Daniel Webster for Young Americans / Comprising the greatest speeches of the defender of the Constitution

by Daniel Webster

ILLUSTRATIONS

Daniel Webster From a daguerreotype by T. D. Jones, in the possession of Dartmouth College	[Frontispiece]
Daniel Webster From the crayon drawing by John Martin, in the possession of Mrs. Richard W. Grinnell	Page	[ix]
Birthplace of Daniel Webster, Franklin (formerly Salisbury), N. H.	“	[x]
The Embarkation of the Pilgrims from Delfthaven	Facing page	[14]
The Landing of the Pilgrims	“ “	[16]
The Battle of Bunker Hill	“ “	[30]
Joseph Warren	Page	[37]
Marquis de Lafayette	“	[40]
Bunker Hill Monument	“	[50]
John Tyler	“	[54]
Faneuil Hall	“	[68]
John Adams	“	[74]
James Otis	“	[77]
Independence Hall, Philadelphia	“	[80]
Thomas Jefferson	“	[82]
The Declaration of Independence	Facing page	[84]
John Hancock	Page	[91]
Samuel Adams	“	[97]
Patrick Henry	“	[101]
Benjamin Franklin	“	[102]
The Reply to Hayne	Facing page	[118]
Thomas H. Benton	Page	[120]
John Quincy Adams	“	[123]
Robert Y. Hayne	“	[135]
The Battle of Lexington	Facing page	[144]
George Washington	Page	[175]
The Resignation of Washington	Facing page	[178]
Henry Clay	Page	[195]
The Capitol at Washington	“	[200]
Washington Monument	“	[208]
Millard Fillmore	“	[211]

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DANIEL WEBSTER
Chronology

Born at Salisbury, now Franklin, New Hampshire	January 18, 1782
Graduated at Dartmouth College	1801
Admitted to the bar	1805
Practised law in Boscawen, New Hampshire	1805-7
Removed to Portsmouth, New Hampshire	1807
Member of the United States House of Representatives from New Hampshire	1813-7
Removed to Boston	1816
Dartmouth College case, United States Supreme Court	1818
Member of the Massachusetts Constitutional Convention	1820-1
Oration at Plymouth, Massachusetts	1820
Member of the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts	1823-7
Gibbons versus Ogden case	1823
Oration at the laying of the corner-stone of Bunker Hill Monument	1825
Eulogy on Adams and Jefferson	1826
Senator from Massachusetts	1827-41
Reply to Hayne	1830
Argument in White murder case, Salem, Massachusetts	1830
Reply to Calhoun: The Constitution not a Compact between Sovereign States	1833
Secretary of State under Presidents Harrison and Tyler	1841-3
Webster-Ashburton Treaty between the United States and England	1842
Oration on the completion of Bunker Hill Monument	1843
Senator from Massachusetts	1845-50
Seventh of March Speech for compromise between Northern and Southern States	1850
Secretary of State under President Fillmore	1850-2
Died at Marshfield, Massachusetts	October 24, 1852

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