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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... captain , if I am not mistaken , and the greater part of the Tartar's crew , were drowned , as were most of the owners that were on board . Al- of though I have heard my father relate the circums stances. B 2 A LIFE . The ...
... captain , if I am not mistaken , and the greater part of the Tartar's crew , were drowned , as were most of the owners that were on board . Al- of though I have heard my father relate the circums stances. B 2 A LIFE . The ...
Page 38
... captain Loxley , a very honest ,. though little , dingy - looking man , with regimentals , considerably war - worn or tarnished ; a very sala- mander or fire drake in the public estimation , whose vital air was deemed the fume of ...
... captain Loxley , a very honest ,. though little , dingy - looking man , with regimentals , considerably war - worn or tarnished ; a very sala- mander or fire drake in the public estimation , whose vital air was deemed the fume of ...
Page 39
... captain Lox- ley's artillery . The word FIRE , was already quiver- ing on his lips , but Pallas came in shape of some- thing , and suppressed it . Another emanation from this unmilitary defect of vision , was the curious or- der , that ...
... captain Lox- ley's artillery . The word FIRE , was already quiver- ing on his lips , but Pallas came in shape of some- thing , and suppressed it . Another emanation from this unmilitary defect of vision , was the curious or- der , that ...
Page 43
... captain Ogle sometimes called to see me , upon which occasions he always behaved with the utmost propriety and decorum . " This same coffee house , the only one indeed in the city , was also the scene of another affray by Ogle and ...
... captain Ogle sometimes called to see me , upon which occasions he always behaved with the utmost propriety and decorum . " This same coffee house , the only one indeed in the city , was also the scene of another affray by Ogle and ...
Page 45
... captain in the British service , had got involved in this vor- tex of dissipation ; and although afterwards so strenuous an advocate for the civil rights of the Americans , had been made to smart severely for their violation , by the ...
... captain in the British service , had got involved in this vor- tex of dissipation ; and although afterwards so strenuous an advocate for the civil rights of the Americans , had been made to smart severely for their violation , by the ...
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