Jeremy Belknap A.L., Boston, July 28, 1788 : to [Brigadier General William Hull], Newtown [Newton], [Mass.]

Jeremy Belknap A.L., Boston, July 28, 1788 : to [Brigadier General William Hull], Newtown [Newton], [Mass.]

Oration

Boston 1788

[4] p. on 2 conjugate leaves ; 31 cm. (fol.)

MSS L1988.190. 293

Formal note in the third person thanking Hull for sending a copy of an oration before the Society of the Cincinnati.|He expresses his "wishes for the continuance & properity of that institution w.ch from the beginning he has conceived to be founded in virtuous & honorable principles, notwithstanding the opnions of some gentlemen who in other respects appear to be wise."|"[T]he second chapter of the American Revolution being now almost completed we shall both join in hoping to see a government established which will patronize every kind of merit, & in particular will give military virtue something beside the consolation of being its own reward."|Hull was an original member of the Massachusetts Society of the Cincinnati.|Hull's oration was delivered to the Massachusetts Society on July 4, 1788; its opening lines invite the listeners "to recollect the first dawn of that Independence which gave birth and existence to the American Empire." For the complete oration, see in the collection call number 973.318 H913ora 1778|Belknap also reacts to Hull's admonition: "Let a consciousness of the integrity of your views ... inspire you with a contempt for popular applause, when acquired at the expense of your honour and virtue."|Page [4] is address leaf: Brigadier General Hull, Newtown|Pages [2] and [3] are blank; brittle and partially separated at folds

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