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Oration on the life and character of Gilbert Motier de Lafayette : delivered at the request of both houses of the Congress of the United States, before them, in the House of Representatives at Washington, on the 31st December, 1834 / by John Quincy Adams.

Athenaeum of Philadelphia - American Imprints 1835 Adams
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848.
Contributor:
Breck, Samuel, 1771-1862., Donor.
American Imprints Collection (Athenaeum of Philadelphia)
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de, 1757-1834.
Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier.
Genre:
Association copies (Provenance)
Physical Description:
94 p. ; 22 cm.
Place of Publication:
Washington : printed by Gales and Seaton, 1835.
Notes:
Inscription on title page/front cover: "This eloquent oration was sent to me by the author, January 1834. S. Breck."
Local Notes:
Athenaeum copy: Both front and back covers are missing.
Athenaeum copy: Exhibited: "Samuel Breck (1771-1862): Books From the Library of a Philadelphia Francophile," at the Athenaeum of Philadelphia, 2013-14.
Athenaeum copy: Both copies in one acid-free envelope.
Athenaeum copy: Copy 1: Breck bequest; gift of author to Breck.
Cited in:
Sabin 295
OCLC:
732310

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