An Address Delivered at the Opening of the Brooklyn Female Academy, on Monday Evening, May 4, 1846

1846 opening address at Brooklyn Female Academy advocating thorough female education, arguing women—especially mothers—shape society’s moral and intellectual future.

A prolific preacher and author, Sprague is also known as the “Patriarch of American Collectors,” for his collection of autographs, including those of every signer of the Declaration of Independence, pamphlets and other materials. He authored the Annals of the American Pulpit, an important collection of biographical sketches.

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