Memoirs of a Life, Chiefly Passed in PADepicting his life from his childhood in Pennsylvania to his time as a public official, including his experiences recruiting and training his own troops for the Revolutionary War, Graydon's memoirs provide a unique and personal view of the American Colonial period. First published in 1811, his memoirs were not initially popular, probably because of their inflammatory remarks about public figures ranging from Albert Gallatin to Thomas Jefferson and his followers. Memoirs of a Life Chiefly Passed in Pennsylvania shows Graydon's disdain for those he saw as seduced by power and money and leaves the reader with a critical view of some of the most popular figures of his time. |
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... the great road leading from Philadelphia to New - York , first skirting the inlet , at the head of which stand the mills , and then turning short to the left along the B banks of the Delaware , formed the principal and in- A LIFE.
... the great road leading from Philadelphia to New - York , first skirting the inlet , at the head of which stand the mills , and then turning short to the left along the B banks of the Delaware , formed the principal and in- A LIFE.
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... his friends in Ireland , soon after his arrival in Philadelphia , he ap- pears not to have taken up very favorable sentiments of its inhabitants . " Most of our trading people " here , " says he , " are complaisant. A LIFE . 7.
... his friends in Ireland , soon after his arrival in Philadelphia , he ap- pears not to have taken up very favorable sentiments of its inhabitants . " Most of our trading people " here , " says he , " are complaisant. A LIFE . 7.
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... Philadelphia manners eighty years ago . From the same letter it appears , that at the instance of this Mr. Baynton , he had contemplated with him a partnership in trade , to be carried on in the town of Burlington , which , he observes ...
... Philadelphia manners eighty years ago . From the same letter it appears , that at the instance of this Mr. Baynton , he had contemplated with him a partnership in trade , to be carried on in the town of Burlington , which , he observes ...
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... Philadelphia by her parents , who then came to reside in that city . Her father was a German , born , if I mistake not , in Frankfort on the Maine . He had been engaged in trade while in Barbadoes , and brought with him into Pennsylva ...
... Philadelphia by her parents , who then came to reside in that city . Her father was a German , born , if I mistake not , in Frankfort on the Maine . He had been engaged in trade while in Barbadoes , and brought with him into Pennsylva ...
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... Philadelphia , whither the re- mains of my father , attended by his faithful and de- jected friend Joseph Church , were conveyed for in- terment . As funeral honors upon these occasions , are the only solace of the afflicted , they were ...
... Philadelphia , whither the re- mains of my father , attended by his faithful and de- jected friend Joseph Church , were conveyed for in- terment . As funeral honors upon these occasions , are the only solace of the afflicted , they were ...
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