Excerpt from An Oration Delivered Before the Washington Benevolent Society: Of Massachusetts of the Thirtieth Day of April, 1812, Being the Anniversary of the First Inauguration of President Washington At a meeting of the Standing Committee of the Washington Benevolent Society, on Thursday evening, April 30, 1812. Voted, That the thanks of this Committee, in the name of the Society, be presented to William Sullivan, Esq. for his able and eloquent address this day delivered before the Society, and to request a copy thereof for publication; and that John Welles, Samuel Livermore, and Francis J. Oliver, Esqrs. be a Committee to wait on Mr. Sullivan for this purpose. A true copy, Attest, Lemuel Shaw, Secretary. Gentlemen, Please to accept my respectful acknowledgements for the act of the Standing Committee of our Society. The copy which you do me the honor to request, is submitted to your disposal. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.