TY - GEN AU - Lossing,Benson John TI - Benson John Lossing correspondence and flyleaf engraving, KW - Emmet, Thomas A. KW - Gladwin, Edgar F. KW - Lincoln, Abraham, KW - Lossing, Helen Sweet, KW - Sharples, James, KW - Van Rensselaer, Schuyler, KW - Wadhams, Albert KW - Washington, George, KW - Washington, Mary Ball, KW - United States KW - President (1861-1865 : Lincoln) KW - Emancipation Proclamation KW - Seals (Numismatics) KW - History KW - Civil War, 1861-1865 KW - Politics and government KW - 19th century KW - Authors KW - itoamc KW - Editors KW - Engravers KW - Historians N1 - Open to research; In part, negative photocopy and typewritten transcript; [S.l.] N2 - 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 ER -