Speeches and Lectures, 1814-1998 and undated

Speeches, addresses, lectures, and synopses of lectures, both published and unpublished. Topics addressed by the speakers include political issues such as liberty, democracy, taxation, and regulation of commerce; education; business and industry; the natural history of Maryland and the Chesapeake Bay; and the condition of mankind. This grouping also includes medical lectures and presentations made at the dedications of cemeteries and cornerstone layings for several buildings. Among the speakers represented in the collection are John Pendleton Kennedy, Joshua Vansant, Reverdy Johnson, Charles Benedict Calvert, Augustus W. Bradford, William Rollison Whittingham, and Hillary Rodham Clinton.