The Autobiography Manuscript of Major Amos Stoddard is part biography, and part autobiography. It is the story of the life and times of Major Amos Stoddard, the first civil commandant and governor of Upper Louisiana. Amos Stoddard tragically died at the siege of Fort Meigs (Ohio) during the War of 1812. His biography is provided as an introduction by the editor. This introduction provides the most complete and comprehensive account of the life of Major Amos Stoddard ever published. The introduction is followed by a typescript of his unfinished, handwritten manuscript autobiography, penned in 1812 prior to his death, which was recovered from his military chest in 1850 and which has languished in archive obscurity for the past 165 years. This typescript is provided in its entirety for the first time since it was written over 200 years ago. The typescript is highly noted and provides extensive detail and explanation of the content of autobiography manuscript.
Amos Stoddard was (seemingly) the Forest Gump of his time. He was witness to many of history's best (and least) known events. He crossed paths with many of the most important (and some of the most despicable) figures in American history. A narrative written by Joseph Plumb Martin in 1830, nearly fifty years after the end of the Revolutionary War, titled, A Narrative of some of the Adventures, Danger and Suffering of a Revolutionary Soldier, is considered by some to be the best account of the American Revolution ever written by an ordinary soldier. However, now, another young volunteer from Massachusetts, Amos Stoddard, gives us from memory, and without the use of notes or a diary, the story of his participation in that struggle. He relates his sufferings as a teenager not yet conditioned to the hardships and deprivations of revolutionary-era military camp life, and of his attendance at some of that war's most significant events. He also provides the best first-hand account ever documented of a few of the armed skirmishes between Massachusetts state militia forces and rebel insurgents during Shays' Rebellion. He goes on to describe how a young man, with only a basic education, and who had never known independent civilian life, after being abruptly discharged from military service and thrown into a civil society in considerable disarray, finds his way to learning a skill, pursuing an education, earning a highly-respectable civilian occupation, and ultimately leaving his mark on history. He provides us a chronicle of international travel in the 18th century and the story of an unscrupulous swindle that resulted while in pursuit of securing a family estate. He also shares his intellectual interest in the political discourse of the time, and provides a comical tale mocking an Englishman for his audacity in placing an advertisement for a wife.
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Reproduction reprint: "A Masonic Address Delivered Before The Worshipful Master and Brethren of the Kennebeck Lodge in the New Meeting House, Hallowell, Massachusetts, June 24, Anno Lucis, 5797."
This is a reproduction of an oration given by Brother Amos Stoddard, a founding member of the Masonic Lodge at Hallowell, Massachusetts, on June 24, 1797 at Hallowell, Massachusetts (today, Maine) on St. John's Day in 1797. His oratory notes were then printed, published and sold by Brother Howard S. Robinson. The subject matter of Amos Stoddard's oratory is about the history and virtues of Freemasonry principles.
This reproduction was laboriously created by an ancestral relative of Amos Stoddard from a copy of the original with the intent of honoring Amos Stoddard's efforts, words and thoughts. Every effort was made in the process of recreating this publication to duplicate the original work and to respect authenticity. Grammar, spelling, punctuation and formatting are as original. This is a reproduction and not a modern copy.
Amos Stoddard was a veteran of the American Revolution. His name was submitted to the U.S. Senate for confirmation as a captain in the 2nd U.S. Corp of Artillerists and Engineers by President John Adams in May 1798. Capt. Amos Stoddard served honorably as a military officer from May 28, 1798 until his death on May 11,1813. He died during the Siege of Fort Meigs (Ohio) during the War of 1812.
The story of the life of Amos Stoddard, as part autobiography and part biography, is told in the book,"The Autobiography Manuscript of Major Amos Stoddard, Edited and with an Introduction by Robert A. Stoddard."
Автор: Stoddard Amos Название: Sketches, Historical and Descriptive, of Louisiana. ISBN: 127562541X ISBN-13(EAN): 9781275625419 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 5345.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
This is an authentic reproduction of a published oration given by Capt. Amos Stoddard at Portland, Massachusetts on July 4, 1799. The subject matter of Amos Stoddard`s oratory is a Federalist`s viewpoint on the political tensions of the day.
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