Letters of Benson John Lossing [manuscript] 1861-89.

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Letters of Benson John Lossing [manuscript] 1861-89.

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1861 June 9, Poughkeepsie, N.Y., to H.G. Jones, Esq. (1 p.) ; 1872 June 15, Dover Plains, N.Y., to Isaac Shelden (2 p. on 1 l.) ; 1873 March 15, Dover Plains, N.Y., to Ainsworth Rand Spofford, Librarian of Congress, Washington, D.C. (2 p. on 1 l.) ; 1877 April 24, Dover Plains, N.Y., to Col. Hollingsworth, Supt., Mount Vernon estate Va. concerning a Jean Antoine Houdon bust of George Washington (3 p. on 2 l.) ; 1878 Dec. 15, Dover Plains, N.Y., to Ellridge Henry Goss, Melrose, Mass. (2 p. on 1 l.) ; 1889 April 13, Dover Plains, N.Y., to Col. Frank Marx Etting, concerning the signings of the U.S. Declaration of Independence (4 p. on 2 l.).

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Spofford, Ainsworth Rand, 1825-1908

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Ainsworth Rand Spofford (September 12, 1825 – August 11, 1908) was an American journalist and the sixth Librarian of Congress. Spofford was born in Gilmanton, New Hampshire. Ill health prevented him from attending Amherst College. He instead, at age 19, moved to Cincinnati, Ohio, where he became a bookseller, publisher, and newspaper man. In 1849 Spofford founded the Literary Club of Cincinnati with John Celivergos Zachos, Stanley Matthews (judge) and 9 others founded. One year later Ruthe...

Houdon, Jean-Antoine, 1741-1828

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French sculptor. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Paris, to "citoyen Bayard", 1795 Apr. 30. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269532825 From the description of Letter, 1793 Dec. 30. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 83030569 Versailles 1741-1828 Paris. From the description of Bust of Benjamin Franklin [object]. ca. 1779. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270906565 ...

Goss, Elbridge Henry, 1830-1908

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Elbridge Henry Goss (1830-1908) was an active participant in the civic life of Melrose, Mass., and an author of books of local historical interest. He was an auditor, water registrar, trustee of the public library, alderman, treasurer of the Melrose Savings Bank, and member of the Massachusetts legislature. His books include a local history of Melrose, _The Melrose Memorial_; _Early Bells of Massachusetts_; and a two volume work on the _Life of Colonel Paul Revere_. From the descript...

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...

Jones, H. G., Esq.,

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Etting, Frank M. (Frank Marx)

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Shelden, Isaac,

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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...

Hollingsworth, S., Colonel,

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