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 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 ...
... 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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... 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 the authors 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 the authors and ...
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... spirit of independence we are pleased to manifest on other occasions , I am warranted in asserting , that I am descended from ancestors , re- spectable both as to station and character ; from a stock not ignoble , but honest and ...
... spirit of independence we are pleased to manifest on other occasions , I am warranted in asserting , that I am descended from ancestors , re- spectable both as to station and character ; from a stock not ignoble , but honest and ...
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... spirit of party and of quakerism . The people of his society , from principle averse to war , were charged with being too friendly to the Indi- ans ; with being too ready to palliate their enormi- ties , and consequently , indisposed to ...
... spirit of party and of quakerism . The people of his society , from principle averse to war , were charged with being too friendly to the Indi- ans ; with being too ready to palliate their enormi- ties , and consequently , indisposed to ...
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... the proposal . Though possess ing a sufficient degree of spirit , or at least irascibility , to defend myself when assaulted , I had never been a boxer . Being of a light and slender make ,. 17 my repose, I had been qualified to exhibit: ..
... the proposal . Though possess ing a sufficient degree of spirit , or at least irascibility , to defend myself when assaulted , I had never been a boxer . Being of a light and slender make ,. 17 my repose, I had been qualified to exhibit: ..
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