Item #10247 An address delivered at Charlestown, Mass, on the 17th of June, 1836, at the request of the young men, without distinction of party, in commemoration of the Battle of Bunker Hill. Alexander Everett, with an inscribed dedication to sixth President John Quincy Adams.
An address delivered at Charlestown, Mass, on the 17th of June, 1836, at the request of the young men, without distinction of party, in commemoration of the Battle of Bunker Hill

An address delivered at Charlestown, Mass, on the 17th of June, 1836, at the request of the young men, without distinction of party, in commemoration of the Battle of Bunker Hill

Boston: Beals & Greene, 1836. 72p. Issued to celebrate the sixty-first anniversary of the Battle at Bunker Hill. INSCRIBED DEDICATION ON THE FRONT WRAPPER TO THE SIXTH PRESIDENT JOHN QUINCY ADAMS. Alexander Hill Everett (1792-1847) was an American politician, diplomat and a Boston man of letters. after having graduated from Harvard in 1806, he served as Secretary to President John Quincy Adams and traveled with him to Russia in 1809-1811. His career as a diplomat lead to posts in the Netherlands, Cuba, Spain and China. Front wrapper detached and back strip a little chipped. Pencil marks on the title page otherwise internally clean. Small red Vax spot on the rear wrapper. Sabin#23222. Item #10247

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