Excerpt from An Oration: Delivered on the Centennial Anniversary of the Birth of Washington, February 22, 1832 Sir - The Committee of Arrangements for the Celebration of the centennial birth-day of Washington, beg leave to express their sincere obligations to you, for the interesting and eloquent Oration pronounced by you this day, on that occasion. They believe they express the Wish of the numerous audience who listened to it, as well as the wish of the citizens generally, in informing you of their own unanimous desire that it should be printed, and they request the favor, therefore, of a mm for that purpose. 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.