Title: The Daniel Webster reader.
Authors: Rothe, Bertha M.,; Rothe, Bertha M.
Publisher: Oceana Publications,
Year: 1956
Subjects: Webster, Daniel,
Abstract: Contains autobiography and biography of Daniel Webster, excerpts from various speeches and court addresses he made, with background material.
Contents: The life and work of Daniel Webster. Autobiography -- Later years (by the editor) -- Webster as his contemporaries saw him. Men and manners in America / Thomas Hamilton -- Retrospect of western travel / Harriet Martineau -- Politics and pen pictures at home and abroad / Henry W. Hilliard -- Sketches of United States' senators, of the session of 1837-'8 / Anonymous -- Webster's styles of speaking (from his Memoir of the life of Henry Ware) / John Ware -- A breakfast at Mr. Webster's / from Appleton's journal of literature, science and art -- Webster, the historical orator. First settlement of New England -- The Bunker Hill monument -- The completion of the Bunker Hill monument -- Adams and Jefferson -- The addition to the capitol -- Webster, the constitutional lawyer. The Dartmouth College Case -- McCulloch v. Maryland -- Gibbons v. Ogden -- Webster, the statesman. The Webster-Hayne debate (second speech on Foot's resolution) -- The constitution not a compact between sovereign states -- Reception at New York -- The constitution and the union (the seventh of March speech).