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- Effectiveness of a multidisciplinary program on pregnancy outcomes for an adolescent population: A comparative study.
- Creator
- Adam, Barbara J., Florida Atlantic University, Hektor, Lynne M.
- Abstract/Description
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The high rate of adolescent pregnancies and births in the United States has had an extensive impact on individual, family, community, and national issues related to health and economics. Teenagers, many of whom are already of lower socioeconomic status, are at risk for preterm birth and low birth weight, as well as incomplete use of available services. This inquiry used a retrospective comparative research design to evaluate the effectiveness of Project Teen in Palm Beach County, Florida....
Show moreThe high rate of adolescent pregnancies and births in the United States has had an extensive impact on individual, family, community, and national issues related to health and economics. Teenagers, many of whom are already of lower socioeconomic status, are at risk for preterm birth and low birth weight, as well as incomplete use of available services. This inquiry used a retrospective comparative research design to evaluate the effectiveness of Project Teen in Palm Beach County, Florida. Project Teen is a multidisciplinary program offering a continuum of support services to pregnant adolescents and newly parenting adolescents and their infants until the infants are 2 years old. Through frequent contacts, home visitation, resource referral, counseling, and education the health care professionals collaborate with the clients to facilitate clients' choices which will maximize families' health potential. Home visitation by care coordinators and senior community health nurses was positively related to pregnancy, family health, and family socioeconomic outcomes.
Show less - Date Issued
- 1996
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/15248
- Subject Headings
- Teenage pregnancy, Maternal health services, Teenage mothers--Family relationships, Nursing models
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- A GROUNDED THEORY OF OVERCOMMITMENT IN UNDERGRADUATE COLLEGE STUDENTS.
- Creator
- Adam, Molly, Bloom, Jennifer L., Florida Atlantic University, Department of Educational Leadership and Research Methodology, Charles E. Schmidt College of Science
- Abstract/Description
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This qualitative grounded theory study created a theory, including a definition, of overcommitment in undergraduate students at a four-year public institution. Although overcommitment has been studied for decades, the concept of overcommitment in undergraduate students has not been thoroughly explored. Undergraduate students can overcommit in a variety of domains, including academics and co-curricular activities. The central research question for this study is, how do full-time undergraduate...
Show moreThis qualitative grounded theory study created a theory, including a definition, of overcommitment in undergraduate students at a four-year public institution. Although overcommitment has been studied for decades, the concept of overcommitment in undergraduate students has not been thoroughly explored. Undergraduate students can overcommit in a variety of domains, including academics and co-curricular activities. The central research question for this study is, how do full-time undergraduate students define overcommitment? Overcommitment has been tied to several mental and physical health issues. With student mental health issues on the rise on college campuses, it is imperative that overcommitment in undergraduate students be explored and defined. This study included 21 undergraduate college student participants, who met the following criteria: (1) enrolled as a full-time undergraduate student; (2) identified by a higher education professional as committed or overcommitted. Data was collected through a demographic survey, as well as, 60-minute semi-structured interviews on Zoom with each student participant. Data were analyzed through three rounds of coding: (1) open coding, (2) axial coding, and (3) selective coding. Three major themes emerged from the analysis of the undergraduate students’ overcommitment definitions: doing too much, lack of basic self-care, and detriments to mental and physical health. After synthesis, it was determined that undergraduate students define overcommitment as “taking on too many commitments to the overall detriment of mental and physical health, due to the lack of basic self-care.” The interview codes were ultimately developed into themes to create the theory of undergraduate student overcommitment as evidenced in the Undergraduate Student Overcommitment Model and answer the remaining research sub-questions about identification, challenges, benefits, and social supports and strategies. The theory explains undergraduate students’ rationale for overcommitting and has six levels: self, family, peers, school, future dreams and goals, and society.
Show less - Date Issued
- 2021
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00013829
- Subject Headings
- Undergraduate college students, Grounded theory, Undergraduates--Mental health
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Nest caging as a sea turtle management strategy: Do the benefits outweigh the costs on urban beaches?.
- Creator
- Adamany, Stephanie Lynne., Florida Atlantic University, Salmon, Michael
- Abstract/Description
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Caging of sea turtle nests has used by City of Boca Raton's sea turtle conservation program to deter terrestrial predators and reduce human disturbance. The juxtaposition of nest cages and artificial lighting may pose serious threats to hatchlings. I addressed possible negative effects of cages on sea turtle hatchlings' seafinding abilities and potential "cage-trapping" under natural and artificially illuminated conditions. Cages did not effect hatchling orientation on artificially...
