The Works of Daniel Webster, Volume 1

This volume offers a vivid portrait of a towering American orator and jurist, tracing his modest beginnings in New Hampshire through a rigorous education at Exeter Academy and Dartmouth College. Listeners hear how his early legal apprenticeship in Boston gave shape to a career that quickly expanded from small‑town practice to the national stage. The narrative weaves personal anecdotes with the formative moments that propelled him into public life.

The collection then turns to his most influential years in Congress and the Supreme Court, spotlighting landmark debates on the national bank, tariff policy, and the Constitution’s reach. Highlights include his celebrated arguments in the Dartmouth College case and the seminal Gibbons v. Ogden decision, as well as stirring speeches on foreign affairs and the cause of Greek independence. Through these excerpts, the listener experiences the eloquence and conviction that made his voice a defining force in early‑19th‑century American politics.