An Oration Delivered in Person Hall, Chapel Hill, on the 27th June, 1827, the Day Previous to the Commencement under the appointment of the Dialectic Society

Raleigh: Weston R. Gales, 1843. Second Edition. Octavo (21cm.); removed; 23pp. Uniformly toned and a bit brittle, upper cover (blank) slightly soiled, else Good or better. This edition, published sixteen years following its first appearance in print, includes the text of a letter written by Chief Justice John Marshall (alluded to in the address on p. 11). Archibald D. Murphey (ca. 1777-1832) was a North Carolina state senator and education reformer who greatly contributed to the state's school system. SABIN 51452. (Inventory #: 48818)