Henry Evelyn Pierrepont correspondence about Gilbert Stuart portrait of George Washington 1796-1888

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Henry Evelyn Pierrepont correspondence about Gilbert Stuart portrait of George Washington 1796-1888

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Correspondence between Henry Evelyn Pierrepont and others (including George Champlin Mason and Benson J. Lossing) regarding the Gilbert Stuart portrait of George Washington first owned by William Constable and later bequeathed to The New York Public Library by Alexander Hamilton (1815-1889). Includes miscellaneous other material

.1 linear foot (1 volume)

New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division

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SNAC Resource ID: 6313837

New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division

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Mason, George C. (George Champlin), 1820-1894

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George C. Mason, Jr. (1849-1924) was born on August 8, 1849, in Newport, Rhode Island, the son of prominent Newport architect, George C. (1820-1894) and Frances (Dean) Mason. At the age of eighteen, George C. Mason, Jr. entered his father’s successful architectural firm and by 1871 was made a full partner of the firm. George C. Mason and Son remained in operation until his father’s death in 1894. In January 1888, he moved to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, after marrying Sa...

Pierrepont, Henry Evelyn, 1808-1888

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1768 Hezekiah Beers Pierpont born in New Haven, Connecticut 1790 H.B. Pierpont moved to New York City 1793 Mercantile partnership Leffingwell and Pierpont founded 1800 Leffingwell and Pierpont dissolved ...

Washington, George, 1732-1799

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George Washington (b. Feb. 22, 1732, Westmoreland County, Va.-d. Dec. 14, 1799, Mount Vernon, VA) was the first president of the United States, serving from 1789 to 1797. Washington came from a family of farmers and landowners. He had little education but showed an aptitude for mathematics. He used this talent to become a surveyor. At 15, Washington took a job as assistant surveyor on a team sent to map the Shenandoah Valley in western Virginia. In his early 20s, Washington joined the Virgin...

Stuart, Gilbert, 1755-1828

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Lossing, Benson John, 1813-1891

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Historian, author. From the description of Transcriptions of documents, n.d. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122583022 Wood engraver, author, editor. From the description of Benson J. Lossing papers, 1861-1891. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 51576931 From the description of Papers, 1861-1891. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155519295 Benson John Lossing, editor, illustrator, and historian born in New York. Edited the Poughkeepsie Telegraph, Poughk...