[Item #48818] An Oration Delivered in Person Hall, Chapel Hill, on the 27th June, 1827, the Day Previous to the Commencement under the appointment of the Dialectic Society. Archibald D. MURPHEY.

An Oration Delivered in Person Hall, Chapel Hill, on the 27th June, 1827, the Day Previous to the Commencement under the appointment of the Dialectic Society

Raleigh: Weston R. Gales, 1843. Second Edition. Octavo (21cm.); removed; 23pp. Uniformly toned and a bit brittle, upper cover (blank) slightly soiled, else Good or better.

This edition, published sixteen years following its first appearance in print, includes the text of a letter written by Chief Justice John Marshall (alluded to in the address on p. 11). Archibald D. Murphey (ca. 1777-1832) was a North Carolina state senator and education reformer who greatly contributed to the state's school system. SABIN 51452.

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