Collection of papers of Benson John Lossing : Addenda 3, ca. 1865 - ca. 1900.

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Collection of papers of Benson John Lossing : Addenda 3, ca. 1865 - ca. 1900.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/228734097

Collection of correspondence, papers, photographs, drawings, documents, etc. pertaining to Benson John Lossing and his family. Included are: letters written by Lossing and addressed to him; maps and photographs of The Ridge, his home in Dover Plains, N.Y., engravings, drawings, and photographs, prints, genealogical material, insurance papers, estate inventories, newspaper clippings, accounts, deeds, diplomas, and other family documents. Also included are diaries of Lossing's children Edwin John Lossing and Helen Lossing Johnson, surveys conducted by the Bureau of Ordnance of U. S. Navy, and Treasurer's daybook for Dutchess Co., New York kept in 1836-1842 by Nehemiah Sweet, Lossing's father-in-law.

Approx. 1000 pieces.3 boxes.

Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens

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United States. Navy Dept. Bureau of Ordnance.

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Johnson, Helen Lossing

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Johnson, Helen Lossing, 1865-1946.

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Lossing, Edwin John

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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...