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Cabeen, Francis von Albade, fl. 1906 The Colonel and the Quaker or the Return of the Forefathers

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01450.007.04 Author/Creator: Cabeen, Francis von Albade, fl. 1906 Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Book Date: 1906 Pagination: 192 p. : Height: 24.5 cm, Width: 17 cm Order a Copy

Fictional story of a colonel and a Quaker who return from colonial times to view the world as it was in the early 1900s. The colonel is Alexander Anderson and the book mentions his French and Indian War and Revolutionary War commissions (GLC01450.007.01 and .02). Cabeen was a descendant of Anderson. Published by Goodman's Sons & Co.

Anderson, Alexander, fl. 1758-1776

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