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Daniel Webster Speeches

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Scope and Contents

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

Provenance

The MU Libraries purchased the Daniel Webster Speeches Collection from the Charles E. Tuttle Company of Rutland, Vermont, in 1946.

Access

Materials in this collection have been fully catalogued and are available in MERLIN under the author University of Missouri-Columbia. Libraries. Daniel Webster Speeches.

Links to digitized versions of the texts available at the UM Digital Library are also included. The original pamphlets are available to all researchers for use in the reading room during Special Collections regular hours. Materials in this collection do not circulate.

Biographical Sketch

Webster's signature

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.

Inventory

Alphabetized by author and title. The title of each speech links to the digitized version in the UM Digital Library. The call number of each links to the Merlin catalog record for the item.

Adams, Nehemiah. 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, 1852.
—E340.W4 A24 1852

Adams, Nehemiah. A Sermon Preached to the Congregation at the Essex Street Church, October 31, 1852, the Sabbath after the Interment of Hon. Daniel Webster. 2d ed. Boston: Press of Geo. C. Rand, 1852.
—E340.W4 A24 1852b

The Address and Proceedings of the Friends of Daniel Webster, Assembled in Faneuil Hall, on Wednesday, September 15th, 1852, in Mass Convention. Boston: James French, 1852.
—E340.W4 A33 1852

Allen, William H. 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, 1853.
—E340.W4 A64 1853

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. Boston: Russell, Odiorne, and Company, 1835.
—JK736 .A5 1835

The Austro-Hungarian Question. Correspondence between Mr. Hülsemann, Austrian Charge d'Affaires, and Mr. Webster, Secretary of State of the United States. Washington, D.C.: Gideon and Co., 1851.
—E429 .U58 1851

Butler, C. M. 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., 1852.
—E340.W4 B98 1852

Cleaveland, Elisha Lord. A Discourse Occasioned by the Death of Daniel Webster. New York: Pudney and Russell, 1853.
—E340.W4 C55 1853

Daniel Webster at the Tomb of Shakespeare. [An engraved portrait, probably originally a book illustration.]
—E340.W4 S38 1860

A Description of the Great Historical Painting of the Last Days of Webster at Marshfield, painted by Joseph Ames. New York: Smith Brothers and Parmelee, 1856.
—E340.W4 D4 1856

Everett, Edward. 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).].
—E340.W4 E9 1859

Gallinger, Jacob Harold. Address by Senator Gallinger At Daniel Webster Birth Place Celebration, Franklin, N.H. August 28, 1913.
—E340.W4 G35 1913

George, John H. 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, 1882.
—E340.W4 G46 1882

Hillard, George S. Poole's Statistical View of 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, 1853.
—JK3150 .P66 1853

Kirk, Edward N. 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, 1852.
—E340.W4 K57 1852

Maynard, Horace. 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, 1853.
—E340.W4 M33 1853

Mr. Webster and His Revilers, Reprinted from the National Intelligencer of April 24, 1841.
—E340.W4 M7 1841

Perley, Ira. 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, 1852.
—E340.W4 P4 1852

Phillips, Wendell. Review of Webster's Speech on Slavery. Boston: American A.S. Society, 1850.
—E449 .W375 1850

Prairie Bird, a Lady of Massachusetts. Poem and Other Thoughts Suggested upon the Death of Hon. Daniel Webster. Boston: Published by the author, 1854.
—E340.W4 W45 1854

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. Boston: Prentiss and Sawyer, 1852.
—E430 .P76 1852

Richards, George. A Discourse, Occasioned by the Death of Daniel Webster, Delivered in Central Church, Boston, October 31, 1852. Boston: Press of T.R. Marvin, 1852.
—E340.W4 R53 1852

The Seventy-Fourth Anniversary of the Birth-Day of Daniel Webster, Celebrated at the Revere House... Boston, January 18, 1856. Boston: Office of the Daily Courier, 1856.
—E340.W4 S48 1856

Skinner, Otis A. The Death of Daniel Webster. A Sermon Delivered in the Warren Street Church, Sunday, November 14, 1852. Boston: A. Tompkins, 1852.
—E340.W4 S58 1852

Stearns, William A. 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, 1852.
—E340.W4 S82 1852

Stuart, Prof. Mr. Webster's Andover Address and His Political Course while Secretary of State. Essex County, Mass.: Published for Distribution, 1844.
—E396 .W375 1844

Taft, Alphonso. 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, 1853.
—E340.W4 T2 1853

