Excerpt: ...a few days ago, in my hearing, a mob. Discipline unknown or wholly neglected. The quartermaster's and commissary's departments filled with idleness, ignorance, and peculation; our hospitals crowded with six thousand sick, but half provided with necessaries or accommodations, and more dying in them in one month than perished in the field during the whole of the last campaign. The money depreciating, without any effectual measures being taken to raise it; the country distracted with the Don Quixote attempts to ...
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Excerpt: ...a few days ago, in my hearing, a mob. Discipline unknown or wholly neglected. The quartermaster's and commissary's departments filled with idleness, ignorance, and peculation; our hospitals crowded with six thousand sick, but half provided with necessaries or accommodations, and more dying in them in one month than perished in the field during the whole of the last campaign. The money depreciating, without any effectual measures being taken to raise it; the country distracted with the Don Quixote attempts to regulate the price of provisions; an artificial famine created by it, and a real one dreaded from it; the spirit of the people failing through a more intimate acquaintance with the causes of our misfortunes; many submitting daily to General Howe; and more wishing to do it, only to avoid the calamities which threaten our country. But is our case desperate? By no means. We have wisdom, virtue and strength enough to save us, if they could be called into action. The northern army has shown us what Americans are capable of doing with a General at their head. The spirit of the southern army is no way inferior to the spirit of the northern. A Gates, a Lee, or a Conway, would in a few weeks render them an irresistible body of men. The last of the above officers has accepted of the new office of inspector-general of our army, in order to reform abuses; but the remedy is only a palliative Pg 245 one. In one of his letters to a friend he says, 'A great and good God hath decreed America to be free, or the General and weak counsellors would have ruined her long ago.' You may rest assured of each of the facts related in this letter. The author of it is one of your Philadelphia friends. A hint of his name, if found out by the handwriting, must not be mentioned to your most intimate friend. Even the letter must be thrown into the fire. But some of its contents ought to be made public, in order to awaken, enlighten, and alarm our...
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Add this copy of Patrick Henry to cart. $12.01, good condition, Sold by Fables Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Goshen, IN, UNITED STATES, published 1915 by Houghton Mifflin.
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Good. Name mostly erased from the front flyleaf page. A former library book with all the expected stamps stickers and markings. Some shelf storage or usage wear present. The binding is tight and all pages are present. No dustjacket included as pictured. The pages have some light notes present. Light staining on the page edges. Pictures available upon request. Individually inspected by Shay. Thanks for supporting an independent bookseller!
Add this copy of Patrick Henry to cart. $14.00, good condition, Sold by Redux Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Wyoming, MI, UNITED STATES, published 1915 by Houghton Mifflin.
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Good. Size: 0x0x0; Hardcover. ORIGINAL 1898 PRINTING. Previous owner's name on front endpaper. Pages are clean and unmarked. Slightly tanned and foxed. Blue cloth covers with gilt lettering show edge wear with rubbing/scuffing to corners, moderate soiling and color fading, general rubbing. Binding is tight, hinges strong. AN EXCELLENT READING OR REFERENCE COPY.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day!
Add this copy of Patrick Henry: Giants of America (the Founding Fathers) to cart. $18.10, very good condition, Sold by Bookwitch rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Concord, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1970 by Arlington House, New Rochelle, NY, 1970..
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Very Good. Book Octavo, hardcover, near fine in burgundy embossed boards; gilt lettering. Star on endpaper else text is clean and unmarked. 454 pp. including index. Frontis of Henry under tissue. Tyler may fairly be said to have reconstructed the life of Patrick Henry, and to have vindicated the memory of that great man from the unappreciative and injurious estimate which has been placed upon it.
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Fine copy, bound in full leather with raised bands and gilt decoration. All edges gilt, pages clean. Collector's Notes laid-in. As New Condition-Over 500, 000 Internet Orders Shipped.
Add this copy of Patrick Henry to cart. $22.00, good condition, Sold by Sequitur Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Boonsboro, MD, UNITED STATES, published 1989 by The Easton Press.
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Good. Size: 0x0x0; Bound in full leather. Stamped with 22kt gold gilt design on cover front, back and spine. All edges gold. Satin ribbon place holder. Shelf wear. Water damage to bottom edge. For more than 30 years, the Easton Press has been the standard for finely bound, profusely gilt classic leather bindings.
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New. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 296 p. In Stock. 100% Money Back Guarantee. Brand New, Perfect Condition, allow 4-14 business days for standard shipping. To Alaska, Hawaii, U.S. protectorate, P.O. box, and APO/FPO addresses allow 4-28 business days for Standard shipping. No expedited shipping. All orders placed with expedited shipping will be cancelled. Over 3, 000, 000 happy customers.
