Great Americans speak
By: facsimiles of original editions selected and annotated by John E. Pomfret.
Publisher: Ward Ritchie Press
Published: 1968
Place of publication: [Los Angeles]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 193
Subjects: United States -- History -- Sources; United States -- Politics and government -- Addresses, essays, lectures
Notes: 1954 ed. published under title: 12 Americans speak.
"Most of the facsimiles are from originals in the Huntington Library."
Table of contents: title: Benjamin Franklin: examination by the House of Commons, 1766.; title: The American crisis, 1776, by T. Paine.; title: Farewell address, 1796, by G. Washington.; title: Inaugural address, 1801, by T. Jefferson.; title: The war message, 1812, by J. Madison.; title: The Monroe doctrine, 1823, by J. Monroe.; title: The inaugurals, 1861, 1865, and the Gettysburg address, 1863, by A. Lincoln.; title: The cross of gold speech, 1896, by W. J. Bryan.; title: Foreign affairs, 1904, and the Monroe doctrine, 1905, by T. Roosevelt.; title: Presenting the Treaty of Versailles for ratification, 1919, by W. Wilson.; title: Principles and ideals of the United States Government, 1928, by H. Hoover.; title: The philosophy of government, 1932, by F. D. Roosevelt.; title: Inaugural address, 1961, by J. F. Kennedy.