Two Discourses, Delivered to the Second Presbyterian Society in Newburyport, August 20, 1812: the Day Recommended by the President of the United State

Publisher Marketing: Title: Two discourses, delivered to the Second Presbyterian Society in Newburyport, August 20, 1812: the day recommended by the president of the United States, for national humilation and prayer. Author: John GilesPublisher: Gale, Sabin Americana Description: Based on Joseph Sabin's famed bibliography, Bibliotheca Americana, Sabin Americana, 1500--1926 contains a collection of books, pamphlets, serials and other works about the Americas, from the time of their discovery to the early 1900s. Sabin Americana is rich in original accounts of discovery and exploration, pioneering and westward expansion, the U. S. Civil War and other military actions, Native Americans, slavery and abolition, religious history and more. Sabin Americana offers an up-close perspective on life in the western hemisphere, encompassing the arrival of the Europeans on the shores of North America in the late 15th century to the first decades of the 20th century. Covering a span of over 400 years in North, Central and South America as well as the Caribbean, this collection highlights the society, politics, religious beliefs, culture, contemporary opinions and momentous events of the time. It provides access to documents from an assortment of genres, sermons, political tracts, newspapers, books, pamphlets, maps, legislation, literature and more. Now for the first time, these high-quality digital scans of original works are available via print-on-demand, making them readily accessible to libraries, students, independent scholars, and readers of all ages.++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++SourceLibrary: Huntington LibraryDocumentID: SABCP01319200CollectionID: CTRG94-B2687PublicationDate: 18120101SourceBibCitation: Selected Americana from Sabin's Dictionary of books relating to AmericaNotes: "With a cpious appendix."Collation: 28 p Contributor Bio:  Giles, John John Giles is an independent consultant, focusing on information architecture, but with a passion for seeing ideas taken to fruition. He has worked in the industry since the late 1960s, across many industries. He is a Fellow in the Australian Computer Society, and completed a Master's degree at RMIT University, with a minor thesis comparing computational rules implementations using traditional and object-oriented platforms. John Giles lives in Melbourne, Australia with his wife.