Alexander Graydon
Captain 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 was commissioned captain on January 5, 1776 and 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][2]
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.[3]
Life and family[]
Graydon was born on April 10, 1752 in Bristol, Pennsylvania to Alexander Graydon (d. 1761) and Rachel Marks (d. 1807).[4] His parents were married on February 14, 1747.[5] He died in Philadelphia on May 2, 1818.[6][7]
Publications[]
- Graydon, Alexander (1811). Memoirs of a Life, Chiefly Passed in Pennsylvania, Within the Last Sixty Years; With Occasional Remarks Upon the General Occurrences, Character and Spirit of that Eventful Period. Harrisburg: John Wyeth. OCLC 13597246.
- 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[]
- ^ Egle, William Henry (1883). "Capt. Alexander Graydon". History of the Counties of Dauphin and Lebanon. Philadelphia: Everts & Peck. pp. 496–7.
- ^ "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.
- ^ Linn, John B.; Egle, William H., eds. (1896). Pennsylvania Archives: Record of Pennsylvania Marriages, Prior to 1810. Harrisburg. p. 172.
- ^ Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography. 1900. .
- ^ "Captain Alexander Graydon by Robert Feke: Provence". National Gallery of Art.
External links[]
- Works written by or about Alexander Graydon at Wikisource
Categories:
- United States military personnel of the American Revolution
- American writers
- 1752 births
- 1818 deaths
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