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HAMILTON, LINCOLN, & OTHER ADDRESSES. [Limited Edn.] by Stryker, Melancthon Woolsey
- Bookseller: Buday Books / Vintage Reading (TM)
(US)
- Seller Inventory #: 2880
- Book condition: Hardcover; spine ends lightly worn; top edges gilt (worn); fore- & bottom edges untrimmed; occasional unopened folds; otherw
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Smith,
- Place: Utica, NY:
- Date published: 1896
- Pages: 191pp.
Description
Utica, NY:: Smith,, 1896. Hardcover; spine ends lightly worn; top edges gilt (worn); fore- & bottom edges untrimmed; occasional unopened folds; otherwise good.. ONE OF 1,000 UNNUMBERED COPIES. ||| 15 Addresses, including--`Alexander Hamilton' (College named after him; he served on first Board of Trustees); `Our Puritan Forebears'; `Ethics in Politics'; `Radical & Conservative' (defined); `Partisanship & Patriotism'; etc. These words seem prescient 110+ years later. ||| Rev. Stryker (1851-1929), Presbyterian minister; president of Hamilton College (NY) 1892-1917; during his presidency new buildings, influential benefactors, & greatly improved funding were added.
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