New England Forefathers' Day Orations, 1770-1865

An Annotated Edition of Selected Plymouth Anniversary Addresses. Edited by Udo J. Hebel.

The volume presents a comprehensive documentation of 31 New England Forefathers' Day orations (divided into three time periods: 1770-1820; 1821-1850; 1851-1865). Between the American Revolution and the Civil War, they were the cornerstone of anniversary performances dedicated to the commemoration of the arrival of the Mayflower and the Pilgrim Fathers in Plymouth in 1620 and the ensuing foundation of the first Puritan colony in New England. The oratory of the celebrations of December 22, contributed significantly to the construction of a national U.S. American myth of origin and a national U.S. American historical and political tradition. The annotated edition of thirty-one Forefathers' Day addresses from 1770 through 1865 collects representative examples from different historical contexts and from different regions of the United States. The selection of anniversary addresses is accompanied by introductions to the respective celebrations, orators, and contexts, and by reprints of historical paintings and popular prints of early colonial New England history. - From the Table of Contents: Edward Winslow, Oration. Plymouth, M A, 24 December 1770. - Charles Turner, A Serm on, Preached at Plymouth, December 22d, 1773. Being the Anniversary Thanksgiving, in Commemoration of the Landing of the Fathers there, A. D. 1620. - Sylvanus Conant, A n Anniversary Sermon Preached at Plymouth, December 23, 1776. In grateful Memory of the first Landing of our worthy Ancestors in that Place, An. Dom. 1620. - Chandler Robbins, A Sermon Preached at Plymouth, December 22, 1793; Being the Anniversary of the Landing of Our Ancestors in That Place, in 1620. - John Quincy Adams, An Oration, Delivered at Plymouth, December 22, 1802. At the Anniversary Commemoration of the First Landing of Our Ancestors, at That Place. - John Davis, A Discourse before the Massachusetts Historical Society, Boston, December 22, 1813. At Their Anniversary Commemoration of the First Landing of Our Ancestors at Plymouth, in 1620. - Ezra Stiles Ely, The Migration of the Pilgrims, and of Their Posterity, Considered, in an Address, Read before the New England Society of Philadelphia, on the 22d of December, 1817. - Benjamin Faneuil Dunkin, Address, Delivered before the Members of the New-England Society, in Charleston, (S. C.) at Their Anniversary Meeting, December 20th, 1819. - Daniel Webster, A Discourse, Delivered at Plymouth, December 22, 1820. In Commemoration of the First Settlement of New-England. - Lyman Beecher, The Memory of our Fathers. A Sermon Delivered at Plymouth, on the Twenty-Second of December, 1827. - Joshua Barker W hitridge, An Oration Delivered on the Anniversary of the New-England Society, Charleston, S.C. December 22d. 1835; in Commemoration of the Landing of the Pilgrims, upon the Rock of Plymouth, December 22d. 1620. - Peleg Sprague, An Address Delivered before the Pilgrim Society of Plymouth, December 22, 1835. - Charles Ripley, An Oration, on the Colonization of New England, Delivered December 22, 1838, before the Pilgrim Society of Louisville. - Robert C. Winthrop, An Address, Delivered before the New England Society, in the City of New York, December 23, 1839. - Samuel Breck, Discourse before the Society of the Sons of New England of the City and County of Philadelphia, on the History of the Early Settlement of Their Country; Being Their First Anniversary. Delivered December 21, 1844. - Seargent S. Prentiss, Oration. New Orleans, LA , 22 December 1845. - Mark Skinner, An Address, Delivered before the New England Society, of Chicago, Illinois, December 22, 1847. - Charles Brandon Boynton, Oration Delivered before the New England Society of Cincinnati, on the Anniversary of the Landing of the Pilgrims. - Lewis Cass, Address Delivered before the New England Society of Michigan, December 22, 1848. - Timothy Dwight Hunt, Address Delivered before the New England Society of San Francisco, at the American Theatre, on the Twenty-Second Day of December, A. D. 1852. - Joseph A. Benton, Oration. Sacramento, CA, 22 December 1853. - William H. Seward, Oration at Plymouth, December 21,1855. - Wendell Phillips, "The Pilgrims. Speech at the Dinner of the Pilgrim Society, in Plymouth, December 21,1855". - Joseph A. Copp, “The Old Ways" - or the Pilgrims and their Principles. A Discourse on the Anniversary of the Landing of the Pilgrims, Delivered in Broadway Church, Chelsea, Mass., December 21, 1856. - J. R. Briggs, Oration. Keokuk, IA, 22 December 1858. - William Rounseville Alger, The Historic Purchase of Freedom. An Oration Delivered before the Fraternity, in the Music Hall, Boston, Dec. 22, 1859, the Two Hundred and Thirty-Ninth Anniversary of the Landing of the Pilgrims at Plymouth. - Francis Marion Robertson and James Henry Taylor, Orations. Charleston, SC, 22 December 1859. - Azariah Eldridge, An Address Delivered before the New England Society, in Ann Arbor, Mich., on Fore-Fathers Day, December 22, 1860. - John Cordner, The American Conflict: An Address, Spoken before the New England Society of Montreal, and a Public Audience, in Nordheimer's Hall, Montreal, on Thursday Evening, 22nd December, 1864. - Charles Carroll Everett, A Sermon Preached Dec. 17th, 1865, the Sunday Preceding the Anniversary of the Landing of the Pilgrims. - XXXII,647 Seiten mit 60 Abb., gebunden (American Studies; Vol. 240/Universitätsverlag Winter 2016)