Object Status:
Unlocated
Accession Date:
August 8, 1814
Primary Source Reference:
Peale Museum Accessions Book, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, p. 73
Notes:
John André (1750-1780) was a major in the British Army and head of its Secret Service in America during the American Revolutionary War. He was also an artist and writer of comic verse. His humorous 1780 ballad "Cow Chace" (manuscript unlocated), which concerned an incident between British and American forces on the Hudson River in the summer of 1780, was first published in the Royal Gazette (New York), in August and September 1780. The text of the three cantos and a publishing history of the work are given in American Bibliopolist, 2, no. 2 (Feb 1870): 5 54-60 / https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_American_Bibliopolist/8BsDAAAA… and in Philadelphia Record, 4 Mar 1882. See also https://www.americanrevolution.org/war_songs/warsongs78.php
"Joseph Hutton (1787-1828), author, actor, and educator, was a native of Philadelphia. His first published play was The Orphan of Prague. A New Drama (Philadelphia, 1808). By 1811 some of his anonymous stories, including “Ardennis” and “The Castle of Altenheim,” appeared in a literary journal, the Philadelphia Repertory. That same year Hutton began working as a teacher while continuing to publish his own work, including a volume of poetry, Leisure Hours; or Poetic Effusions (Philadelphia, 1812). He acted as well, performing in Philadelphia and traveling troupes, and from 1820 to 1821 he was a member of a company in New Orleans. Hutton settled permanently by 1823 in New Bern, N.C., where he operated a school and contributed verse to the local newspaper." Jefferson Papers, Founders Online, National Archives / https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/03-13-02-0262
