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Emancipation oration
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1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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Manuscripts
This manuscript is a handwritten transcript of a speech given by "the Honourable" George Ben Johnson at the Presbyterian Church of San Francisco, California, to the E Clampus Vitus Society. The speech was published in the Mountain Democrat newspaper on January 6, 1928, and it was from this newspaper that this transcription was taken. In the speech, Johnson speaks of the importance of upholding the legacy of George Washington, religion, the virtues of brotherhood, and the enduring importance of women. There is a handwritten and unsigned note at the end of the transcript which reads "I write this because I know it will please for it is the most eloquent I ever readd and as you are a member of the order I know it will please you."
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