A funeral oration on George Washington : late general of the armies of the United States, pronounced, at Oxford, Massachusetts, at the request of the field officers of the brigade stationed at that place, on the 15th Jan. 1800 : it being the day devoted to the funeral honors of their departed chief, pursuant to general orders from the secretary at war

A funeral oration on George Washington : late general of the armies of the United States, pronounced, at Oxford, Massachusetts, at the request of the field officers of the brigade stationed at that place, on the 15th Jan. 1800 : it being the day devoted to the funeral honors of their departed chief, pursuant to general orders from the secretary at war

Capt. Dunham's funeral oration

Boston : Printed by Manning & Loring, for Joseph Nancrede, [1800]

20 p. ; 23 cm.

923.173 W319 dun 1800 MB

(OCoLC)06139589

Half title: Capt. Dunham's funeral oration.
Recounting Washingtons military career, the author, a captain of the 16th Regiment of the U.S. Army, writes: "After eight years' faithful and gratuitous service, at the heard of our victorious armies, he cheerfully sacrificed, upon the ALTAR of his grateful country, the mighty harvest of laurels he had won, and great, like CINCINNATUS, returned to the plough ..."--p. 12.
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