Show moreCaging of sea turtle nests has used by City of Boca Raton's sea turtle conservation program to deter terrestrial predators and reduce human disturbance. The juxtaposition of nest cages and artificial lighting may pose serious threats to hatchlings. I addressed possible negative effects of cages on sea turtle hatchlings' seafinding abilities and potential "cage-trapping" under natural and artificially illuminated conditions. Cages did not effect hatchling orientation on artificially illuminated or dark beaches. Hatchlings did not experience any delay in cage escape on dark beaches, but a significant number were trapped inside the cages on artificially illuminated beaches. The highest incidence of trapping occurred on nights surrounding a new moon. Disoriented hatchlings exited cages either after city lighting was reduced (past midnight) or as natural levels of illumination increased shortly before sunrise. When cages were darkened all turtles escaped but many still exhibited signs of disorientation.
Show less - Date Issued
- 1996
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/15312
- Subject Headings
- Sea turtles--Florida, Sea turtles--Nests
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- The influence of university student leader’s cognitive and behavioral agility on organizational member commitment.
- Creator
- Adamo, Lauren, Pisapia, John, Florida Atlantic University, College of Education, Department of Educational Leadership and Research Methodology
- Abstract/Description
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The focus of this study was to determine if university student leaders’ cognitive and behavioral agility is related to organizational member commitment and if this relationship is moderated by alterable and non-alterable variables. The empirical results from this study are based on the responses of 37 student leaders who occupy leadership positions in organizations and clubs in their respective university. Cognitive agility was measured by the student leader’s use of systems thinking,...
Show moreThe focus of this study was to determine if university student leaders’ cognitive and behavioral agility is related to organizational member commitment and if this relationship is moderated by alterable and non-alterable variables. The empirical results from this study are based on the responses of 37 student leaders who occupy leadership positions in organizations and clubs in their respective university. Cognitive agility was measured by the student leader’s use of systems thinking, reframing, and reflection. Student leader behavioral agility was assessed by a minimum of three organizational members rating the student leader’s use of leader influence actions (transforming, managing, bonding, bridging, and bartering) in carrying out their functions. Organizational member commitment was measured by organization member’s level of commitment with the goals and values of the organization using the Organizational Commitment Questionnaire (OCQ).
Show less - Date Issued
- 2015
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004341, http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004341
- Subject Headings
- Interorganizational relations, Interpersonal communication, Leadership -- Psychological aspects, Management -- Psychological aspects, Organizational behavior, School management and organization
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- The clause of congruency: A possible worlds reading of three novels of Ray Bradbury.
- Creator
- Adamo, Nicole Maria, Florida Atlantic University, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of English
- Abstract/Description
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Using Marie-Laure Ryan's definition of the law of minimal departure, I propose an important addendum, the clause of congruency. It is necessary to delve deeper into the connection a reader makes with a textual possible world and its relation to the actual world. The textual world, with all its various rules and mores, becomes just as accessible to the reader as the world he currently resides in, so long as it flows along in a logical manner. It is only when something appears that is...
Show moreUsing Marie-Laure Ryan's definition of the law of minimal departure, I propose an important addendum, the clause of congruency. It is necessary to delve deeper into the connection a reader makes with a textual possible world and its relation to the actual world. The textual world, with all its various rules and mores, becomes just as accessible to the reader as the world he currently resides in, so long as it flows along in a logical manner. It is only when something appears that is incongruent with the reader's understanding of the textual world, the reader is forced to dissemble his current textual world and build a new one. Ray Bradbury utilizes the clause of congruence to reveal meaning in three of his novels.
Show less - Date Issued
- 2002
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/12964
- Subject Headings
- Literature, Comparative, Literature, American
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- An oration, delivered before the municipal authorities of the city of Fall River, July 4, 1860.
- Creator
- Adams, Charles Francis 1807-1886, Almy & Milne
- Abstract/Description
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By Charles Francis AdamsTitle and text within double rule borders. Includes bibliographical references. FAU copy edges trimmed to 21 cm.
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/fauwsb18f35
- Subject Headings
- Fourth of July celebrations -- Massachusetts -- Fall River, Fourth of July orations -- 19th century, Fourth of July addresses -- 1860, Equality, Slavery -- United States, Speeches, addresses, etc., American -- 19th century, United States -- Declaration of Independence
- Format
- E-book
- Title
- The address of Charles Francis Adams, of Massachusetts, on the life, character, and services, of William H. Seward : delivered by invitation of the legislature of the state of New York, in Albany, April 18, 1873.
