Lossing, Benson John, 1813-1891

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Draft, autograph, corrected and signed, of an account of Hernando de Soto's expedition along the Mississippi River in 1541 and 1542.

Abstract: The papers consist of correspondence, pamphlets, printed material, scrapbooks, sermons, and other papers relating to members of the Carrington family. Henry Beebee Carrington (1824-1912) and his grandfather, David Lewis Beebe (1763-1803), are two central figures in the papers. Material relating to David Lewis Beebe, including essays and sermons, documents his religious duties in Connecticut and family concerns in Ohio. Henry Beebee Carrington material includes correspondence, a diary, a...

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Notes, holograph, corrected, with verse attributed to Robert Marsh in unidentified hand.

Abstract: The papers consist of correspondence, writings, legal and financial material, congressional papers, family memorabilia, and other papers of various members of the Evarts family of Vermont, Boston, and New York. The principal figures, however, are Jeremiah Evarts (1781-1831), author, editor, lawyer, and philanthropist, and his son, William Maxwell Evarts (1818-1901), lawyer and statesman. The papers of Jeremiah Evarts relate to his work and writings on Congregational orthodoxy, his travels...

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One autograph letter, signed, soliciting Randall's help in getting one of his books, unidentified, into the school libraries. With autogaph manuscript note, on integral leaf, in an unidentified hand.

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ALS requesting research assistance.

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ALS introducing H. G. Eastman.

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ALS thanking Brevoort for a copy of Washington's Diary and expressing a desire to meet.

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ALS replying to a note and discussing publication of his "Pictorial Field Book of the War of 1812."

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ALS concerning research for a publication, with extract of letter to publishers on verso.

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ALS replying to a letter and mentioning the Provident Book Company.

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ALS promising to return unspecified autograph materials and offering to send a copy of a published, unidentified work.

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ALS regarding the correct spelling of the name Miantonomoh and an unspecified place name, and the etymology of the name of Schroon Lake. Accompanied by a photograph of gates at an entrance to Harvard Yard, Harvard University, showing Harvard Hall on the left and Massachusetts Hall on the right.

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ALS thanking Walker for speaking to the Secretary of the Interior, which helped with the acquisition of an atlas.

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ALS concerning publication of an unidentified work.

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ALS providing corrections to the Dictionary of Dates.

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ALS concerning a legal matter.

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Two ALS from F. J. Huntington, one ALS from Thomas C. Fanning, and one ALS from Thayer Bridgeman Fanning regarding a publishing project.

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The collection consists of the papers of author and wood engraver W. J. Linton, including personal and professional correspondence, writings by and about Linton, drawings and prints, personal papers, and other papers covering Linton's life and work in England and the United States. The papers are primarily those inherited by his daughters Ellen Wade Linton and Margaret Linton Mather, with additions from family friends.

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Miscellaneous Letters Collection is a collection of hundreds of individual letters or small groups of letters, mostly by physicians and scientists, either donated to the Historical Library or purchased.