An Oration delivered by John D. Burk.

• imprint_number: 1803.069
• title: An oration, delivered on the fourth of March, 1803, at the Court-House in Petersburg: to celebrate the election of Thomas Jefferson, and the triumph of Republicanism. By John D. Burk, attorney at law. Printed at the request of the committee.
• sequence_number: 69
• year: 1803
• place_issued: Petersburg
• issuing_press: Thomas Field
• author: Burk, John Daly (1772-1808).
• notes: This oration articulated the themes behind Burk's forthcoming The History of Virginia, From its First Settlement to the Present Day (1804-16); the first volume that work issued from the Petersburg press of John Dickson & Edward Pescud in October 1804, with second volume appearing in mid-1806 and the third in late 1806 from that same press; the series was left uncompleted by Burk's death in a duel in April 1808.
  
  
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