A Selection of orations and eulogies , pronounced in different parts of the United States, in commemoration of the life, virtues, and pre-eminent services of Gen. George Washington, who died, at Mount Vernon, December 14, 1799; in the 68th year of his age. [Three lines from Shakespeare].

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