Oration on the Influence of the Arts and Sciences.
- imprint_number: 1809.029
- title: An oration on the influence of the arts and sciences upon individual and national happiness : delivered at the capitol in Richmond, on the 3d August, 1809 by Robert Seldon Garnett.
- sequence_number: 29
- year: 1809
- place_issued: Richmond
- issuing_press: Lynch & Southgate
- author: Garnett, Robert Selden (1789-1840).
- notes: Only known copy held by the Virginia Historical Society.
The firm of Lynch & Southgate was formed upon the death of Thomas Nicolson in November 1808; Lynch had been his last shop foreman; Southgate was a fellow Irishman interested in music and literary publishing; the press they used was Nicolson's, acquired from the estate.
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