- Creator
- Adams, Charles Francis 1807-1886, D. Appleton and Company
- Abstract/Description
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Cover title: Memorial address of Charles Francis Adams, of Massachusetts, on the life, character, and services, of William H. Seward. Notes: Publisher's advertisement, with "notices of the press," for Seward's Travels around the world: pages [2-4] of covers. FAU Libraries' copy has original printed blue wrappers, side stitched with cord.
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/fauwsb23f31
- Subject Headings
- Seward, William H. -- (William Henry) -- 1801-1872 -- Death and burial, Eulogies, Governors -- New York (State) -- Biography, Legislators -- United States -- Biography, Memorials (Commemorative) -- 1873, Political leadership -- United States -- History -- 19th century -- Sources, Statesmen -- United States -- Biography, United States -- Congress -- Senate -- Biography, United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Causes, United States -- Politics and government -- 1849-1861
- Format
- E-book
- Title
- Indications ofrelationships between poriferan classes using full-length 18S rRNA gene sequences.
- Creator
- Adams, Christi L., McInerney, James O., Kelly-Borges, M., Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute
- Date Issued
- 1999
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00007272
- Subject Headings
- Sponges, RNA, Ribosomal, 18S, Demospongiae, Phylogeny--Molecular aspects, Calcarea, Hexactinellida
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Effect of MDMA abuse on axonal transportation of serotonergic nervous system in the rat brain.
- Creator
- Adams, Herbert D., Ma, Zhiyuan, Tao, Rui
- Date Issued
- 2012-04-06
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/3348609
- Subject Headings
- N-Methyl-3,4-methylenedioxyamphetamine, Ecstasy, Receptors, Serotonin - drug effects, Serotonergic nervous system, Substance-related disorders, Methamphetamine --adverse effects, Serotonin --pharmacokinetics
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- NORTH AMERICAN INDIAN MAIZE PREPARATION AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR ARCHAEOLOGY.
- Creator
- ADAMS, JEANNE MARION., Florida Atlantic University, Sears, William H., Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of Anthropology
- Abstract/Description
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The literature on North American Indian maize preparation has been in need of organization and interpretation. Because of this, those archaeologists involved in research on prehistoric use of maize have lacked the information that they should have. By means of library research supplemented with my own experience in maize preparation, I was able to both organize and interpret the material, primarily in the interest of archaeological research.
- Date Issued
- 1972
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/13529
- Subject Headings
- Indians of North America--Agriculture, Indians of North America--Food, Corn
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Land use and the spatial distribution of perfluoroalkyl compounds as measured in the plasma of bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus).
- Creator
- Adams, Jeffrey, Houde, Magali, Muir, Derek, Speakman, Todd, Bossart, Gregory D., Fair, Patricia A., Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute
- Date Issued
- 2008
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/1925504
- Subject Headings
- Bottlenose dolphin --Research --United States
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- THE EFFECT OF THE SATISFACTION OF LEARNING STYLE PREFERENCE ON ACHIEVEMENT, ATTRITION, AND ATTITUDE OF PALM BEACH JUNIOR COLLEGE STUDENTS (FLORIDA).
- Creator
- ADAMS, JOHN FRANKLIN., Florida Atlantic University
- Abstract/Description
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In recent years, most literature has contrasted self-directed and conventional methods of learning. Although some research has indicated parity between the two groups in achievement, other results have shown self-directed learners have scored better and had less attrition than conventional learners. Several researchers support the viewpoint that matching academic self-concept with learning styles is related to achievement. This study determined the effects of matching learning styles of...
Show moreIn recent years, most literature has contrasted self-directed and conventional methods of learning. Although some research has indicated parity between the two groups in achievement, other results have shown self-directed learners have scored better and had less attrition than conventional learners. Several researchers support the viewpoint that matching academic self-concept with learning styles is related to achievement. This study determined the effects of matching learning styles of community college students with their instructors' teaching styles. At Palm Beach Junior College (fall, 1980), 604 students in three general curriculum areas were administered the Canfield Learning Styles Inventory. Their instructors were given the Instructional Styles Inventory. Results of the inventories' administration were used to divide the students/teachers into four groups: independent self-paced, independent teacher-paced, lecture, and lecture-laboratory. Match or mismatch of students' LSI profiles with their instructors' ISI profiles indicated whether learning approach was satisfied or not. Educational and statistical comparisons were made between the satisfied and the non-satisfied learners to determine differences in achievement and attrition among these subgroups. Students' expectations of achievement were correlated with their college grade point averages. Within academic areas correlational differences were significant only for two satisfied groups: independent teacher-paced science learners and lecture-laboratory English-reading learners. For all disciplines combined results favored the non-satisfied subgroups in independent teacher-paced and lecture, one exception favoring the satisfied lecture-laboratory learners. Satisfaction of learning experience had a more favorable educational rather than statistical effect: better grade percentages for satisfied students than those for non-satisfied students--two to one, fewer low grades and much less attrition. Results support the worth of using the LSI to match students with teachers for greater effectiveness.
