Alexander Graydon
Alexander Graydon | |
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| Born | April 10, 1752 |
| Died | May 2, 1818 (aged 66) |
| Occupation | Author and officer |
| Notable works | Memoirs of a Life, Chiefly Passed in Pennsylvania, Within the Last Sixty Years |
Alexander Graydon Jr. (1752–1818) was an author and officer in the American Revolution. He commanded a company of men in the Battle of Long Island and in the Battle of Harlem Heights, where he was taken prisoner. After the war, he was elected as prothonotary of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania (1785-1799).[1]
He wrote his memoirs in 1811, chronicling his life and times in which he lived. His work became popular when it was republished posthumously in 1822, 1828, and 1846.[2]
Life and family
Graydon was born on April 10, 1752 in Bristol, Pennsylvania to Alexander Graydon (c. 1708–1761) and Rachel Marks (died 1807).[3] He died in Philadelphia on May 2, 1818.[4][5]
Publications
- Graydon, Alexander (1822) [Harrisburg, 1811]. Galt, John (ed.). Memoirs of a Life, Chiefly Passed in Pennsylvania, Within the Last Sixty Years. Edinburgh: William Blackwood.
- Graydon, Alexander (1846). Littell, John Stockton (ed.). Memoirs of His Own Time. With Reminiscences of the Men and Events of the Revolution. Philadelphia: Lindsay and Blakiston.
- Alexander Graydon. Life of an Officer, Written during a Residence in Pennsylvania, Edinburgh, 1828.
References
- ^ https://archives.upenn.edu/exhibits/penn-people/biography/alexander-graydon
- ^ Stephen Carl Arch. Writing a Federalist Self: Alexander Graydon's Memoirs of a Life. The William and Mary Quarterly. Vol. 52, No. 3 (July 1995), pp. 415-432
- ^ "Graydon, Alexander". Dictionary of American Biography. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. 1943. pp. 524–5.
- ^ . Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography. 1900.
- ^ "Captain Alexander Graydon by Robert Feke: Provence". National Gallery of Art.
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