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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... , WITHIN THE LAST SIXTY YEARS ; WITH OCCASIONAL REMARKS UPON THE GENERAL OCCURRENCES , CHARACTER AND SPIRIT OF THAT EVENTFUL PERIOD . HARRISBURGH : PRINTED BY JOHN WYETH , 1 8 1 1 . DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA , to wit : { Seal . MEMOIRS ...
... , WITHIN THE LAST SIXTY YEARS ; WITH OCCASIONAL REMARKS UPON THE GENERAL OCCURRENCES , CHARACTER AND SPIRIT OF THAT EVENTFUL PERIOD . HARRISBURGH : PRINTED BY JOHN WYETH , 1 8 1 1 . DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA , to wit : { Seal . MEMOIRS ...
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... character " and spirit of that eventful period . ” $ 6 66 . In conformity to the act of congress of the United States , intituled , " An act for the oncouragement " of learning , by securing the copies of maps , charts and books , to ...
... character " and spirit of that eventful period . ” $ 6 66 . In conformity to the act of congress of the United States , intituled , " An act for the oncouragement " of learning , by securing the copies of maps , charts and books , to ...
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... character , spi- rit and more minute occurrences of his time , it will be perceived , that there is no form , into which his work can be thrown , with so much advantage , as in- to that of personal memoirs , By his own story , if he is ...
... character , spi- rit and more minute occurrences of his time , it will be perceived , that there is no form , into which his work can be thrown , with so much advantage , as in- to that of personal memoirs , By his own story , if he is ...
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... that I am descended from ancestors , re- spectable both as to station and character ; from a stock not ignoble , but honest and generous : And if parental propensities are transmitted to offspring in the human race. MEMOIRS OF.
... that I am descended from ancestors , re- spectable both as to station and character ; from a stock not ignoble , but honest and generous : And if parental propensities are transmitted to offspring in the human race. MEMOIRS OF.
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... character of its original dialect , that of his spouse , though in a less degree , bore testimony also , to the country of her extraction ; and while he , a determined episcopa- lian , had his pew in Christ's church , she , a strict ...
... character of its original dialect , that of his spouse , though in a less degree , bore testimony also , to the country of her extraction ; and while he , a determined episcopa- lian , had his pew in Christ's church , she , a strict ...
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