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Creator:: Stoughton, Thomas, 1748 or 1749-1826
Published / Created:: 1823 May 9
Call Number:: GEN MSS 1391
Image Count:: 2
Resource Type:: Archives or Manuscripts
Abstract:: I certify that the enclosed hair was taken from the head of the much lamented Andre, at the period of his disinternment in the fall of the year 1822 ...
Subject (Name):: André, John, 1751-1780--Death and burial
Subject (Topic):: Espionage, British--United States
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > [Letter from Thomas Stoughton]

Published / Created:: 18th century
Call Number:: GEN MSS 1391
Image Count:: 1
Description:: One lock of British Army Major John André's hair mounted in a frame by an unidentified former owner. Accompanied by an autograph note, signed, by Thomas Stoughton certifying that the hair was removed from André's body by British consul James Buchana...
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > [Lock of Major John André's hair].