Choice Specimens of American Literature, And Literary Reader | Page 3

Ames, 1758-1808 68. Obligation of National Good Faith.
Gouverneur Morris, 1752-1816 69. Qualifications of a Minister of
Foreign Affairs.
William Pinkney, 1764-1820 70. Responsibility for Slavery. 71.

American Belligerent Rights.
James Madison, 1751-1836 72. Value of a Record of the Debates on
the Federal Constitution. 73. Inscription for a Statue of Washington.
John Randolph, 1773-1832 74. Change is not Reform. 75. The Error of
Decayed Families.
James Kent, 1763-1847 76. Law of the States.
Edward Livingston, 1764-1836 77. The Proper Office of the Judge.
John Quincy Adams, 1767-1848 78. The Right of Petition Universal.
79. The Administration of Washington.
Henry Clay, 1777-1852 80. Emancipation of the South American States.
81. Dangers of Disunion.
John C. Calhoun, 1782-1850 82. Dangers of an Unlimited Power of
Removal from Office. 83. Peculiar merit of our Political System. 84.
Concurrent Majorities supersede Force.
Daniel Webster, 1782-1852 85. Inestimable Value of the Federal
Union;--Extract from the Reply to Hayne. 86. Object of the Bunker Hill
Monument. 87. Benefits of the U.S. Constitution. 88. Right of changing
Allegiance.
Joseph Story, 1779-1845 89. Chief Justice Marshall. 90. Progress of
Jurisprudence.
Lewis Cass, 1782-1866 91. Policy of Removing the Indians.
Rufus Choate, 1799-1859 92. Conservative Force of the American Bar.
93. The Age of the Pilgrims the Heroic Period of our History.
William H. Seward, 1801-1872 94. Military Services of Lafayette in
America.
Abraham Lincoln, 1809-1865 95. Obligation to the Patriot Dead.
Charles Sumner, 1811-1873 96. Prospective Results of the Kansas and
Nebraska Bill. 97. Heroic Effort cannot Fail. 98. Our Foreign Relations.
99. Prophetic Voices about America.
Alexander H. Stephens, 1812- 100. Origin of the American Flag.
=_7._= BIOGRAPHICAL WRITERS.
Benjamin Rush, 1745-1813 101. Life of Edward Drinker, a
Centenarian.
John Marshall, 1755-1835 102. The Conquest of Canada.
John Armstrong, 1759-1843 103. Capture of Stoney Point.
Charles Caldwell, 1772-1853 104. A Lecture of Dr. Rush.
Thomas H. Benton, 1783-1858 105. The Character of Macon.

Alexander Slidell Mackenzie, 1803-1848 106. Recapture of the Frigate
Philadelphia, at Tripoli.
I.F.H. Claiborne. About 1804- 107. Tecumseh's Speech to the Creek
Indians.
George W. Greene, 1811- 108. Foreign Officers in the Revolutionary
Army.
James Parton, 1822- 109. Career and Character of Aaron Burr. 110.
Henry Clay and the Western Bar. 111. Western Theatres.
=_8._= HISTORY, GENERAL AND SPECIAL.
John Heckewelder, 1743-1823 112. Settlements of the Christian
Indians.
Jeremy Belknap, 1744-1798 113. The Mast Pine.
David Ramsay, 1749-1815 114. Feeling of South Carolina towards the
Mother Country.
Henry Lee, 1756-1818 115. Indian Services of General Rodgers Clarke.
116. The career of Captain Kirkwood.
Peter S. Duponceau. 1760-1844 117. Character of William Penn.
Charles J. Ingersoll, 1782-1862 118. Calhoun Characterized. 119.
Battle of Chippewa.
Henry M. Brackenridge, 1786-1871 120. Old St. Genevieve, in
Missouri.
Gulian C. Verplanck, 1786-1870 121. The Profession of the
Schoolmaster.
John W. Francis, 1789-1861 122. Public Changes during a Single
Lifetime.
William Meade, 1789-1862 123. Character of the Early Virginia
Clergy.
Jared Sparks, 1794-1866 124. The Battle of Bennington. 125. Services,
Death, and Character of Pulaski.
William H. Prescott, 1796-1859 126. Moral Consequences of the
Discovery of America. 127. Picture-writing of the Mexicans. 128.
Ransom and Doom of the Inca.
George Bancroft, 1800- 129. Virginia and its Inhabitants, in early times.
130. Contrast of English and French Colonization in America. 131.
Death of Montcalm. 132. Character of the Declaration of Independence.
133. The First Policy of Spain in the American Revolution.
J.G.M. Ramsey. About 1800- 134. The Military Services of General

Sevier.
Charles Gayarré, 1805- 135. General Jackson at New Orleans.
Brantz Mayer, 1809- 136. Rekindling the Sacred Fire in Mexico.
Albert J. Pickett, 1810-1858 137. The Indians and the First Settlers in
Alabama.
Charles W. Upham, 1803- 138. Defeat of the Indian King Philip.
John L. Motley, 1814- 139. Character of Alva. 140. Siege and
Abandonment of Ostend. 141. The Rise of the Dutch Republic.
Alex'r B. Meek, 1814-1865 142. Exiled French Officers in Alabama.
143. The Youth of the Indian Chief, Weatherford.
Abel Stevens, 1815- 144. The Early Methodist Clergy in America.
Francis Parkman, 1823- 145. The Old Western Hunters and Trappers.
146. Marquette Exploring the Upper Mississippi.
John G. Shea, 1824- 147. Difficulties of the Catholic Indian
Missionaries. 148. Exploration of the Mississippi.
John G. Palfrey, 1796- 149. Happiness of Winthrop's Closing Years.

CHAPTER II
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=_1._= ESSAYISTS, MORALISTS, AND REFORMERS.
Joseph Dennie, 1768-1813 150. Reflections on the Seasons.
William Gaston, 1778-1844 151. The Importance of Integrity.
Jesse Buel, 1778-1839 152. Extent and Defects of American
Agriculture.
Robert Walsh, 1784-1859 153. False Sympathy with Criminals.
Thomas S. Grimke, 1786-1834 154. Literary Excellence of the English
Bible.
Henry C. Carey, 1793- 155. Agriculture as a Science.
Edmund Ruffin, 1793-1863 156. Improvement of Acid Soils.
Francis Wayland, 1796-1865 157. Superiority of the Moral Sentiments.
Horace Mann, 1796-1857 158. Thoughts for a Young Man.
Orestes A. Brownson, 1800- 159. The Duty of