Miscellaneous Writings of Charles Eliot; To Which Are Prefixed Some Notices of His Character

by Charles Eliot

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1814. ... A REVIEW OF;,. i.... MEMOIRS OF THE WAR IN THE SOUTHERN DEPARTMENT OF THE UNITED STATES. BY HENRY LEE, Lt. Col. Commandant of the partizan legion during the American War. 2 vols, 8vo. Philadelphia and Newyork, 1812. T He works which have been produced upon the history of the American revolutionary war, have been sufficiently voluminous to afford room for a complete and minute account of every memorable event which relates to it; and many of their authors have had the best possible means of information on the subject upon which they have written. We have the statements of both the contending parties; and they are in gen eral given with such a degree of impartiality, that the truth may be discovered by comparing them. Several histories of the war are incorporated in the histories of the British nation; as those of Adolphus, Macfarlane, Belsham, and Bisset. The two last in particular are tinctured deeply with party partialities; but are of value to the American reader, because they inform him of the parliamentary histoiy connected with that of the war, which is at least as important, if not as interesting, as mere narratives of military movements. The Annual Register contains a condensed, but perhaps as judicious and' faithful an account of the events of the war as is to be found; and is well worthy of being consulted, not only for this reason, First published in the General Repository, for January, 1813. vol. iii. p. 105. but also for the many curious and valuable articles of intelligence relating to American affairs which are contained in its Chronicle, and the important state papers which it has preserved. Other Englishmen have devoted their pages entirely to subjects relating to the American war. Stedman, who was personally conversant in many of the mos...

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First published September 27, 2015

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Charles Eliot, son of Harvard President Charles William Eliot and cousin of art historian Charles Eliot Norton, was a pioneering landscape architect.