Portal:Early modern speeches

17th century

 * Dissolution of the Long Parliament, by Oliver Cromwell (20 April 1653)
 * Sanquhar Declaration, by Richard Cameron, 1680

Early 18th century

 * Speech against the Union, by John Hamilton, 2nd Lord Belhaven and Stenton (November 1706)
 * Against Repealling the Triennial Act, by Archibald Hutcheson (April 1716)
 * Speech against the bill for laying a tax on Papists, by Thomas Lutwyche (6 May 1723)
 * The marriage of the Prince of Wales, by Pitt the Elder (29 April 1736)
 * The Standing Army, by William Pitt the Elder (4 February 1738)
 * Speech Against his Removal from Office, by Sir Robert Walpole (February 1741)
 * Battle of Prestonpans Speech, by John Cope (21 September 1745)
 * Battle of the Plains of Abraham Speech, by James Wolfe (13 September 1759)
 * Speech against the Stamp Act, by William Pitt the Elder (14 January 1766)

1770s

 * The case of John Wilkes, by William Pitt the Elder (9 January 1770)
 * The State of the Nation, by William Pitt the Elder (22 January 1770)
 * The Defence of Weaker States, by William Pitt the Elder (22 January 1770)
 * He is a Member of Parliament – Edmund Burke (3 November 1774)
 * The Wounds given to the Constitution – John Wilkes (22 February 1775)
 * Speech on Conciliation with America, by Edmund Burke (22 March 1775)
 * Give me liberty or give me death, by Patrick Henry (23 March 1775)
 * Speech on the Rebellion in the American Colonies, by George III (27 October 1775)
 * On Coercive Measures in America, by John Wilkes (1775)
 * The Conquest of the Americans, by John Wilkes (1777)

1780s

 * A Free People, by Henry Grattan (16 April 1782)
 * Newburg address, by George Washington (15 March 1783)
 * Resignation as commander-in-chief of the Continental Army, by George Washington (23 December 1783)
 * On State Representation, by Benjamin Franklin (28 June 1787)
 * Disapproving and accepting the Constitution, by Benjamin Franklin (17 September 1787)
 * Shall Liberty or Empire Be Sought?, by Patrick Henry (5 June 1788)
 * On the Horrors of the Slave Trade, by William Wilberforce (12 May 1789)

1790s

 * Farewell Address, by George Washington (17 September 1796)
 * XYZ Address, by John Adams (16 May 1797)

1800s

 * Overtures of Peace with France, by William Pitt the Younger (3 February 1800)
 * On refusal to negotiate with France, by Charles James Fox, (3 February 1800)
 * Grant to the Emperor of Germany, by Richard Brinsley Sheridan (17 February 1800)
 * Speech from the Dock, by Robert Emmet (20 September 1803)
 * Napoleon's Speech at Austerlitz, by Napoleon Bonaparte (2 December 1805)
 * The Burr Conspiracy, by Thomas Jefferson (22 January 1807)

1810s

 * War Message to Congress, by James Madison (1 June 1812)

1820s

 * Plymouth Oration, by Daniel Webster (22 December 1820)
 * The Bunker Hill Monument, by Daniel Webster (17 June 1825)
 * Adams and Jefferson, by Daniel Webster (2 August 1826)
 * Address on the King's Message Respecting Portugal, by George Canning (12 December 1826)
 * Catholic Emancipation, by Duke of Wellington (2 April 1829)

1830s

 * Second Reply to Hayne, by Daniel Webster (27 January 1830)
 * The Dangers which Menace States, by Robert Peel (3 March 1831)
 * Belgium and payments to Russia, by Robert Peel (16 July 1832)
 * The Russian loan and Holland, by Robert Peel (20 July 1832)
 * Government of India, by Thomas Babington Macaulay (10 July 1833)
 * Inaugural Address, by Joseph Ritner (1835)
 * Dissolution of Parliament, by Robert Peel (24 February 1835)
 * Finality Speech, by Lord John Russell (20 November 1837)

1840s

 * Copyright Law, by Thomas Babington Macaulay (5 February, 1841)
 * The working classes and the corn laws, by Richard Cobden (24 February 1842)
 * Second Speech on Copyright Law, by Thomas Babington Macaulay (6 April 1842)
 * The Gates of Somnauth, by Thomas Babington Macaulay (9 March 1843)
 * The Great Nation of Futurity, by John L. O'Sullivan (1845)
 * Repeal of the Corn Laws, by Duke of Wellington (28 May 1846)
 * The Sword Speech, by Thomas Francis Meagher (20 July 1846)
 * The Annexation of Cracow, by Lord John Russell, (4 March 1847)
 * Speech from the Dock, by Thomas Francis Meagher (1848)
 * The Polish Question, by Viscount Palmerston, (1 March 1848)
 * On extending the franchise, by Richard Cobden, (6 July 1848)

