THE

HUNDRED BOSTON ORATORS

APPOINTED BY THE

MUNICIPAL AUTHORITIES AND OTHER PUBLIC BODIES,

FROM 1770 TO 1852;

COMPRISING

HISTORICAL GLEANINGS,

ILLUSTRATING THE

PRINCIPLES AND PROGRESS OF OUR REPUBLICAN INSTITUTIONS.

BY JAMES SPEAR LORING.

Fourth Edition, with an Emproved Ender of Names.

"I would have these orations collected and printed in volumes, and then write the history of the last
forty-five years in commentaries upon them."

JOHN ADAMS, in 1816.

"The precious spark of liberty had been kindled and was preserved by the Puritans alone;
and it was to this sect that the English owe the whole freedom of their constitution."

DAVID HUME.

BOSTON:

JOHN P. JEWETT AND COMPANY.

CLEVELAND, OHIO:

JEWETT, PROCTOR & WORTHINGTON.

1855.