For the Anniversary of the Boston Massacre, March 5, 1770.
Note.—The Fifth of March orations were published in handsome quarto editions, now very scarce; also collected in book form in 1785 and again in 1807. The oration of 1776 was delivered in Watertown.
1771.—Lovell, James.
1772.—Warren, Joseph.[2]
1773.—Church, Benjamin.[B]
1775.—Warren, Joseph.
1776.—Thacher, Peter.
1777.—Hichborn, Benjamin.
1778.—Austin, Jonathan Williams.
1779.—Tudor, William.
1780.—Mason, Jonathan, Jun.
1781.—Dawes, Thomas, Jun.
1782.—Minot, George Richards.
1783.—Welsh, Thomas.
For the Anniversary of National Independence, July 4, 1776.
Note.—A collected edition, or a full collection, of these orations has not been made. For the names of the orators, as officially printed on the title pages of the orations, see the Municipal Register of 1890.
1783.—Warren, John.[1]
1784.—Hichborn, Benjamin.
1785.—Gardner, John.
1786.—Austin, Jonathan Loring.
1787.—Dawes, Thomas, Jun.
1788.—Otis, Harrison Gray.
1789.—Stillman, Samuel.
1790.—Gray, Edward.
1791.—Crafts, Thomas, Jun.
1792.—Blake, Joseph, Jun.[2]
1793.—Adams, John Quincy.[2]
1794.—Phillips, John.
1795.—Blake, George.
1796.—Lathrop, John, Jun.
1797.—Callender, John.
1799.—Lowell, John, Jun.[2]
1800.—Hall, Joseph.
1801.—Paine, Charles.
1802.—Emerson, William.
1803.—Sullivan, William.
1804.—Danforth, Thomas.[2]
1805.—Dutton, Warren.
1806.—Channing, Francis Dana.[4]
1808.—Ritchie, Andrew, Jun.[2]
1809.—Tudor, William, Jun.[2]
1810.—Townsend, Alexander.
1811.—Savage, James.[2]
1812.—Pollard, Benjamin.[4]
1813.—Livermore, Edward St. Loe.
1815.—Shaw, Lemuel.
1816.—Sullivan, George.[2]
1817.—Channing, Edward Tyrrel.
1818.—Gray, Francis Calley.
1819.—Dexter, Franklin.
1820.—Lyman, Theodore, Jun.
1821.—Loring, Charles Greely.[2]
1822.—Gray, John Chipman.
1823.—Curtis, Charles Pelham.[2]
1824.—Bassett, Francis.
1825.—Sprague, Charles.[6]
1826.—Quincy, Josiah.[7]
1827.—Mason, William Powell.
1828.—Sumner, Bradford.
1829.—Austin, James Trecothick.
1830.—Everett, Alexander Hill.
1831.—Palfrey, John Gorham.
1832.—Quincy, Josiah, Jun.
1833.—Prescott, Edward Goldsborough.
1834.—Fay, Richard Sullivan.
1835.—Hillard, George Stillman.
1836.—Kinsman, Henry Willis.
1837.—Chapman, Jonathan.
1838.—Winslow, Hubbard. “The Means of the Perpetuity and Prosperity of our Republic.”
1839.—Austin, Ivers James.
1840.—Power, Thomas.
1841.—Curtis, George Ticknor.[8] “The True Uses of American Revolutionary History.”
1842.—Mann, Horace.[9]
1844.—Chandler, Peleg Whitman. “The Morals of Freedom.”
1845.—Sumner, Charles.[10] “The True Grandeur of Nations.”
1846.—Webster, Fletcher.
1847.—Gary, Thomas Greaves.
1848.—Giles, Joel. “Practical Liberty.”
1849.—Greenough, William Whitwell. “The Conquering Republic.”
1850.—Whipple, Edwin Percy.[11] “Washington and the Principles of the Revolution.”
1851.—Russell, Charles Theodore.
1852.—King, Thomas Starr. “The Organization of Liberty on the Western Continent.”[12]
1853.—Bigelow, Timothy.[13]
1854.—Stone, Andrew Leete.[2] “The Struggles of American History.”
1855.—Miner, Alonzo Ames.
