12 Americans speak
Subtitle: facsimiles of original editions selected and annotated.
Publisher: Huntington Library
Published: 1954
Place of publication: San Marino, Calif
Language: spa
Number of pages: 183
Subjects: American prose literature.; Democracy.; United States -- Politics and government.
Notes: "Most of the facsimiles are from originals in the Huntington Library."
Table of contents: value: Benjamin Franklin: examination by the House of Commons, 1766.; value: The American crisis, 1776, by T. Paine.; value: Farewell address, 1796, by G. Washington.; value: Inaugural address, 1801, by T. Jefferson.; value: The war message, 1812, by J. Madison.; value: The Monroe doctrine, 1823, by J. Monroe.; value: The inaugurals, 1861, 1865, and the Gettysburg address, 1863, by A. Lincoln.; value: The cross of gold speech, 1896, by W.J. Bryan.; value: Foreign affairs, 1904, and the Monroe doctrine, 1905, by T. Roosevelt.; value: Presenting the Treaty of Versailles for ratification, 1919, by W. Wilson.; value: Principles and ideals of the United States Government, 1928, by H. Hoover.; value: The philosophy of government, 1932, by F.D. Roosevelt.