1850s

 * Seventh of March Speech, by Daniel Webster (7 March 1850)
 * Don Pacifico Speech, by Viscount Palmerston (25 June 1850)
 * Ain't I a Woman?, by Sojourner Truth (1851)
 * The Dignity and Importance of History, by Daniel Webster (23 February 1852)
 * What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?, by Frederick Douglass (5 July 1852)
 * The Crime against Kansas, by Charles Sumner (19-20 May, 1856)
 * On his assault on Charles Sumner, by Preston Brooks (14 July 1856)
 * China and the Attack on Canton, by Richard Cobden (26 February 1857)
 * A House Divided, by Abraham Lincoln (16 June 1858)
 * On the Irrepressible Conflict, by William H. Seward (25 October 1858)
 * On the English Foreign Policy, by John Bright (29 October 1858)
 * John Brown's Speech to the Court at his Trial, by John Brown (2 November 1859)

1860s

 * Cooper Union Speech, by Abraham Lincoln (1860)
 * To Arms, by Giuseppe Garibaldi (1860)
 * Secession is the Height of Madness, Folly, and Wickedness, by Alexander Stephens (1861)
 * E.S. Dargan on Secession, by E. S. Dargan (11 January 1861)
 * Inaugural Address, by Jefferson Davis (18 February 1861)
 * Cornerstone Speech, by Alexander Stephens (1861)
 * The Ultimate Triumph of Just Principles (1861)
 * Seizure of the Alexandra, by Richard Cobden (24 April 1863)
 * Gettysburg Oration, by Edward Everett (19 November 1863)
 * Gettysburg Address, by Abraham Lincoln (19 November 1863)
 * Foreign Affairs, by Richard Cobden (24 November 1863)
 * Denmark and Germany, by Benjamin Disraeli (4 July 1864)
 * Final Public Address, by Abraham Lincoln (1865)
 * Austria and Prussia, by Lord Edward Stanley (20 July 1866)
 * Prohibition, by Alexander Tilloch Galt (1867)
 * Speech In Favor of Capital Punishment, by John Stuart Mill (21 April 1868)
 * Local taxation and poor law administration in great cities, by William Rathbone (22 June 1869)

1870s

 * Universal Religion, by Keshub Chandra Sen (1870)
 * La Liberté speech, by Karl Marx (1872)
 * Suez Canal Speech, by Benjamin Disraeli (21 February 1872)
 * The Maintenance of Empire, by Benjamin Disraeli (1872)
 * Conservative Principles, by Benjamin Disraeli (3 April 1873)
 * On Women's Rights to Vote, by Susan B Anthony (1873)
 * The Past, Present and Future Trade of the Cape Colonies with Central Africa by Emil Holub (1879)

1880s

 * The Duties of American Citizenship, by Theodore Roosevelt (1883)
 * Trust the People, by Lord Randolph Churchill (16 April 1884)
 * On the Death of General Gordon, by Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury (20 July 1885)
 * The address of the president of the American Bar Association at their eighth annual meeting, by John W. Stevenson (19 August 1885)
 * Irish Home Rule Speech, by William Ewart Gladstone (7 June 1886)
 * The Benefits of Reading, by Arthur Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour (December 1887)
 * The Channel Tunnel, by William Ewart Gladstone (27 June 1888)

1890s

 * The Future Policy of the Liberal Party, by William Ewart Gladstone (2 October 1891)
 * Principal Speech Against Unconditional Repeal, by William Jennings Bryan (16 August 1893)
 * Welcome Address, The World Parliament of Religions, Chicago, by Swami Vivekananda (11 September 1893)
 * Memorial Day Address, by William Jennings Bryan (30 May, 1894)
 * Atlanta Compromise, by Booker T. Washington (18 September 1895)
 * The Case Against Vaccination, by Walter Hadwen (25 January 1896)
 * Cross of Gold Speech, by William Jennings Bryan (9 July 1896)
 * A Tribute to Robert Burns, by Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery (21 July 1896)
 * The True Conception of Empire, by Joseph Chamberlain (31 March 1897)
 * The Strenuous Life, by Theodore Roosevelt (10 April 1899)