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[Excerpts and commentaries on Cow Chace by John André]

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Description: Clipping from the Royal gazette, New York, no. 405, Aug. 16; no. 409, Aug. 30; and no. 416, Sept. 23, 1780. Included reviews, excerpts and commentaries on the poem "Cow Chace" by John André. Contains portions of the 1869 reprint by Robert Clark & Co., includes the reprint of the orignal title page which was part of that reprint edition. Extra illustrated by Dr. Thomas Addis Emmet.
Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Publication date: [after 1869?]
Call number: 8842a
Provenance: With bookplate of E. D. Church.
Dimensions: 23 cm
Associated people: André, John, (1751-1780.); Emmet, Thomas Addis, (1828-1919,)

Andreana : An appendix to Sargent's Life of Andre

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Extra-illustrated work created by Dr. Thomas Addis Emmet to supplement his 5 volume extra-illustrated Sargent's Life of Andre (call number 7486). Volume 1 contains George Washington, Mount Vernon, autograph letter signed to George Gilpin and John Fitzgerald, 1788 August 2. Inlaid, p. 142. The first volume also contains 2 privately printed items: Benson, Egbert: Vindications of the captors of Major André. 1865. André, John. Proceedings of a Board of General Officers respecting Major John André. 1867. Volume 2 includes: Seward, Anna. Monody on Major André. 1817. André, John. Cow Chace. Clipping from Royal gazette, N.Y. 1780.

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Journal of John André, 1777, June 11 - 1778, Nov. 15

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Journal that André kept while aide-de-camp to Charles Grey, from June 11, 1777 to November 15, 1778. There are no entries for the period from Dec. 30, 1777 to June 1778. The journal covers the Philadelphia campaign and its aftemarth, including the battles of Brandywine, Germantown, White Marsh, and Monmouth; British raids in New Bedford (1778, Sept. 5-6) and Martha's Vineyard (1778, Sept. 10-15) and Baylor's massacre at Old Tappan, N.J. (1778, Sept. 27) Also included are returns of troops under the command of Sir William Howe and Henry Clinton.

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Eisner, Ira: Residence (611 S. Muirfield Rd., Los Angeles, California)

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Date built: 1925 Architect: Kaufmann, Gordon B. Landscape Architect: Thiene, Paul G. Description: Interior and exterior views of residence. Publication(s): A California Garden," House Beautiful, Vol. 62, Aug. 1927, p. 137; "Eisner House," Architect and Engineer, Vol. 89, May 1927, p. 69; "Eisner House," California Southland, Vol. 9, Oct. 1927, p. 23; "Eisner House," in Residential Architecture in Southern California, ed. Paul R. Hunter and Walter L. Reichart (Los Angeles: Southern California Chapter, AIA, 1939), p. 14; "3. The Estate of Mr. I. Eisner in Los Angeles," California Arts and Architecture, Vol. 36, Sept. 1929, p. 34; "House for Mr. I. Eisner, Los Angeles," The Architect 7, Jan. 1927, pls. 79-89; "House for Mr. I. Eisner, Los Angeles," Architect and Engineer, Vol. 89, April 1927, p. 97; 'House for Mr. I. Eisner, Los Angeles,' in "Architectural Club of Los Angeles: Monthly Bulletin," California Southland, Vol. 8, July 1926, p. 23; "House of I. Eisner, Los Angeles," Architectural Digest, Vol. 6, No. 8, p. 81; "A House of Tuscan Inspiration," by Gordon B. Kaufmann, Arts and Decoration, Vol. 28, Feb. 1928, p. 37 & 95; "Estate of their Union," by Mark Morrison, InStyle magazine, May 2002, p. 400-409.

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[Excerpts and commentaries on Cow Chace by John André]

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