1856.—Parker, Edward Griffin. “The Lesson of ’76 to the Men of ’56.”
1857.—Alger, William Rounseville.[14] “The Genius and Posture of America.”
1858.—Holmes, John Somers.[2]
1860.—Everett, Edward.
1861.—Parsons, Theophilus.
1862.—Curtis, Thomas Ticknor.[8]
1863.—Holmes, Oliver Wendell.[16]
1865.—Manning, Jacob Merrill. “Peace under Liberty.”[2]
1866.—Lothrop, Samuel Kirkland.
1867.—Hepworth, George Hughes.
1868.—Eliot, Samuel. “The Functions of a City.”
1869.—Morton, Ellis Wesley.
1870.—Everett, William.
1871.—Sargent, Horace Binney.
1872.—Adams, Charles Francis, Jun.
1873.—Ware, John Fothergill Waterhouse.
1874.—Frothingham, Richard.
1875.—Clarke, James Freeman. “Worth of Republican Institutions.”
1876.—Winthrop, Robert Charles.[17]
1877.—Warren, William Wirt.
1878.—Healy, Joseph.
1879.—Lodge, Henry Cabot.
1880.—Smith, Robert Dickson.[18]
1881.—Warren, George Washington. “Our Republic—Liberty and Equality Founded on Law.”
1882.—Long, John Davis.
1883.—Carpenter, Henry Bernard. “American Character and Influence.”
1884.—Shepard, Harvey Newton.
1885.—Gargan, Thomas John.
1886.—Williams, George Frederick.
1887.—Fitzgerald, John Edward.
1888.—Dillaway, William Edward Lovell.
1889.—Swift, John Lindsay.[19] “The American Citizen.”
1890.—Pillsbury, Albert Enoch. “Public Spirit.”
1891.—Quincy, Josiah.[20] “The Coming Peace.”
1892.—Murphy, John Robert.
1893.—Putnam, Henry Ware. “The Mission of Our People.”
1894.—O’Neil, Joseph Henry.
1895.—Berle, Adolph Augustus. “The Constitution and the Citizens.”
1896.—Fitzgerald, John Francis.
1897.—Hale, Edward Everett. “The Contribution of Boston to American Independence.”
1898.—O’Callaghan, Rev. Denis.
1899.—Matthews, Nathan, Jr. “Be Not Afraid of Greatness.”
1900.—O’Meara, Stephen. “Progress Through Conflict.”
1901.—Guild, Curtis, Jr. “Supremacy and its Conditions.”
1902.—Conry, Joseph A.
1903.—Mead, Edwin D. “The Principles of the Founders.”
1904.—Sullivan, John A. “Boston’s Past and Present. What Will Its Future Be?”
1905.—Colt, Le Baron Bradford. “America’s Solution of the Problem of Government.”
1906.—Coakley, Timothy Wilfred. “The American Race: Its Origin, the Fusion of Peoples; Its Aim, Fraternity.”
1907.—Horton, Rev. Edward A. “Patriotism and the Republic.”
1908.—Hill, Arthur Dehon. “The Revolution and a Problem of the Present.”
1909.—Spring, Arthur Langdon. “The Growth of Patriotism.”
1910.—Wolff, James Harris. “The Building of the Republic.”
1911.—Eliot, Charles W. “The Independence of 1776 and the Dependence of 1911.”
1912.—Pelletier, Joseph C. “Respect for the Law.”
1913.—MacFarland, Grenville S. “A New Declaration of Independence.”
1914.—Supple, Rev. James A. “Religion: The Hope of the Nation.”
1915.—Brandeis, Louis D. “True Americanism.”
1916.—Chapple, Joe Mitchell. “The New Americanism.”
1917.—Gallagher, Daniel J. “Americans Welded by War.”
1918.—Faunce, William H. P. “The New Meaning of Independence Day.”
1919.—DeCourcy, Charles A. “Real and Ideal American Democracy.”
1920.—Wiseman, Jacob L. “America and its Vital Problem.”
1921.—Murlin, Dr. L. H. “Our Great American.”
1922.—Burke, Dr. Jeremiah E. “Democracy and Education.”
1923.—Lyons, Rev. Charles W., S. J. “The American Mind.”