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Adams, John Quincy (1767-1848) Oration on the Life and Character of Gilbert Motier De Lafayette

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01238 Author/Creator: Adams, John Quincy (1767-1848) Place Written: Washington, D.C. Type: Book signed Date: 1835 Pagination: 94 p. ; 22.2 x 13.7 cm. Order a Copy

Title page continues: "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." Published by Gales and Seaton. Signed by Adams and inscribed to Gayton P. Osgood. Cover is contemporary ribbed red morocco.

Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848
Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de, 1757-1834

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