Show less - Date Issued
- 1983
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/11826
- Subject Headings
- College students--Attitudes
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- An oration delivered before the inhabitants of the town of Newburyport, at their request, on the sixty-first anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, July 4th, 1837.
- Creator
- Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848, Herald Office (Newburyport, Mass.)
- Abstract/Description
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Copyright 1837 by Morss & Brewster. FAU Libraries' copy edges trimmed to 22 cm.
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/fauwsb12f9
- Subject Headings
- Fourth of July addresses -- 1837, Fourth of July orations -- 19th century, Fourth of July celebrations -- Massachusetts -- Newburyport, Slavery -- United States, United States Declaration of Independence, United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783, Speeches, addresses, etc., American -- 19th century
- Format
- E-book
- Title
- LISTENING COMPREHENSION AND ORAL PRODUCTION PROBLEMS OF SECOND-YEAR AUDIO-LINGUAL FRENCH STUDENTS.
- Creator
- ADAMS, JUDITH MARCEC, Florida Atlantic University, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of Languages, Linguistics and Comparative Literature
- Date Issued
- 1971
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/13417
- Subject Headings
- Education, Language and Literature
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- A sermon preached to the congregation at the Essex Street Church, October 31, 1852 : the Sabbath after the interment of Hon. Daniel Webster.
- Creator
- Adams, Nehemiah 1806-1878, Rand, George Curtis 1818 or 1819-1878
- Abstract/Description
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Adams' sermon after the interment of Mr. Webster. Cover title Rev. Dr. Adams' sermon after the interment of Mr. Webster. Copyright by Thomas J. Lee and Francis F. Emery. Text of sermon on I Samuel XXV,1. Includes bibliographical references. FAU copy in original printed paper wrappers; side stitched with cord.
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/fauwsb16f8
- Subject Headings
- Webster, Daniel -- 1782-1852 -- Sermons, Webster, Daniel -- 1782-1852 -- Death and burial, Eulogies -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- 19th century, Eulogies -- 1852, Orators -- United States -- Biography, Politicians -- Massachusetts -- Biography, Cabinet officers -- United States -- Biography, Legislators -- United States -- Biography, Speeches, addresses, etc., American -- 19th century, Bible -- Samuel, 1st, XXV, 1 -- Sermons
- Format
- E-book
- Title
- Curve shortening in second-order lagrangian.
- Creator
- Adams, Ronald Edward, Kalies, William D., Florida Atlantic University, Charles E. Schmidt College of Science, Department of Mathematical Sciences
- Abstract/Description
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A second-order Lagrangian system is a generalization of a classical mechanical system for which the Lagrangian action depends on the second derivative of the state variable. Recent work has shown that the dynamics of such systems c:an be substantially richer than for classical Lagrangian systems. In particular, topological properties of the planar curves obtained by projection onto the lower-order derivatives play a key role in forcing certain types of dynamics. However, the application of...
Show moreA second-order Lagrangian system is a generalization of a classical mechanical system for which the Lagrangian action depends on the second derivative of the state variable. Recent work has shown that the dynamics of such systems c:an be substantially richer than for classical Lagrangian systems. In particular, topological properties of the planar curves obtained by projection onto the lower-order derivatives play a key role in forcing certain types of dynamics. However, the application of these techniques requires an analytic restriction on the Lagrangian that it satisfy a twist property. In this dissertation we approach this problem from the point of view of curve shortening in an effort to remove the twist condition. In classical curve shortening a family of curves evolves with a velocity which is normal to the curve and proportional to its curvature. The evolution of curves with decreasing action is more general, and in the first part of this dissertation we develop some results for curve shortening flows which shorten lengths with respect to a Finsler metric rather than a Riemannian metric. The second part of this dissertation focuses on analytic methods to accommodate the fact that the Finsler metric for second-order Lagrangian system has singularities. We prove the existence of simple periodic solutions for a general class of systems without requiring the twist condition. Further; our results provide a frame work in which to try to further extend the topological forcing theorems to systems without the twist condition.
