Excerpt from Oration, Pronounced at Fitchburg We the undersigned, a committee chosen for the purpose, tender you the thanks of the Washington Benevolent Society, of Leominster and Fitchburg, for the excellent and patriotic Oration delivered before them this day- and request a copy of the same for publication. David Wilder, jun. Leonard Burbank, Bezalerl Lawrence, Joel Crosby, Oliver Fox. Dr. Abraham Haskell, Fitchburg, July 4th 1814. Gentlemen, The Oration this day spoken, before the Society and others, was dictated solely by the feelings of the Author. 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.