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24 July 1788 to 6 Aug. 1788

Original paper slip text:24 July–6 Aug. 1788

John Quincy Adams

Original paper slip text:JQA.

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Oration before the Harvard Chapter of
Phi Beta Kappa Society

Original paper slip text:Phi Beta Kappa

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[delivered 5 Sept. 1788]
4 p. (draft, untitled)
JQA—Lectures and Orations
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  • Note: On the prospects of young Americana just entering active life. See D/JQA, 28 July, 5 Sept., on composition and delivery (Life in a New England Town, p. 158–159, 165–166). A fair copy is in D/JQA/12.219–229, omitted from Life in a New England Town; see below under 5 Sept. 1788 for a fair copy.

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Adams Papers microfilm: reel 369
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Massachusetts Historical Society

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