From Oratory to Scholarship

by Woodfield, Denis B.; Gareis, John W., Ph.D.; Saunders, John; De Baun, Vincent C.

• ISBN13: 9780615196374
• ISBN10: 0615196373
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-05-15
• Publisher: Univ of Virginia Pr

Summary

"The wide-ranging lectures, papers, addresses, and studies collected in this volume, presented in sequence, offer a unique view of the way our knowledge and understanding of the American Revolution and its aftermath have evolved over the years. Drawn from talks given to the Society of the Cincinnati in the State of New Jersey, the selections range in date from the late eighteenth to the early twenty-first centuries. In form, they range from ceremonious orations packed with classical references and scriptural allusions, through genealogical studies and independent research on little-known military clashes, to scholarly consideration of the stresses that played themselves out in the forming of our Constitution. Their evolution helps illuminate the American story."--BOOK JACKET.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations	p. vii
Preface	p. ix
Introduction	p. 1
Major General the Hon. Frederick Frelinghuysen. An Oration. 1789	p. 20
Colonel Elias Boudinot, LLD. An Oration. 1793	p. 31
Lieutenant James Giles. An Oration. 1800	p. 45
Colonel Elias Boudinot. An Oration. 1810	p. 55
Surgeon Ebenezer Elmer. An Oration. 1812	p. 76
Colonel Peter Kean. An Oration. 1823	p. 85
Aaron Ogden Dayton. Eulogy on La Fayette. 1835	p. 94
Colonel Joseph Warren Scott. An Oration. 1846	p. 127
The Reverend John Hall, D.D. The Anniversary Oration. 1859	p. 147
Luther Foster Halsey, M.D. The Revolutionary Worthies of the Medical Staff. 1890	p. 161
Lt. Col. William S. Stryker. The Affair at Egg Harbor. 1894	p. 186
Lt. Col. William S. Stryker. A Study of George Washington. 1897	p. 208
William Pennington. The Beginnings of the Society of the Cincinnati. 1897	p. 214
Timothy Matlack Cheesman. M.D. Campaign in Canada, 1775. 1898	p. 223
William Nelson. Springfield, 1780 - and after. 1900	p. 228
W. T. B. S. Imlay. Comments on Customs of the Society of the Cincinnati. 1901	p. 234
Hughes Dayton. Elias Dayton, Brigadier General, Continental Line. 1901	p. 238
W. T. B. S. Imlay. Talk on the Foundation of the National Society. Origin of the Name. Some Distinguished New Jersey Members, Past and Present. 1908	p. 251
William Pennington. The Mission of the Cincinnati. 1909	p. 264
Winslow Warren. Address. 1910	p. 269
W. T. B. S. Imlay. An Interpretation of the Institution of 1783. 1910	p. 274
William Pennington. An Awakening. 1911	p. 282
John T. Cunningham. George Washington Stayed Awake Here. 1968	p. 287
Captain Jack Hite Gilbert. The Battle of Monmouth, June 28, 1778. 1973	p. 298
Richard P. McCormick, Ph.D. Passionate Patriots. 1980	p. 312
Larry R. Gerlach, Ph.D. The "Spirit of Seventy-six": Prescription for Republicanism. 1981	p. 319
Vincent C. De Baun, Ph.D. The Heritage of a Cincinnatian. 1982	p. 329
Carl E. Prince, Ph.D. The Trials of a Revolutionary War Governor. 1983	p. 339
Peter O. Wacker, Ph.D. New Jersey's Revolutionary War Damage Claims. 1985	p. 345
John E. O'Connor, Ph.D. The Origins of Federalism in the United States. 1988	p. 358
Mary R. Murrin, M.A. New Jersey and the Creation of the Union. 1989	p. 384
Lt. Col. William H. Forman, Jr., LLD. Brigadier General David Forman: Service in the American Revolution. 2002	p. 394
Harry M. Ward, Ph.D. The Refugee War and Terrorism During the American Revolution. 2004	p. 405
William B. Brown, III. New Jersey Men in the Continental Artillery. 2006	p. 416
Bruce Chadwick, Ph.D. A Revolution and Its Soliders. 2006	p. 424
Appendix	p. 437
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