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Memoirs of his own time

Alexander Graydon (1752–1818), 1846

Named on the page for Battle of Germantown.

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4 October 1777

Battle of Germantown

MR. JOSEPH GALLOWAY. 117
The name will be remembered from its association with "Chew's House," and ^ Battle of Germantown. He was the owner of the property, which still (1846) ^m\n% in the family.— Ed.

CHARACTER OF THE SOLDIERS-:— GENERAL GLOTER. 149
t Colonel W>LLfAii Smallwood was at the action of White Plains., His was pro- moted to the rank of general, and, in 1777^ was despatched to take command of the Maryland Militia on the Western Shore. He joined the main army in Sep- tember of the same year, and was at the Battle of Germantown. In 17B5, be was elected to Congress, and the same year, Governor of Maryland.. He ^ied^ Febm- ary, 1792.— Ed.

COLONEL BLAND — GENERAL HENBY LEE. 279
oarljr attracted the attention of Washington, ** who, at tlie battle of Germantown, selected him, with his company, to attend as his body guard.*' In consequence of his cool and determined bravery in several exploits, which, for want of room, cannot l)e narrated here, he was promoted by Congress to the rank of Major, with the command of a separate corps of cavalry, consisting of three companies. In 1780 he was sent with his legion to the army of the South, under Gen. Grxbxk, having been previously raised to tlie rank of Licutenant-Colonel. He served with great distinction throughout the war, and has left a well written, manly and authentic " History of the War in the Southern Department of the United States." In 1786 he was elected to Congress from Virginia, his native State. He was & member of the Convention of Virginia that ratified the present Federal Consti- tution, of which he was a strenuous advocate. He was three years Governor of the State. In 1790 he was again chosen a member of Congress, and was selected, while there, to pronounce a funeral eulogium upon Washington. Ho prepared the celebrated resolutions, moved by the late Chief Justice Marshall in the House of Representatives, from which General Lee was accidentally absent at the time, expressive of the grief of Congress upon receiving intelligence of the decease of Washington, the last of which resolutions was as follows: —

SOCIETY AT READING. 301
t Captain Speke was taken prisoner at the battle of Germantown.

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