The True Whig Sentiment of Massachusetts. 1846.
—E416 .W57 1846

Walker, T. Oration on the Life and Public Services of Daniel Webster. Delivered before the Bar of Cincinnati, November 22nd, 1852. Cincinnati: Morgan and Overend, 1852.
—E340.W4 W18 1852

Webster, Daniel. Address delivered at Bunker Hill, June 17, 1843, on the completion of the monument. Boston: Press of T.R. Marvin, 1843.
—E241.B9 W44 1843

________. An Address delivered at the completion of the Bunker Hill Monument, June 17, 1843. Boston: Tappan and Dennet, 1843.
—E241.B9 W44 1843b

________. An Address Delivered at the Laying of the Corner Stone of the Bunker Hill Monument, June 17, 1825. Boston: Brainard & Co., 1843.
—E241.B9 W43 1843

________. An Address Delivered at the Laying of the Corner Stone of the Bunker Hill Monument. Boston: Cummings, Hilliard, and Co., 1825.
Copy 1
—E241.B9 W43 1825

________. An Address Delivered at the Laying of the Corner Stone of the Bunker Hill Monument. Boston: Cummings, Hilliard, and Co, 1825.
Copy 2
—E241.B9 W43 1825

________. An Address Delivered at the Laying of the Corner Stone of the Bunker Hill Monument. Boston: Cummings, Hilliard, and Co, 1825.
Copy 3
—E241.B9 W43 1825

________. An Address Delivered before the New York Historical Society, February 23, 1852. New York: Press of the Historical Society, 1852.
—F116.N77 W42 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, 1852.
—F73.3 .W42 1852

________. An Appeal to the Old Whigs of Massachusetts. 1806.
—F69 .A63 1806

________. 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, 1932.
—E312.63 .W39 1932

________. Correspondence between Mr. Webster and His New Hampshire Neighbors. Washington, D.C.: Gideon and Co., 1850.
—E423 .W32 1850

________. Correspondence between Mr. Webster and Lord Ashburton 1. On McLeod's Case; 2. On the Creole Case; 3. On the Subject of Impressment.
—E396 .U58 1842

________. Discourse, Delivered at Plymouth, December 22, 1820, in Commemoration of the First Settlement of New-England. Boston: Wells and Lilly, 1821.
—F68 .W37 1821

________. Discourse, Delivered at Plymouth, December 22, 1820, in Commemoration of the First Settlement of New-England. 2d ed. Boston: Wells and Lilly, 1821.
—F68 .W37 1821b

________. Discourse, Delivered at Plymouth, December 22, 1820, in Commemoration of the First Settlement of New-England. Boston: Wells and Lilly, 1826.
Copy 1
—F68 .W37 1826

________. Discourse, Delivered at Plymouth, December 22, 1820, in Commemoration of the First Settlement of New-England. Boston: Wells and Lilly, 1826.
Copy 2
—F68 .W37 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, 1826.
—E322 .W38 1826

________. 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, 1855.
—CT275.S5215 W4 1855

________. Letter addressed to Hon. Edw. Curtis, New York, written in Webster's handwriting from Boston November 4, 1837, with his signature.
—E340.W4 A4 1837

________. Letter to Edward Brooks, Boston, November 17, 1849.
— E340.W4 A4 1849

________. Mr. Webster's Address at Andover. November 9, 1843. Boston: Press of T.R. Marvin, 1843.
—E396 .W365 1843

________. Mr. Webster's Second Speech on the Sub-Treasury Bill, delivered March 12, 1838.
—HG2539 .W32 1838c

________. Mr. Webster's Second Speech on the Sub-Treasury Bill, delivered March 12, 1838. Washington, D.C.: Gales and Seaton, 1838.
—HG2539 .W32 1838

________. Mr. Webster's Second Speech on the Sub-Treasury Bill, Delivered March 12, 1838. New York: S. Colman and J.G. Wilson, 1838.
—HG2539 .W32 1838b

________. 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, 1848.
—E337.8 .W24 1848

________. Mr. Webster's Speech in Answer to Mr. Calhoun, March 22, 1838.
—E340.W4 W24 1838

________. 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, 1844.
—LD7501.P5 G563 1844b

________. Mr. Webster's Speech in the U.S. Senate, March 23, 1848, upon the War with Mexico. Boston: Eastburn's Press, 1848.
—E407 .W37 1848

________. 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, 1837.
—HG521 .W43 1837

________. Mr. Webster's Speech on the Greek Revolution. Washington, D.C.: John S. Meehan, 1824.
—DF814 .W4 1824

________. Mr. Webster's Speech on the Greek Revolution. From the Washington Edition. Boston: Cummings, Hilliard and Co., 1824.
—DF814 .W4 1824b

