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Macdonough, Augustus Rodney

American, 1820 - 1907

Biography

Son of US naval hero Thomas MacdDonough (1783-1825), best known as the commander of the victorious American naval forces at the battle of Lake Champlain during the War of 1812. He had two brothers, James Edward Fisher (1825-1849) and Charles Shaler (1818-1871). Augustus was a member of the Century Club, and for a time served as its secretary.[Compiled from sources and references recorded on CMS]

Bibliography

1909
Macdonough, Rodney. Life of Commodore Thomas Macdonough, U.S. Navy Boston, 1909.
1995
Miles, Ellen G. American Paintings of the Eighteenth Century. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. Washington, D.C., 1995: 261-263 (on Stuart's portrait of Thomas Macdonough)

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