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Manuscripts
A collection of material related to the work and family of Benson John Lossing; the collection contains correspondence, family papers, photographs, drawings, documents, and ephemera. The correspondence includes letters written by Lossing and addressed to him; maps and photographs of The Ridge, Lossing's home in Dover Plains, New York; engravings and drawings; genealogical material; financial documents including insurance papers, estate inventories, accounts, and deeds. The collection also includes the diaries kept by Lossing's children Edwin John Lossing and Helen Lossing Johnson; surveys conducted by the Bureau of Ordnance of the U. S. Navy, and a Treasurer's daybook for Dutchess County, New York from 1836 to 1842, kept by Nehemiah Sweet, Lossing's father-in-law. The material in this addenda has been sorted but not fully cataloged.
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Manuscripts
A collection of material related to the work and family of Benson John Lossing; the collection contains correspondence, family papers, photographs, drawings, documents, and ephemera. The correspondence includes letters written by Lossing and addressed to him; maps and photographs of The Ridge, Lossing's home in Dover Plains, New York; engravings and drawings; genealogical material; financial documents including insurance papers, estate inventories, accounts, and deeds. The collection also includes the diaries kept by Lossing's children Edwin John Lossing and Helen Lossing Johnson; surveys conducted by the Bureau of Ordnance of the U. S. Navy, and a Treasurer's daybook for Dutchess County, New York from 1836 to 1842, kept by Nehemiah Sweet, Lossing's father-in-law. The material in this addenda has been sorted but not fully cataloged.
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