Show less - Date Issued
- 2014
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004175, http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004175
- Subject Headings
- Critical point theory (Mathematical analysis), Differentiable dynamical systems, Geometry,Differential, Lagrange equations, Lagrangian functions, Mathematical optimization, Surfaces of constant curvature
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Parent-child relationships across early adolescence: Changes and adjustment.
- Creator
- Adams, Ryan E., Florida Atlantic University, Laursen, Brett
- Abstract/Description
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The current study examined changes in mother-child and father-child relationships of 210 participants in a 3-year longitudinal study during the 6th through the 8th grade. In each relationship, latent growth curve models found that negativity had a gradual increase over the course of early adolescence, while the change in positivity during this period depended on the initial levels of positivity during the 6th grade. For those high in positivity during the 6th grade, positivity remained stable...
Show moreThe current study examined changes in mother-child and father-child relationships of 210 participants in a 3-year longitudinal study during the 6th through the 8th grade. In each relationship, latent growth curve models found that negativity had a gradual increase over the course of early adolescence, while the change in positivity during this period depended on the initial levels of positivity during the 6th grade. For those high in positivity during the 6th grade, positivity remained stable from 6th to 8th grade, while for those low in positivity during the 6th grade, positivity decreased substantially during this period. In addition, an examination of the links between the relationship features and adjustment measures, such as internalizing and externalizing problems, found that models with initial rates of the relationships predicting changes in adjustment were ideal in comparison to models with both initial rates of and changes in relationships linked to changes in adjustment.
Show less - Date Issued
- 2005
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/12124
- Subject Headings
- Parent and child, Adjustment (Psychology) in adolescence, Interpersonal relations in adolescence, Social interaction, Teenagers and adults, Child rearing
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Relationship qualities as moderators of the associations between adolescent conflict and adjustment.
- Creator
- Adams, Ryan E., Florida Atlantic University, Laursen, Brett
- Abstract/Description
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Conflict during adolescence has shown to have the potential for both beneficent consequences and adverse consequences. The present study addresses this paradox and attempts to understand it by examining relationship qualities as potential moderating influences. To examine these moderated associations between conflict rates and outcome measures in mother-child, father-child, and friend relationships, 469 students completed the Interpersonal Conflict Questionnaire, Family Adaptability and...
Show moreConflict during adolescence has shown to have the potential for both beneficent consequences and adverse consequences. The present study addresses this paradox and attempts to understand it by examining relationship qualities as potential moderating influences. To examine these moderated associations between conflict rates and outcome measures in mother-child, father-child, and friend relationships, 469 students completed the Interpersonal Conflict Questionnaire, Family Adaptability and Cohesion Scale II, Intimate Friendship Scale, Network of Relationships Inventory, and Youth Self-Report. Regression analyses found that the level of negativity in the relationship moderated the associations between conflict rate and outcome measures such as grade point average, withdrawn behaviors, and delinquent behaviors.
Show less - Date Issued
- 2000
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/12665
- Subject Headings
- Adjustment (Psychology) in adolescence, Conflict (Psychology) in adolescence, Interpersonal relations in adolescence
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- The use of long-term data to examine variability in the population structure and habitat use of Atlantic spotted dolphins in the Northern Bahamas.
- Creator
- Adams, Tiffany, Graduate College
- Date Issued
- 2010-04-09
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/3176143
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- An oration addressed to the citizens of the town of Quincy : on the fourth of July, 1831, the fifty-fifth anniversary of the independence of the United States of America.
- Creator
- Adams, John Quincy 1767-1848, Richardson, Lord & Holbrook
- Abstract/Description
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Cover title: Mr. Adams' oration. Copyright 1831 by Thomas Phipps, Noah Curtis, and William Seaver. "Boston Press, Water Street."--Title page verso. "The following version of the 149th Psalm was sung by the choir ... "--Page 40. FAU copy imperfect: cover missing; edges trimmed to 22 cm
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/fauwsb11f7
- Subject Headings
- Fourth of July addresses -- 1831, Fourth of July celebrations -- Massachusetts -- Quincy, Fourth of July orations -- 19th century, Liberty, Speeches, addresses, etc., American -- 19th century, United States -- History, United States -- Politics and government
- Format
- E-book