Address Delivered Before the Philomathean Society of the University of Pennsylvania

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Excerpt from Address Delivered Before the Philomathean Society of the University of Pennsylvania: Thursday, November 1st, A. D. 1838 Relinquishing the path which my predecessors have pursued, I invite your attention to a subject that commends itself by its intrinsic interest, its patriotic associations, its moral and political value. It is a theme worthy of more minute illustration than can now be given to it: the origin of our Revolutionary Union - the recorded and traditionary history of the acts and influences that led to the convocation of the first Continental Congress, which met in Philadelphia in the month of September, 1774. I do not pause to vindicate this choice. I am addressing an American literary association. Should what I have to say this evening fail to excite the interest which less practical themes in abler hands might produce, to me at least it will not be a matter of surprise. Neglected history has few charms. 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.