Alexander Graydon
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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. He was taken prisoner during the Battle of Fort Washington. After the war, he was elected as prothonotary of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania (1785–1799).{{cite book |last1=Egle |first1=William Henry |author-link=William Henry Egle|title=History of the Counties of Dauphin and Lebanon |date=1883 |publisher=Everts & Peck |location=Philadelphia |pages=496–7 |url=https://archive.org/details/cu31924028852675 |chapter=Capt. Alexander Graydon |chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/cu31924028852675/page/n577}}{{Cite web|url=https://archives.upenn.edu/exhibits/penn-people/biography/alexander-graydon|title=Alexander Graydon}}
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.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
Life and family
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Graydon was born on April 10, 1752, in Bristol, Pennsylvania, to Alexander Graydon (d. 1761) and Rachel Marks (d. 1807).{{Cite DAB|title=Graydon, Alexander|year=1943|pages=[https://archive.org/details/dictionaryofamer07ilamer/page/524 524–5]}} His parents were married on February 14, 1747.{{cite book |editor1-last=Linn |editor1-first=John B. |editor2-last=Egle |editor2-first=William H. |editor2-link=William Henry Egle |title=Pennsylvania Archives: Record of Pennsylvania Marriages, Prior to 1810 |date=1896 |location=Harrisburg |page=[https://archive.org/details/pennsylvaniaser208harruoft/page/172 172] |url=https://archive.org/details/pennsylvaniaser208harruoft}} He died in Philadelphia on May 2, 1818.{{Cite Appletons'|wstitle=Graydon, Alexander|short=x}}{{cite web |title=Captain Alexander Graydon by Robert Feke: Provence |date=7 July 2023 |url=https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.50688.html |publisher=National Gallery of Art}}
Publications
- {{cite book |last=Graydon |first=Alexander |author-link=Alexander Graydon |year=1811 |url=https://archive.org/details/memoirsalifechi01graygoog |title=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 |publisher=John Wyeth |location=Harrisburg |oclc=13597246}}
- {{cite book|last1=Graydon|first1=Alexander|author-link1=Alexander Graydon|editor-last=Galt|editor-first=John|editor-link=John Galt (novelist)|title=Memoirs of a Life, Chiefly Passed in Pennsylvania, Within the Last Sixty Years|date=1822|orig-date=Harrisburg, 1811|publisher=William Blackwood|location=Edinburgh|url=https://archive.org/details/memoirsalifechi00graygoog}}
- {{cite book|last1=Graydon|first1=Alexander|author-link1=Alexander Graydon|editor1-last=Littell|editor1-first=John Stockton|title=Memoirs of His Own Time. With Reminiscences of the Men and Events of the Revolution|date=1846|publisher=Lindsay and Blakiston|location=Philadelphia|url=https://archive.org/details/memoirshisownti01graygoog}}
- Alexander Graydon. Life of an Officer, Written during a Residence in Pennsylvania, Edinburgh, 1828.
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Category:18th-century American writers
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