CHARACTER SKETCH

NAME John Andre

NICKNAME unknown

APPEARANCE Tidy, with a bit of horse poop on his shoes.

HAIR –STYLE-COLOR-TYPE-TEXTURE Brown, but unsure if his hair was his own or actually a wig like the men wore in the 18^th Century.

EYES –GLASSES-CONTACTS- Brown, no glasses

WEIGHT unknown

COLORING Medium

EIGHT abt. 5’’7”

BUILD Slight

FACIAL FEATURES –LIPS, EYEBROWS, LASHES, JAW LINE, NOSE

Eyebrows slightly bushy.

VOICE –ACCENT – WAY OF TALKING British accent, but not that pronounced.

FAMILY Loyalist wife, Parents were French Hugonots that had fled to England. Three sisters and one brother. Was said to have joined the Army due to a broken heart over the girl he’d actually wanted to marry.

CONNECTION TO ME ‘Guest’ aboard Seaview, thanks to Mr. Pemm’s travel device.

BEST FRIENDS/ENEMIES Congenial Enemy

ETHNIC/CULTURAL BACKGROUND Northern European

SCHOOLING St. Paul’s school, Westminster, London, Geneva, Switzerland, Fluent in French, German, and Italian

OCUPATIONS PRESENT-PREVIOUS Rank of Major in the British Army, (appointed deputy Adjutant General (position, not rank) with General Clinton’s staff.

HOBBIES Writing poetry, painting, music, acting. Attractive, musician, poet and actor;

POLITICAL PREFERENCES Loyal subject of King George 3^rd. According to Gen. Washington, Andre was ‘more unfortunate than criminal.’

LIKES See hobbies.

DISLIKES Unknown, except he was concerned about being in civies when doing his duty to the British Crown and Benedict Arnold. Certainly didn’t like that he was to be hung as a spy. It wasn’t that he was to be executed, he said, but the method. He’d have preferred to be shot. As it was, from all reports, the hanging was quick and he expired instantly unlike many hangings of the time.

MOVIES/BOOKS/PLAYS unknown but surely enjoyed the literary words of the time.

FOODS Unknown

SPORTS Unknown

FEARS/PHOBIAS That his mother wouldn’t be taken care of after his death. (she was) His execution was mourned by friend and foe alike.

QUIRKS Unknown

CHARACTER FLAWS Unknown

FAVORITE EXPRESSIONS/ TYPICAL GESTURES Unknown

CHILDHOOD/TEEN MEMORY Unknown

ROLE MODEL Did his duty as he saw it.

TEN WORDS TO SUM UP WHAT I THINK OF THIS PERSON

I couldn’t help feeling sorry for this very likeable fellow. Political differences aside, I think we could have been friends.

TEN WORDS HOW THIS PERSON AFFECTED MY LIFE

I enjoyed meeting the man for real, finding him quite different from the scoundrel he appears as in history books.

WHAT I’D SAY TO THIS PERSON IF WE MET TODAY

I’ll make sure the history books get your true ‘self’ down at least.

WHAT I WISH I HADN’T SAID /DONE TO THIS PERSON

Well, it wasn’t something I said, but one of the deck watch, something about wiping his feet. Seems rather irrelevant now.

I did a bit more research about him after we parted and Seaview returned to the present. His body was originally buried under the gallows, later, it was returned to England and he was buried with honors in Westminster Abbey.

‘If only’ keeps running through my mind regarding the man. A different time and circumstance, who knows what would have become of such a genial gentleman.