Excerpt from An Oration on the Life and Character of John Quincy Adams: Delivered at Cincinnati, 25 March, 1848, Before the Bar of Hamilton County, at Their Request William Greene, E Dear Sir: - On behalf of the Committee of the Bar of Hamilton County, appointed to conduct the proceedings which it was thought just and proper to take in honor of the memory of John Quincy Adams, and upon the earnest suggestion of many Members of the Bar, who had the gratification of hearing your discourse, commemorative of the public life and services of that distinguished man, I beg you to urnish a copy of the Discourse for publication. Allow me also to express, in behalf of the Committee, and of your brethren of the Bar generally, our acknowledgments to you for the promptness with which you undertook the duty which was, by common consent, assigned to you; and for the discrimination, judgment, truth and eloquence with which you discharged it. I am, very respectfully, Yours, &c., Charles L. Telford. Cincinnati, April 8, 1848. Charles L. Telford, Esq. Dear Sir: - I have been this morning favoured with your valued letter of the 5th inst., communicating the wish of the Committee, and many members of the Bar of Hamilton County, that I would furnish them, for publication, a copy of the Discourse delivered by me at their instance, on the 25th ult., commemorative of the life and services of John Quincy Adams. With unfeigned diffidence, I comply with the request, and beg to express my acknowledgments for the kind terms in which you have communicated it. With great respect, Your friend and servant, W. Greene 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.