Correspondence, 1841-1890.

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Correspondence, 1841-1890.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/84666723

This collection contains letters either to or from engraver and editor Benson J. Lossing. Correspondence with sculptor John Rogers concerns prints and reviews of each other's work. Letters from Lucy Peale discuss personal matters and the work of her husband's father. Other correspondence includes business requests, personal news, and invitations to social functions. One item has a letterhead engraved by Lossing. As well, the collection contains a sketch of Sacketts Harbor, New York, and a note about engraving it.

1 folder : ill. ; 26 cm.

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Peale family.

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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...

Rogers, John, 1829-1904

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John Rogers (1829-1904) was born in Salem, Mass., and received his education in the Boston public schools. While employed in various jobs he began to model in clay during his leisure hours and in 1858-1859 spent time in Rome studying methods of reproducing clay groups in plaster form. On his return, he went to Chicago where he exhibited, for a charity fair, "The Checker Players," a group in clay that attracted much favorable attention. During the Civil War, he modeled small statuette groups, mos...