Author : Worthington Chauncey Ford
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781333612429
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (124 download)
Book Synopsis Defences of Philadelphia in 1777 (Classic Reprint) by : Worthington Chauncey Ford
Download or read book Defences of Philadelphia in 1777 (Classic Reprint) written by Worthington Chauncey Ford and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-09-15 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Defences of Philadelphia in 1777 When I made a tender to the Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography of a few minutes of the Councils of War held under Washington, I did not anticipate going outside of those records. Finding an abundance of new material bearing upon the operations in and around Phila delphia in the fall of 1777, the plan was extended until the result is this volume of nearly three hundred pages, con taining more than two hundred and twenty letters and opinions, not five of which have before been in print. If only as an evidence of the unused materials for American history, this collection has an interest; and the interest is heightened by the personal touches these buried and for gotten manuscripts give of the writers. It is not so much the importance of the military operations that appeals to us, as the unconscious and therefore free expression these leaders ofthe Continental army gave to their views and feelings. The campaign of 1777, with its hopes and dis appointments, is laid before us with a vividness of detail that no historian could imitate. In such a wealth of new material it would not be possi ble to direct attention to the more important pieces. I may, however, be pardoned for believing the record of the Board of War, printed on page 175, to be an important record because of the light it throws upon one of the lead ing actors in the Conway cabal against Washington. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.