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Benson John Lossing Collection

Title: Benson John Lossing Collection

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Terry family papers, 1795-1939

Title: Terry family papers 1795-1939

Papers of five family members, the children and daughter-in-law of Alfred and Clarissa Terry, make up the major part of the collection. The most prominent figure is Alfred Howe Terry, a Civil War general in the Union army, whose correspondence and military papers relate to the Fitz-John Porter case, the Indian campaigns (1870s) and reminiscences of military service and the Civil War. Included are orders for the court martial of General Custer and drawings supposedly given to Terry by Sitting Bull. Other family members include his brother, Adrian, who also served in the Civil War, and Adrian's wife, Isadore Wright Terry, whose correspondence includes letters from her husband during the war describing his experiences.

ArchivalResource: 5 linear feet (13 boxes)

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Terry family. Terry family papers, 1795-1939 (inclusive).

Title: Terry family papers, 1795-1939 (inclusive).

Papers of five family members, the children and daughter-in-law of Alfred and Clarissa Terry, make up the major part of the collection. The most prominent figure is Alfred Howe Terry, a Civil War general in the Union army, whose correspondence and military papers relate to the Fitz-John Porter case, the Indian campaigns (1870s) and reminiscences of military service and the Civil War. Included are orders for the court martial of General Custer and drawings supposedly given to Terry by Sitting Bull. Other family members include his brother, Adrian, who also served in the Civil War, and Adrian's wife, Isadore Wright Terry, whose correspondence includes letters from her husband during the war describing his experiences. The papers of Elizabeth Howe Terry include a diary (1875) kept on an ocean voyage to Europe, while the papers of Harriet Wadsworth Terry, the second lady principal of Vassar College, are largely made up of family correspondence. Papers of other family members and memorabilia, including Civil War mementos and a prescription for the cure of cholera make up the remainder of the papers.

ArchivalResource: 5 linear ft. (13 boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702153523 View

Lossing, Benson John, 1813-1891. Benson John Lossing correspondence and flyleaf engraving, 1863-1887.

Title: Benson John Lossing correspondence and flyleaf engraving, 1863-1887.

ALS (1863 January 25; Willard's Hotel) from Lossing to his wife, Helen Sweet Lossing, regarding his discussion with Abraham Lincoln concerning the Emancipation Proclamation and Lossing's photograph of the proclamation; ALS (1865 November 11; Poughkeepsie, N.Y.) to Thomas A. Emmet pertaining to social affairs; ALS (1867 January 12; Poughkeepsie, N.Y.) to Albert Wadhams regarding seals; ALS (1866 August 30; Dover Plains, N.Y.) to Edgar F. Gladwin pertaining to national politics and the Civil War; ALS (1887 January 14; Dover Plains, N.Y.) to Mrs. Schuyler Van Rensselaer regarding a portrait of Mary Ball Washington and the controversy surrounding "Major" Walter and George Washington family portraits made by James Sharples; and an undated flyleaf engraving of Lossing.

ArchivalResource: 6 items.

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Lossing, Helen Sweet, 1834-. Papers of Helen S. Lossing [manuscript], 1892-1912.

Title: Papers of Helen S. Lossing [manuscript], 1892-1912.

The collection contains letters and a document pertaining to autograph documents believed stolen by Benson John Lossing from the state archives in Richmond, Va., in 1865. The collection contains two letters from Mrs. Lossing. A letter to a Mr. [Charles?] Burns, 1892, discusses her husband's work in preserving the history of the country and takes issue with the statehood of Virginia, 1861-1865. A letter to Robert F. Wilkinson, 1897, concerns a law suit over ownership of autographs collected by her husband. Four letters from Wilkinson, 1897, and one from Stephen G. Guernsey, 1912, to Mrs. Lossing concern the suit and the state of Virginia's claims. With the collection is a list of autographs in Mrs. Lossing's possession [claimed by the state of Virginia?].

ArchivalResource: 7 items.

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Lossing, Benson John, 1813-1891. Papers of Benson John Lossing [manuscript], 1852-1892.

Title: Papers of Benson John Lossing [manuscript], 1852-1892.

The collection contains manuscripts of "Columbus: his place in history," an obituary "John Wakefield Francis," a biography "Henry Wadsworth Longfellow," a short quotation about uttering truths, and an article "Lossing's field book of the American Revolution," published as a letter to the editor of "The American Whig Review." Correspondence discusses his writings and sources; a published attack on Elizabeth Oakes Smith; autograph collecting; Justus Starr Redfield's bitter review of his own life, discussion of travel and life in Italy, history of Otrauto and desire to write about it, and dismay at the course of the Civil War; a letter from Washington to Hamilton; a memorial to soldiers of Dutchess County (N.Y.); and the deaths of Henry Theodore Tuckerman, Joseph Green Cogswell, and Sidney Edwards Morse. Also prints sent to Charles Colcock Jones; the publishing schedule of the "American historical record . . ."; Vassar College; inability to subscribe to a book by William Leete Stone; a church convention; the promotion of William? Henry Adriance to lieutenant; the death of his wife; the publication of his books on the War of 1812 and the U.S. centennial; the return of a portrait of General Montgomery; a visit to the Philadelphia Centennial exhibition; a reception for Don Pedro; and family news. There is also a copyright agreement with Mason Brothers; an agreement with Francis Baker and George Edward Perine; and a memo concerning a loan. Correspondents include Charles C. Burr, Lewis J. Cist, Harvey G. Eastman, John W. Francis, Samuel W. Francis, James L. Graham, Charles Colcock Jones, Edwin D. Morgan, Justus Starr Redfield, Elizabeth Oakes Smith, William L. Stone, and John W. Thornton.

ArchivalResource: 29 items.

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