ORATION ON AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE, DELIVERED AT AKRON, OHIO, JULY 3, 1847. TOGETHER WITH THE EULOGY UPON GENERAL THOMAS L. HAMER, PRONOUNCED BEFORE THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF OHIO, AT COLUMBUS, JANUARY 18, 1847

Akron, Ohio: H. Canfield, Printer, 1847. 15, [1 blank], 11, [1 blank] pp. Stitched with wrapper title as issued. Spalding's pencil presentation inscription to future president Rutherford B. Hayes: "R.B. Hayes from Hon. R.P. Spalding." Light scattered foxing. Very Good.

The first pamphlet's title page is "Oration on the Causes Which Led to Our National Independence, and the True Means for Preserving the Same, Delivered at Akron, Ohio, July 3, 1847." The second pamphlet's title page is 'Eulogy Upon General Thomas L. Hamer, Pronounced Before the General Assembly of Ohio, at Columbus, January 18, 1847."
Hamer, born in Pennsylvania in 1800, moved to Ohio at age 17, struck out on his own, and became a school teacher and lawyer in Clermont County. At age 29, he was elected Speaker of the Ohio General Assembly, then served three years in Congress. He volunteered for the War against Mexico in 1846, raised a regiment of volunteers, and was elected Major. After displaying valor at the Battle of Monterey, he succumbed to "a short illness" and died in December 1846
Sabin 88918. OCLC 80344313 [2- AAS, Huntington] as of December 2023. Each Pamphlet was also published separately.