Letter : New York, to Benson J. Lossing, 1882 Nov 20.

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Letter : New York, to Benson J. Lossing, 1882 Nov 20.

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Letter from Gardner Quincy Colton to Benson J. Lossing, in response to the latter's request for information for his proposed history of New York. Colton discusses his first use of (nitrous oxide) anesthesia with Horace Wells on 11 December 1844 and his subsequent role as provider of nitrous oxide anesthesia for dentists in New York. An added page describes his upbringing.

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Yale University, Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library

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Yale University, Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library

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Colton, G. Q. (Gardner Quincy), 1814-1898

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Benson J. Lossing published The Empire State: a compendious history of the commonwealth of New York, in 1887. From the description of Letter : New York, to Benson J. Lossing, 1882 Nov 20. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 703640291 From the description of Letter : New York, to Benson J. Lossing, 1882 Nov 20. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702162514 ...

Wells, Horace, 1815-1848

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Dentist of Hartford, Conn. From the description of Papers, 1839-1860. (Duke University). WorldCat record id: 35663716 ...

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...