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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Page 66
... add to the list , the names of Hancock and Washington , each of whom had at different times sojourned at our cara- vansary . actly in the same kind , whom I ought not. Yet another , of some eminence , though not ex-. -66.
... add to the list , the names of Hancock and Washington , each of whom had at different times sojourned at our cara- vansary . actly in the same kind , whom I ought not. Yet another , of some eminence , though not ex-. -66.
Page 90
... Washington , in which he advises him to renounce a cause which had very much degenerated , and to " negotiate for America at the head of his army . " Mr. Duche was weak and vain , yet probably not a bad man : His habits , at least ...
... Washington , in which he advises him to renounce a cause which had very much degenerated , and to " negotiate for America at the head of his army . " Mr. Duche was weak and vain , yet probably not a bad man : His habits , at least ...
Page 109
... Washington and Adams when again wheeling about with the public sentiment , which ushered into office first M'Kean and then Jefferson , he obtained , upon the principle probably of a quid pro quo , an of- fice from each of them , the ...
... Washington and Adams when again wheeling about with the public sentiment , which ushered into office first M'Kean and then Jefferson , he obtained , upon the principle probably of a quid pro quo , an of- fice from each of them , the ...
Page 133
... Washington was erected . We were here under the command of general Mifflin , and immediately employed in the construction of that fortress , under the direction of colonel Putnam , who , as already mentioned , was our principal engineer ...
... Washington was erected . We were here under the command of general Mifflin , and immediately employed in the construction of that fortress , under the direction of colonel Putnam , who , as already mentioned , was our principal engineer ...
Page 137
... On being asked , what had been his duty in ment . But It appears from a letter of general Washington , that they refuted Fatigue duty , because it was beneath the dignity of troopers . N the rebel army , he answered , that it was. 137.
... On being asked , what had been his duty in ment . But It appears from a letter of general Washington , that they refuted Fatigue duty , because it was beneath the dignity of troopers . N the rebel army , he answered , that it was. 137.
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