designated authorities. A great disparity in the sketches of the orators will be observed. In the gathering of materials, the editor has mostly been thrown on his own resources. While, by interviews with parties interested, a great body of original matter has been obtained in relation to a large number of the orators, very meagre materials only, like a monumental inscription, could be gathered in regard to others; and this is an apology for what may, at the first blush, appear an act of injustice to some of the most worthy politicians in the catalogue; - but there runs through the volume such frequent allusions to the same person, that they partially atone for the scanty materials of a separate article. Notwithstanding the vigilance of the editor, many errors appear in the work; but, to adopt the language of Cotton Mather, "it seems the hands of Briareus and the eyes of Argus will not prevent them." BOSTON, March 5, 1852. 1819. July 4. FRANKLIN DEXTER. Town Orator. . 1820. July 4. THEODORE LYMAN. Town Orator. HENRY ORNE. Washington Society. JAMES DAVIS KNOWLES. Baptist Churches. JOSEPH HARDY PRINCE. Washington Society. JOHN WARREN JAMES. Inauguration of Jackson. JAMES TRECOTHIC AUSTIN. City Orator. CHARLES GORDON GREENE. Washington Society. 455 1833. July 4. EDWARD GOLDSBOROUGH PRESCOTT. City Orator. JOHN WADE, JR. Washington Society. AMASA WALKER. Twelve Young Men's Societies. CALEB CUSHING. Amer. Colonization Society. . 1834. July 4. RICHARD SULLIVAN FAY. City Orator. FREDERICK ROBINSON. Boston Trades Union. 1835. July 4. JEROME VAN CROWNINGSHIELD SMITH. South Boston. |