Collection of papers of Benson John Lossing : Addenda 1, 1740-1928 (bulk 1855-1885).

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Collection of papers of Benson John Lossing : Addenda 1, 1740-1928 (bulk 1855-1885).

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Family and business letters relating to Benson John Lossing. Included are 130 letters, many illustrated with sketches that Lossing wrote to his family during his travels in the preparation for his Pictorial Field-Book of the Revolution. There are also some 135 letters, chiefly retained copies, from Lossing to his scholarly associates and publishers. Also included are Lossing's diaries, notebooks, manuscripts, and pencil drawings, many of them unidentified. The Miscellaneous portion contains unidentified manuscripts, drawings, photographs, sketches, and notes, some of them belonging to his daughter Alice, printed biographical pamphlets and small scrapbook relating to Benson John Lossing, genealogical materials concerning the Lossing and other related families, photographs, newspaper clippings, forms, and other ephemera.

2350 pieces.30 boxes; including 32 bound volumes.

Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens

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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...