William Jennings Bryan compiled this collection speeches from many early orators of America. Volume 8 includes speeches from the years 1774 through 1837.
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Episodes
North American Indians - Logan to Lord Dunmore
Episode 1 · 2:44
North American Indians - Brant to Lord George Germaine
Episode 2 · 7:03
North American Indians - Red Jacket on the Religion of the White Man and the Red
Episode 3 · 9:17
North American Indians - Tecumseh to Governor Harrison at Vincennes
Episode 4 · 4:35
North American Indians - Tecumseh to General Proctor
Episode 5 · 5:26
North American Indians - Pushmataha to John C. Calhoun
Episode 6 · 3:49
North American Indians - Black Hawk to General Street
Episode 7 · 5:08
North American Indians - Peter Wilson on the Empire State
Episode 8 · 3:33
James Otis - On Opposition to Writs of Assistance
Episode 9 · 18:19
Benjamin Franklin - His Examination Before the House of Commons
Episode 10 · 28:36
Benjamin Franklin - On the Federal Constitution
Episode 11 · 5:51
Benjamin Franklin - Dangers of a Salaried Bureaucracy
Episode 12 · 11:10
Patrick Henry - The "Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death" Speech
Episode 13 · 10:47
Patrick Henry - Shall Liberty or Empire be Sought?
Episode 14 · 14:30
George Washington - On His Appointment as Commander-in-Chief
Episode 15 · 2:05
George Washington - His First Inaugural Address
Episode 16 · 12:12
George Washington - His Farewell Address
Episode 17 · 44:22
Samuel Adams - On American Independence
Episode 18 · 24:07
William Pinkney - For the Relief of Slaves
Episode 19 · 14:30
Alexander Hamilton - On the Adoption of the Federal Constitution
Episode 20 · 20:39
John Marshall - On the Federal Constitution
Episode 21 · 21:49
Fisher Ames - On the Treaty with Great Britian
Episode 22 · 20:02
Thomas Jefferson - His First Inaugural Address
Episode 23 · 15:40
Eliphalet Nott - On the Death Hamilton
Episode 24 · 22:46
John Randolph - On Offensive War with England
Episode 25 · 18:37
Edward Everett - The Issue in the Revolution
Episode 26 · 15:00
Andrew Jackson - His Second Inaugural Address
Episode 27 · 9:50
Andrew Jackson - His Farewell Address
Episode 28 · 13:31
Sargent S. Prentiss - On the Death of Lafayette
Episode 29 · 6:25
Wendell Phillips - On the Murder of Lovejoy
Episode 30 · 12:33
George Bancroft - The People in Art, Government and Religion
Episode 31 · 15:30
Thomas Hart Benton - On the Expunging of Resolution