________. Mr. Webster's Speech on the New Tariff Bill, Delivered in the Senate of the United States, July 25, 1846. Washington: J. and G.S. Gideon, 1846.
—HF1754 .W286 1846

________. 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, 1834.
—E384.7 .W37 1834

________. Mr. Webster's Speeches at Buffalo, Syracuse and Albany, May, 1851. Boston: Eastburn's Press, 1851.
—E426 .W37 1851

________. Mr. Webster's Speeches at Buffalo, Syracuse and Albany, May, 1851. New York: Mirror Office, 1851.
—E426 .W37 1851b

________. 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, 1832.
—HG2529 1832 .W427

________. Mr. Webster's Vindication of the Treaty of Washington of 1842; In a Speech Delivered in the Senate of the United States, on the 6th and 7th of April, 1846.
—E398 .W37 1846

________. Reception of Mr. Webster at Boston, September 30, 1842, with His Speech, Delivered in Faneuil Hall on that Occasion. Boston: Samuel N. Dickinson, 1842.
—E340.W4 R32 1842

________. 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, 1834.
—HG2529 1834 .W36

________. Remarks of the Hon. Daniel Webster, of Massachusetts, on the Three Million Bill. [Washington, D.C.]: J. and G.S. Gideon.
—E416 .W43 1847

________. 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, 1848.
—F83.4 .W38 1848

________. 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, 1830.
—E381 .W397 1830

________. Speech Delivered by Daniel Webster at Niblo's Saloon, in New-York, on the 15th March, 1837.
—E381 .W36 1837

________. Speech delivered by Daniel Webster at Niblo's Saloon, in New York, on the 15th March, 1837.
—E381 .W36 1837b

________. Speech of Daniel Webster, Delivered in the Senate of the United States, March 7, 1850, on the Compromise Resolution of Mr. Clay.
—E423 .W4 1850b

________. Speech of Daniel Webster of Massachusetts, Delivered at the Great Whig Mass Convention Held at Philadelphia, on the 1st Day of October, 1844. Philadelphia, 1844.
—E400 .W4 1844

________. Speech of the Honorable Daniel Webster on the Compromise Bill, Delivered in the Senate of the United States, on the 17th Day of July, 1850. Gideon and Co.
—E423 .W45 1850

________. 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, 1830.
—E381 .W3964 1830

________. Speech of Hon. Daniel Webster to the Young Men of Albany, Wednesday, May 28, 1851. Gideon and Co.
—E426 .W374 1851

________. Speech of Mr. Webster at the Celebration of the New York New England Society, December 23, 1850. Washington, D.C.: Gideon and Co., 1851.
—F7 .W37 1851

________. 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, 1833.
—HF1754 .W285 1833

________. 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, 1836.
—E381 .W43 1836

________. 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, 1834.
—HG2529 1834 .W37

________. Speech of Mr. Webster on Mr. Clay's Resolutions. Delivered in the Senate of the United States, March 7, 1850. Gideon and Co.
—E423 .W4 1850c

________. Speech of Mr. Webster on Mr. Clay's Resolutions, Delivered in the Senate of the United States, March 7, 1850. 2d ed. Gideon and Co.
—E423 .W4 1850d

________. 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, 1824.
—HF1754 .W285 1824

________. 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.
—HG2529 1832 .W43

________. 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, 1832.
—HG2529 1832 .W428

________. 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, 1847.
—HF1754 .W287 1847

________. 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, 1838.
—HG2539 .W3 1838

________. 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, 1850.
—E423 .W4 1850

________. Speeches of Messrs. Hayne and Webster in the United States Senate, on the Resolution of Mr. Foot, January 1830. Boston: Reading and Co., 1852.
—E381 .H423 1852

________. 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, 1853.
—E381 .H423 1853

________. 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, 1849.
—E381 .H423 1849

________. 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., 1850.
—E381 .H423 1850

________. 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).].
—E384.3 .W32 1860

________. 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.
Copy 1
—E381 .W37 1863

________. 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.
Copy 2
—E381 .W37 1863

Webster, Daniel, H. L. Bulwer, and William L. Clarke. 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.
—E426 .W376 1851

Webster, Daniel and Arthur J. Stansbury. Webster on the Currency: 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, 1840.
—HG521 .W44 1840

Weiss, John. 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, 1853.
—BV4275.W435 D57 1853

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.
—E340.W4 W66 1852

Woods, Leonard. A Eulogy on Daniel Webster, Delivered by Request of the City Government and Citizens of Portland, Wednesday, Nov. 17, 1852. Brunswick, Maine: J. Griffin, 1852.
—E340.W4 W68 1852