35 AN ORATION ADDRESSED TO THE CITIZENS OF THE TOWN OF QUINCY, ON THE FOURTH OF JULY, 1831, THE FIFTY-FIFTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE INDEPENDENCE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. BY JOHN QUINCY ADAMS., pres. 1, 8, 1 7 6 7 - 1 8 4 3 BOSTON: RICHARDSON, LORD AND HOLBROOK. 1831. ENTERED according to Act of Congress, in the year 1831, By THOMAS PHIPPS, NOAH CURTIS and WILLIAM SEAVER, in the Clerk's Office of the District of Massachusetts. BOSTON PRESS-WATER STREET. : SIR,-Agreeably to a vote passed on the 4th inst. at the Town Hall, by those who listened to your learned and eloquent address, and in behalf of the Committee of Arrangements, chosen by the citizens of Quincy, we present to you our united thanks therefor, and respectfully request a copy for the press. TH. PHIPPS, Sub-committee. Messrs. THOMAS PHIPPS, NOAH CURTIS, and WILLIAM SEAVER. GENTLEMEN, QUINCY, 13th July, 1831. A copy of the address, prepared at the request of the citizens, inhabitants of Quincy, on the occasion of their recent celebration of our national anniversary, is, in compliance with your request, submitted to your disposal. It may be proper to apprize you, that, to avoid too great prolixity, some passages of it were omitted in the delivery. I am, with great respect, gentlemen, your friend and fellow citizen, |