George Stillman Hillard - Public Speaking

Public Speaking

In addition to his oratorical contributions in meetings of the Massachusetts legislature, he gave the 4th of July oration in Boston in 1835; he spoke on “Dangers and Duties of the Mercantile Profession” to the Mercantile Library Association (1850); he spoke before the New York Pilgrim Society (1851); and he delivered a eulogy on Daniel Webster in 1852. He gave a series of 12 lectures on the “Life and Writings of Milton” as part of the Lowell Institute's lecture series for the 1846-47 season.

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