FOUNDING ERA SPEECHES BY ONES YOU KNOW… AND ONES YOU DON’T
- Alexander Hamilton: Constitutional Convention
- Benjamin Franklin Dangers of a Salaried Bureaucracy
- Benjamin Franklin: Prayer Speech
- Frederick Douglass: The Hypocrisy of Slavery
- George Washington: Inaugural Address
- George Washington: Farewell Address
- James Monroe: Monroe Doctrine Speech
- James Madison: First Inaugural Address
- Patrick Henry: Give me Liberty or Give me Death
- Thomas Jefferson: Second Annual Address
- Thomas Jefferson: First Inaugural Address
SERMONS AT GOVERNMENT MEETINGS
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| Sermon-Election-Massachusetts, 1814 |
| An Election Sermon, preached by Jesse Appleton, to the Governor, Lt. Governor and legislature of Massachusetts in Boston, on May 25, 1814. |
| Sermon-Election-Connecticut, 1803 |
| An Election Sermon, preached by Matthias Burnet, at Hartford, Connecticut on May 12, 1803. |
| Sermon-Election- Massachusetts, 1783 |
| An Election Sermon, preached by Henry Cumings, before the Lt. Governor and legislature of Massachusetts, on May 28, 1783. |
| Sermon-Election- New Hampshire, 1816 |
| An Election Sermon, preached by Pliny Dickinson, to the Governor, Lt. Governor and legislature of New Hampshire, on June 6, 1816. |
| Sermon-Election-Connecticut, 1796 |
| An Election Sermon, preached by John Marsh, to the Lt. Governor and legislature of Connecticut, on May 12, 1796. |
| Sermon-Election- Massachusetts, 1800 |
| An Election Sermon, preached by Joseph McKeen, to the legislature of Massachusetts, on May 18, 1800. |
| Sermon-Election-Massachusetts, 1791 |
| An Election Sermon, preached by Chandler Robbins, to John Hancock as Governor, Samuel Adams as Lt. Governor, and the legislature of Massachusetts, on May 25, 1791. |
| Sermon-Election- Vermont, 1812 |
| Pastor Isaac Beall encourages the elected officials in Vermont to make righteousness the basis of their public service. |
| Sermon-Election- Massachusetts, 1790 |
| Massachusetts clergyman Daniel Foster provides an exemplary model of a pastor illuminating God’s governmental principles for the political leaders of his State. |
| Sermon-Election- Massachusetts, 1788 |
| “In this election sermon on good government, the Rev. David Parsons continues the century-old tradition of American ministers giving a sermon before newly-elected government leaders.” |
SERMONS OF THE FOUNDING ERA: “THE BLACK COATS”
These links will take you to external sources for the entire text:
- Chronology: 1688–1773
- I: Benjamin Colman, Government the Pillar of the Earth
- 2: Joseph Sewall, Nineveh’s Repentance and Deliverance
- 3: Elisha Williams, the Essential Rights and Liberties of Protestants
- 4: George Whitefield, Britain’s Mercies, and Britain’s Duties
- 5: Charles Chauncy, Civil Magistrates Must Be Just, Ruling In the Fear of God
- 6: Samuel Davies, the Mediatorial Kingdom and Glories of Jesus Christ
- 7: Samuel Dunbar, the Presence of God With His People
- 8: Jonathan Mayhew, the Snare Broken
- 9: John Joachim Zubly, an Humble Enquiry
- 10: John Allen, an Oration Upon the Beauties of Liberty
- 11: Isaac Backus, an Appeal to the Public For Religious Liberty
- Chronology: 1774–1781
- 12: Samuel Sherwood, Scriptural Instructions to Civil Rulers
- 13: John Wesley, a Calm Address to Our American Colonies
- 14: Anonymous, a Constitutional Answer to Wesley’s Calm Address
- 15: Moses Mather, America’s Appeal to the Impartial World
- 16: Samuel Sherwood, the Church’s Flight Into the Wilderness: an Address On the Times
- 17: John Witherspoon, the Dominion of Providence Over the Passions of Men
- 18: John Fletcher, the Bible and the Sword
- 19: Abraham Keteltas, God Arising and Pleading His People’s Cause
- 20: Jacob Cushing, Divine Judgments Upon Tyrants
- 21: Samuel Cooper, a Sermon On the Day of the Commencement of the Constitution
- 22: Henry Cumings, a Sermon Preached At Lexington On the 19 Th of April
- Chronology: 1782–1788
- 23: Anonymous, a Dialogue Between the Devil, and George Iii, Tyrant of Britain
- 24: A Moderate Whig [stephen Case?], Defensive Arms Vindicated
- 25: George Duffield, a Sermon Preached On a Day of Thanksgiving
- 26: Samuel Mcclintock, a Sermon On Occasion of the Commencement of the New-hampshire Constitution
- 27: William Smith, a Sermon Preached Before a Convention of the Episcopal Church
- 28: Samuel Wales, the Dangers of Our National Prosperity; and the Way to Avoid Them
- 29: Joseph Lathrop, a Sermon On a Day Appointed For Publick Thanksgiving
- 30: Nathanael Emmons, the Dignity of Man
- 31: Elizur Goodrich, the Principles of Civil Union and Happiness Considered and Recommended
- 32: Samuel Langdon, the Republic of the Israelites an Example to the American States
- 33: Elhanan Winchester, a Century Sermon On the Glorious Revolution
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