discourse, Delivered at Plymouth, December 22, 1820, in Commemoration of the First Settlement of New-England. Boston: Wells and Lilly.
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________, 1826. Discourse in Commemoration of the Lives and Services of John Adams and Thomas Jefferson, Delivered in Faneuil Hall, Boston, August 2, 1826. Boston: Cummings, Hilliard, and Company.
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________, 1855. A Funeral Oration Occasioned by the Death of Ephraim Simonds of Templeton, Mass. A Member of the Senior Class in Dartmouth College, Who Died at Hanover, N.H. June 18th, 1801, aet 26. By Daniel Webster, a Classmate of the Deceased. Hanover: Dartmouth Press.
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________, Letter addressed to Hon. Edw. Curtis, New York, written in Webster's handwriting from Boston November 4, 1837, with his signature.
25.
________, Letter to Edward Brooks, Boston, November 17, 1849.
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________, 1843. Mr. Webster's Address at Andover. November 9, 1843. Boston: Press of T.R. Marvin.
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________, Mr. Webster's Second Speech on the Sub-Treasury Bill, delivered March 12, 1838.
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________, 1838. Mr. Webster's Second Speech on the Sub-Treasury Bill, delivered March 12, 1838. Washington, D.C.: Gales and Seaton.
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________, 1838. Mr. Webster's Second Speech on the Sub-Treasury Bill, Delivered March 12, 1838. New York: S. Colman and J.G. Wilson.
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________, 1848. Mr. Webster's Speech at Marshfield, Mass. Delivered September 1, 1848, and his Speech on the Oregon Bill, Delivered in the United States Senate, August 12, 1848. Boston: Press of T.R. Marvin.
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________, Mr. Webster's Speech in Answer to Mr. Calhoun, March 22, 1838.
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________, 1844. Mr. Webster's Speech in Defence of the Christian Ministry, and in Favor of the Religious Instruction of the Young. Delivered in the Supreme Court of the United States, February 10, 1844, in the Case of Stephen Girard's Will. Washington: Gales and Seaton.
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________, 1848. Mr. Webster's Speech in the U.S. Senate, March 23, 1848, upon the War with Mexico. Boston: Eastburn's Press.
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________, 1837. Mr. Webster's speech on the currency and on the new plan for collecting and keeping the public moneys delivered in the Senate of the United States, September 28, 1837. Washington, D.C.: Gales and Seaton.
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________, 1824. Mr. Webster's Speech on the Greek Revolution. Washington, D.C.: John S. Meehan.
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________, 1824. Mr. Webster's Speech on the Greek Revolution. From the Washington Edition. Boston: Cummings, Hilliard and Co.
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________, 1846.Friday, September 9, 2005
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________, 1834. Mr. Webster's Speech on the President's Protest: Delivered in the Senate of the United States, May 7, 1834. Washington, D.C.: Gales and Seaton.
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________, 1851. Mr. Webster's Speeches at Buffalo, Syracuse and Albany, May, 1851. Boston: Eastburn's Press.
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________, 1851. Mr. Webster's Speeches at Buffalo, Syracuse and Albany, May, 1851. New York: Mirror Office.
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________, 1832. Mr. Webster's Speeches in the Senate, Upon the Question of Renewing the Charter of the Bank of the United States, Delivered May 25, and 28, 1832. Washington, D.C.: Gales and Seaton.
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________, 1842. Reception of Mr. Webster at Boston, September 30, 1842, with His Speech, Delivered in Faneuil Hall on that Occasion. Boston: Samuel N. Dickinson.
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________, 1834. Remarks of Mr. Webster on the Removal of the Deposites, and on the Subject of a National Bank, Delivered in the Senate of the United States, January, 1834. Washington, D.C.: Gales and Seaton.
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________, Remarks on the Hon. Daniel Webster, of Massachusetts, on the Three Million Bill. [Washington, D.C.]: J. and G.S. Gideon.
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________, 1848. The Rhode Island Question. Mr. Webster's Argument in the Supreme Court of the United States, in the Case of Martin Luther vs. Luther M. Borden and Others, January 27th, 1848. Washington, D.C.: J. and G.S. Gideon.
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________, 1830. Second Speech of Hon. Daniel Webster, Delivered in the Senate of the United States, January 26, 1830. With a Sketch of the Preceding Debate on the Resolution of Mr. Foot, Respecting the Sale &c, of Public Lands. Boston: Carter and Hendee.
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________, Speech Delivered by Daniel Webster at Niblo's Saloon, in New-York, on the 15th March, 1837.
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________, Speech delivered by Daniel Webster at Niblo's Saloon, in New York, on the 15th March, 1837.
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________, Speech of Daniel Webster, Delivered in the Senate of the United States, March 7, 1850, on the Compromise Resolution of Mr. Clay.
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________, 1844. Speech of Daniel Webster of Massachusetts, Delivered at the Great Whig Mass Convention Held at Philadelphia, 1st Day of October, 1844. Philadelphia.
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________, Speech of Daniel Webster on the Compromise Bill, Delivered in the Senate of the United States, on the 17th Day of July, 1850. Gideon and Co.
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________, 1830. Speech of Daniel Webster on the Subject of the Public Lands, &c. Delivered in the Senate of the United States, January 20, 1830. Washington, D.C.: Gales and Seaton.
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________, Speech of Hon. Daniel Webster to the Young Men of Albany, Wednesday, May 28, 1851. Gideon and Co.
