Hello Dennis, The dial is not listed in the NASS registry or on Waymarking.com. Google only finds the Alice Morse Earle reference.
The geographical reference is vague. Menands is a small suburb of Albany NY, 3 km up the Hudson River, halfway to Troy NY. There is a Hillside Cemetery 13 km due east near Poestenkill. Perhaps the dial is there. Regards, Roger Bailey From: Dennis Cowan Sent: Tuesday, July 16, 2013 1:29 PM To: [email protected] Subject: ABBOTSFORD SUNDIAL On behalf of the Abbotsford Trust who look after Sir Walter Scott's home in the Scottish Borders, I am trying to source a photograph or sketch of the small horizontal sundial that was placed in the gardens in 1817. The plinth and shaft are still in place but the dial has been missing for a number of years. In the book "Sundials and Roses of Yesterday", Alice Morse Earle notes that an exact reproduction was placed in a garden at Hillside, Menand's, New York. She shows a photo of the dial, but the detail cannot be seen. Any assistance in obtaining a photo or sketch showing the detail of the dial or any detail about its description would be very much appreciated. Regards Dennis Cowan www.sundialsofscotland.co.uk -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2013.0.3349 / Virus Database: 3204/6497 - Release Date: 07/16/13 ----- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2013.0.3349 / Virus Database: 3204/6498 - Release Date: 07/17/13
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