1840.—Power, Thomas.

1841.—Curtis, George Ticknor.[8] “The True Uses of American Revolutionary History.”

1842.—Mann, Horace.[9]

1843.—Adams, Charles Francis.

1844.—Chandler, Peleg Whitman. “The Morals of Freedom.”

1845.—Sumner, Charles.[10] “The True Grandeur of Nations.”

1846.—Webster, Fletcher.

1847.—Gary, Thomas Greaves.

1848.—Giles, Joel. “Practical Liberty.”

1849.—Greenough, William Whitwell. “The Conquering Republic.”