Collection of papers of Benson John Lossing, 1825-1906 (bulk 1848-1890).

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Collection of papers of Benson John Lossing, 1825-1906 (bulk 1848-1890).

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Original manuscripts of Lossing's published and unpublished works, his travel notebooks, drawings, and sketches. Included are materials related to The American Centenary, The Empire State: A Compendious Hhistory of the Commonwealth of New York, Our Countrymen, or, Brief Memoirs of Eminent Americans, Pictorial Field Book of the Revolution, Pictorial Field-book of the War of 1812, Harper's Popular Cyclopedia of United States History, Universal History, and other works. Also included are pocket notebooksthat Lossing kept during his travels to the battlefields of the Civil War in 1864-1866. Lossing's correspondence, chiefly letters addressed to him, reflecting his literary interests and research methods.

289 pieces.

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...