Title: An account of the procession, together with copious extracts of the oration, delivered at the Walla-bout (L.I.), April 6th, 1808 : on laying the cornerstone of the vault, which is to contain the relics of that portion of American seaman [sic], soldiers, and citizens, who perished in the cause of liberty and their country, on board the prison ships of the British, at the Walla-bout during the Revolutionary War : also, the letter addressed to Thomas Jefferson, president of the United States, by the Tammany Society, and his answer.

Author: Joseph D Fay

Publisher: Gale, Sabin Americana

Description:

Based on Joseph Sabin's famed bibliography, Bibliotheca Americana, Sabin Americana, 1500--1926 contains a collection of books, pamphlets, serials and other works about the Americas, from the time of their discovery to the early 1900s. Sabin Americana is rich in original accounts of discovery and exploration, pioneering and westward expansion, the U.S. Civil War and other military actions, Native Americans, slavery and abolition, religious history and more.

Sabin Americana offers an up-close perspective on life in the western hemisphere, encompassing the arrival of the Europeans on the shores of North America in the late 15th century to the first decades of the 20th century. Covering a span of over 400 years in North, Central and South America as well as the Caribbean, this collection highlights the society, politics, religious beliefs, culture, contemporary opinions and momentous events of the time. It provides access to documents from an assortment of genres, sermons, political tracts, newspapers, books, pamphlets, maps, legislation, literature and more.

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SourceLibrary: Huntington Library

DocumentID: SABCP02413000

CollectionID: CTRG97-B2890

PublicationDate: 18080101

SourceBibCitation: Selected Americana from Sabin's Dictionary of books relating to America

Notes: Joseph D. Fay, orator of the day.

Collation: 20 p

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