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Benson John Lossing original holograph manuscript

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Description: Literary manuscript : original holograph manuscript, unsigned, of B.J. Lossing's biographical sketch of "John Paul Jones." Bound in half morocco. With alterations, additions and corrections throughout in Lossing's hand, mostly in ink.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 18--.
Call number: mssHM 84183
Creator: Lossing, Benson J (1813-1891)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Purchased from David J. Holmes, Autographs, February 1997.
Restrictions: Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.
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Benson John Lossing drawings

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A collection of material related to the life and career of Benson John Lossing. The collection includes correspondence, documents, drawings, photographs, a ciphering book, printed material, and ephemera. The correspondence deals with Lossing's business and social affairs; also included are letters written by his son, Edwin Lossing, concerning his position and the loss of it in the United States Navy. The drawings range from rough pencil sketches to finished ink wash drawings; a majority of them are identified. The eighteen photographs were probably used as illustrations in his books. There are also miscellaneous photographic prints, newspaper clippings, and ephemera.

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Benson John Lossing papers

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A collection of material related to the life and work of Benson John Lossing. The collection includes his original manuscripts of published and unpublished works, travel notebooks, drawings, and sketches; also included are letters, chiefly addressed to Lossing, reflecting his literary interests and research methods. Many of the manuscripts include Lossing's notes, revisions, corrections, and additions. The published works include: The American Centenary (1876); The Empire State: A Compendious History of the Commonwealth of New York (1888); Our Countrymen, or, Brief Memoirs of Eminent Americans (1855); Pictorial Field Book of the Revolution (1850 to 1852); Pictorial Field Book of the War of 1812 (1868); Harper's Popular Cyclopedia of United States History (1881), and other works. The pocket notebooks were kept by Lossing during his travels to the battlefields of the Civil War from 1864 to 1866.

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Benson John Lossing papers addenda 2

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Edwin John Lossing diary; Benson John Lossing notebook; newspaper clippings

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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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Benson John Lossing papers addenda 3

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Print of George Washington, presented to Benson John Lossing

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Benson John Lossing original holograph manuscript

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