02695cpcaa2200481 4500 mm 79002867 DLC 20260227111641.0 790802|||||||||||| eng mm 79002867 DLC dacs DLC DLC L lcmd Lossing, Benson John, 1813-1891. Benson John Lossing correspondence and flyleaf engraving, 1863-1887. 6 items. Open to research. ALS (1863 January 25; Willard's Hotel) from Lossing to his wife, Helen Sweet Lossing, regarding his discussion with Abraham Lincoln concerning the Emancipation Proclamation and Lossing's photograph of the proclamation; ALS (1865 November 11; Poughkeepsie, N.Y.) to Thomas A. Emmet pertaining to social affairs; ALS (1867 January 12; Poughkeepsie, N.Y.) to Albert Wadhams regarding seals; ALS (1866 August 30; Dover Plains, N.Y.) to Edgar F. Gladwin pertaining to national politics and the Civil War; ALS (1887 January 14; Dover Plains, N.Y.) to Mrs. Schuyler Van Rensselaer regarding a portrait of Mary Ball Washington and the controversy surrounding "Major" Walter and George Washington family portraits made by James Sharples; and an undated flyleaf engraving of Lossing. In part, negative photocopy and typewritten transcript. [S.l.]. Historian, author, editor, and wood-engraver. Collection material in English. Forms part of: Miscellaneous Manuscripts collection. Emmet, Thomas A. (Thomas Addis) Correspondence. Gladwin, Edgar F. Correspondence. Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865. Lossing, Helen Sweet, -1912 Correspondence. Sharples, James, 1752-1811. Van Rensselaer, Schuyler, Mrs., 1851-1934 Correspondence. Wadhams, Albert Correspondence. Washington, George, 1732-1799 Family. Washington, Mary Ball, 1708-1789. United States. President (1861-1865 : Lincoln). Emancipation Proclamation. Seals (Numismatics) United States History Civil War, 1861-1865. United States Politics and government 19th century. Authors. itoamc Editors. itoamc Engravers. itoamc Historians. itoamc 41151 41151