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In February 1891, the Washington representative of Baldy’s Baltimore-based company — one Robert E. Clarke, himself a former elocutionist — suddenly disappeared, leaving behind an empty safe.

From Washington Post • Mar. 26, 2022

In an effort to erase the stigma of non-R.P. speech, England’s original national elocutionist, Thomas Sheridan, urged all citizens to adopt the accent.

From New York Times • Feb. 10, 2021

And its finest men of letters – including Hume, Adam Smith and James Boswell – were so ashamed of their native tongue they hired an elocutionist to purge "Scotticisms" from their speech.

From The Guardian • Jun. 4, 2010

When Gay MacLaren was a little girl she decided to become an elocutionist after she heard a Chautauqua performer recite The Bobolink.

From Time Magazine Archive

She became as attentive as the other auditors and added her applause to sustain the clever elocutionist.

From Cupid's Middleman by Lent, Edward B.