Discourses and Addresses on Subjects of American History, Arts, and Literature. Dieser Artikel ist nicht verfügbar.Discourses and Addresses on Subjects of American History, Arts, and Literature

First thus (originally published separately in pamphlet form). Former library copy - usual marks. Rebound in quarter leather by Reynolds Library, with title misspelled on spine ('Discources'). 1833 Hard Cover. 257 pp. Sabin 99266. Includes: Anniversary Discourse before the New-York Historical Society; Eulogy upon the Founder of Maryland; Address delivered at the opening of the Tenth Exhibition of the American Academy of Fine Arts; The Schoolmaster--Tribute to the Memory of Daniel H. Barnes; Address delivered before the Literary Societies of Columbia College, on the eve of the Annual Commencement; Speech on the law of Literary Property; Lecture Introductory to the several courses delivered before the Mercantile Association of New-York. Gulian Crommelin Verplanck (August 6, 1786 - March 18, 1870) was an American attorney, politician, and writer. He was elected to the New York State Assembly and Senate, and later to the United States House of Representatives from New York, where he served as Chairman of the influential House Ways and Means Committee. He served in a number of appointed positions of major institutions in New York: governor of New York Hospital; regent of the University of the State of New York, where in 1858, he became its Vice Chancellor, serving until his death more than a decade later; and President of the Board of Commissioners of Immigration for more than two decades. Verplanck published articles and poetry in the North American Review, and was counted among the "Knickerbocker group". As a young man, he was among the organizers of the American Academy of the Fine Arts in New York City, which opened in 1802. It was intended to promote the study of classical art and help establish the city as a center of art. With tastes changing, it closed in 1840.…