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________, 1851. Speech of Mr. Webster at the Celebration of the New York New England Society, December 23, 1850. Washington, D.C.: Gideon and Co.
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________, 1833. Speech of Mr. Webster, in the Senate, in Reply to Mr. Calhoun's Speech, on the Bill "Further to Provide for the Collection of Duties on Imports." Delivered on the 16th of February, 1833. Washington, D.C.: Gales and Seaton.
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________, 1836. Speech of Mr. Webster of Massachusetts on the Subject of the Three Millions Appropriation, and the Loss of the Appropriation Bill for Fortifications, of the Last Session. Delivered in the Senate of the United States, January 14, 1836. Washington, D.C.: Gales and Seaton.
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________, 1834. Speech of Mr. Webster on Moving for a Leave to Introduce a Bill to Continue the Bank of the United States for Six Years, Delivered in the Senate of the United States, March 18, 1834. Washington, D.C.: Gales and Seaton.
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________, Speech of Mr. Webster on Mr. Clay's Resolutions. Delivered in the Senate of the United States, March 7, 1850. Gideon and Co.
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________, Speech of Mr. Webster on Mr. Clay's Resolutions, Delivered in the Senate of the United States, March 7, 1850. Gideon and Co.
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________, 1824. Speech of Mr. Webster, Upon the Tariff, Delivered in the House of Representatives of the United States, April, 1824. Washington, D.C.: Gales and Seaton.
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________, Speech of the Hon. Daniel Webster in the Senate of the United States, on the President's Veto of the Bank Bill, July 11, 1832.
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________, 1832. Speech of the Hon. Daniel Webster in the Senate of the United States, on the President's Veto of the Bank Bill, July 11, 1832. Boston: J.E. Hinckley and Co. Printers.
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________, 1847. Speech of the Hon. Daniel Webster, of Massachusetts, at the Dinner Given to Him by the Merchants and Other Citizens of Philadelphia, December 2, 1846. Washington, D.C.: J. and G.S. Gideon.
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________, 1838. Speech of the Hon. Daniel Webster, on the Sub-Treasury Bill, delivered in the Senate of the United States, January 31, 1838. Washington, D.C.: Gales and Seaton.
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________, 1850. Speech of the Hon. Daniel Webster upon the Subject of Slavery; Delivered in the United States Senate on Thursday, March 7, 1850. As Revised and Corrected by Himself. Boston: Redding and Company.
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________, 1852. Speeches of Messrs. Hayne and Webster in the United States Senate, on the Resolution of Mr. Foot, January 1830. Boston: Reading and Co.
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________, 1853. Speeches of Hayne and Webster in the United States Senate, on the Resolution of Mr. Foot, January, 1830; also, Mr. Webster's Celebrated Speech on the Slavery Compromise Bill, March 7, 1850. Boston: A.T. Hotchkiss & W.P. Fetridge.
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________, 1849. Speeches of Messrs. Hayne and Webster, in the United States Senate, on the Resolution of Mr. Foot, January, 1830. New Haven, Ct.: J.H. Benham.
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________, 1850. Speeches of Messrs. Hayne and Webster, in the United States Senate, on the Resolution of Mr. Foot, January, 1830. Hartford, Ct.: Case, Tiffany and Co.
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________, 1860. The Union Not a Compact, a Speech by Daniel Webster on the Force Bill, in the United States Senate, February 16th, 1833 (in Reply to John C. Calhoun), and Jackson's Proclamation to South Carolina, in 1833. New York: H.H. Lloyd and Co. [The Pulpit and Rostrum: Sermons, Orations, Popular Lectures, &c. Phonographically Recorded by Andrew J. Graham and Chas. B. Collar, nos. 15-16 (1 December 1860).].
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________, Webster and Hayne's Celebrated Speeches in the United States Senate on Mr. Foot's Resolution of January, 1830; also, Daniel Webster's Speech in the Senate of the United States, May 7, 1850, on the Slavery Compromise. Philadelphia: T.B. Peterson and Brothers.
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________, Webster and Hayne's Celebrated Speeches in the United States Senate, on Mr. Foot's Resolution of January, 1830. Also, Daniel Webster's Speech in the Senate of the United States, May 7, 1850, on the Slavery Compromise. Philadelphia: T.B. Peterson and Brothers.
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Webster, Daniel, H. L. Bulwer, and William L. Clarke, 851. Speeches of Mr. Webster at Capon Springs, Virginia, together with those of Sir H.L. Bulwer & Wm. L. Clarke, Esq. June 28, 1851. Gideon and Co.
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Webster, Daniel and Arthur J. Stansbury, 1840. Speech of the Hon. Daniel Webster, at the Merchants' Meeting, in Wall Street, New York, on Monday, September 28, 1840. Reported in full by Arthur J. Stansbury. New York: E. French.
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Weiss, John, 1853. A Discourse Occasioned by the Death of Daniel Webster, Delivered in the Unitarian Church, New Bedford, November 14, 1852. Boston and Cambridge: James Munroe and Company.
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Wood, George, A Speech Delivered by George Wood, Esq. Before a Committee of the Friends of Daniel Webster, at Constitution Hall, New-York, on Tuesday Evening, 4th May, 1852.
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Woods, Leonard, 1852. A Eulogy on Daniel Webster, Delivered by Request of the City Government and Citizens of Portland, Wednesday, Nov. 17, 1852. Brunswick, Maine: J. Griffin.
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