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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... sometimes resort to mo- tives in accounting for men's actions ; and , as thesc receive their qualities from the mind of the agent , he will with equal freedom and truth disclose the complexion of his own , having little , he thinks , no ...
... sometimes resort to mo- tives in accounting for men's actions ; and , as thesc receive their qualities from the mind of the agent , he will with equal freedom and truth disclose the complexion of his own , having little , he thinks , no ...
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... sometime in London , previously to their settling in Barbadoes . Notwithstanding the appa- rent want of associating ... sometimes consented to hear a ser-- mon at the meeting house , it might be considered as a concession on his part ...
... sometime in London , previously to their settling in Barbadoes . Notwithstanding the appa- rent want of associating ... sometimes consented to hear a ser-- mon at the meeting house , it might be considered as a concession on his part ...
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... sometimes have been a follower , I had never promoted or been a leader in those pranks which are denominated un- tucky Thank heaven , I had never been guilty of a trick , and rarely , if ever , of a lie . I had no cun- ning , and ...
... sometimes have been a follower , I had never promoted or been a leader in those pranks which are denominated un- tucky Thank heaven , I had never been guilty of a trick , and rarely , if ever , of a lie . I had no cun- ning , and ...
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... sometime before my entering into the La- tin school , that I had the misfortune to lose my fa- ther . This was in March , 1761. He had just fin ished a country house on a favorite spot , sufficiently elevated to overlook the adjacent ...
... sometime before my entering into the La- tin school , that I had the misfortune to lose my fa- ther . This was in March , 1761. He had just fin ished a country house on a favorite spot , sufficiently elevated to overlook the adjacent ...
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... sometimes varied my course ; but it generally led me through what is now called Dock street , then a filthy uncovered sewer , bordered on either side by shabby stables and tan - yards . To these , succeeded the more agreeable object of ...
... sometimes varied my course ; but it generally led me through what is now called Dock street , then a filthy uncovered sewer , bordered on either side by shabby stables and tan - yards . To these , succeeded the more agreeable object of ...
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