Need read the following excerpt from the memoirs of philip henry sheridan, who was a union general during the civil war. which phrase contains an objective pronoun? my parents, john and mary sheridan, came to america in 1830, having been induced by the representations of my father's uncle, thomas gainor, then living in albany, n. y., to try their fortunes in the new world: they were born and reared in the county cavan, ireland, where from early manhood my father had tilled a leasehold on the estate of cherrymoult; and the sale of this leasehold provided him with means to seek a new home across the sea.