An annual oration pronounced before the Humane Society of Philadelphia, on the objects & benefits of said institution : the 28th day of February, 1799 / by Doctr. Benjamin Say, president of the society, &c. &c.

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An annual oration pronounced before the Humane Society of Philadelphia, on the objects & benefits of said institution : the 28th day of February, 1799 / by Doctr. Benjamin Say, president of the society, &c. &c.