1867. -- JOSEPH REED A HISTORIUAL ESSAY. -- TWENTY years ago William B. Reed, of Philadelphia, published a life of his grandfather, Joseph Reed, or, as he now styles him, the President of Pennsylvania. He had prepared himself for his work by long research, under favorable auspices, and had amassed a storehouse of materials which he opened to others with liberality. An all-pervading zeal for redeeming the memol.. of his ancestor was obviously the motive which ruled him. The time was favorable the political animosities which ...
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1867. -- JOSEPH REED A HISTORIUAL ESSAY. -- TWENTY years ago William B. Reed, of Philadelphia, published a life of his grandfather, Joseph Reed, or, as he now styles him, the President of Pennsylvania. He had prepared himself for his work by long research, under favorable auspices, and had amassed a storehouse of materials which he opened to others with liberality. An all-pervading zeal for redeeming the memol.. of his ancestor was obviously the motive which ruled him. The time was favorable the political animosities which prevailed in the last century had died away family hostilities had ceased, and the men of this generation scorned to keep alive the personal enmities of the past. Were it not for his family aspirations he would, without a dissenting voice, have been distinguished among con- temporary writers on American history. But the analy- sis of his statements shows that he suffered himself to be carried away by a passion to create an undeserved reputation for one from whom he was sprung...
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