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Lossing, Benson John, 1813-1891

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  • Existence: 1813 - 1891

Benson John Lossing (1813-1891), American historian.
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Found in 18 Collections and/or Records:

"Beyond the Mississippi", undated

 Part of Collection — Box: 36, Folder: GROUP 580, F-18
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC
Scope and Contents: Draft, autograph, corrected and signed, of an account of Hernando de Soto's expedition along the Mississippi River in 1541 and 1542.
Dates: undated
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Yale Collection of American Literature manuscript miscellany > L > LOSSING, BENSON JOHN, 1813-1891

"Col. Joe Daviess", n.d.

 Part of Collection — Box: 36, Folder: GROUP 580, F-8
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC
Scope and Contents: Notes, holograph, corrected, with verse attributed to Robert Marsh in unidentified hand.
Dates: n.d.
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Yale Collection of American Literature manuscript miscellany > L > LOSSING, BENSON JOHN, 1813-1891

Letter : 71 Nassau St., to H[enry] S[tephens] Randall, Secy. of State, Albany , 1853 February 12

 Part of Collection — Box: 36, Folder: GROUP 580, F-17
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC
Scope and Contents: 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.
Dates: 1853 February 12
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Yale Collection of American Literature manuscript miscellany > L > LOSSING, BENSON JOHN, 1813-1891

Letter : Poughkeepsie, N. Y., to Henry B. Dawson, 1860 Mar 13

 Part of Collection — Box: 36, Folder: GROUP 580, F-11
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC
Scope and Contents: ALS requesting research assistance.
Dates: 1860 Mar 13
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Yale Collection of American Literature manuscript miscellany > L > LOSSING, BENSON JOHN, 1813-1891

Letter : Poughkeepsie, N. Y., to Isaac N. Arnold, 1865 Jun 15

 Part of Collection — Box: 36, Folder: GROUP 580, F-15
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC
Scope and Contents: ALS introducing H. G. Eastman.
Dates: 1865 Jun 15
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Yale Collection of American Literature manuscript miscellany > L > LOSSING, BENSON JOHN, 1813-1891

Letter : Poughkeepsie, N. Y., to J. Carson Brevoort, 1858 Dec 28

 Part of Collection — Box: 36, Folder: GROUP 580, F-4
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC
Scope and Contents: ALS thanking Brevoort for a copy of Washington's Diary and expressing a desire to meet.
Dates: 1858 Dec 28
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Yale Collection of American Literature manuscript miscellany > L > LOSSING, BENSON JOHN, 1813-1891

Letter : Poughkeepsie, N. Y., to Nath[aniel] Paine, 1863 Jan 9

 Part of Collection — Box: 36, Folder: GROUP 580, F-12
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC
Scope and Contents: ALS replying to a note and discussing publication of his "Pictorial Field Book of the War of 1812."
Dates: 1863 Jan 9
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Yale Collection of American Literature manuscript miscellany > L > LOSSING, BENSON JOHN, 1813-1891

Letter : The Ridge, Dover Plains, N. Y., to George [Ehset?], 1876 Feb 14

 Part of Collection — Box: 36, Folder: GROUP 580, F-9
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC
Scope and Contents: ALS concerning research for a publication, with extract of letter to publishers on verso.
Dates: 1876 Feb 14
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Yale Collection of American Literature manuscript miscellany > L > LOSSING, BENSON JOHN, 1813-1891

Letter : The Ridge, Dover Plains, N. Y., to John B. Alden, 1888 Jan 6

 Part of Collection — Box: 36, Folder: GROUP 580, F-13
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC
Scope and Contents: ALS replying to a letter and mentioning the Provident Book Company.
Dates: 1888 Jan 6
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Yale Collection of American Literature manuscript miscellany > L > LOSSING, BENSON JOHN, 1813-1891

Letter : The Ridge, Dover Plains, N. Y., to Samuel W. Francis, Newport, R. I., 1875 Aug 5

 Part of Collection — Box: 36, Folder: GROUP 580, F-3
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC
Scope and Contents: ALS promising to return unspecified autograph materials and offering to send a copy of a published, unidentified work.
Dates: 1875 Aug 5
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Yale Collection of American Literature manuscript miscellany > L > LOSSING, BENSON JOHN, 1813-1891

Letter : The Ridge, Dover Plains, N.Y., to R[ichard] W[atson] Gilder, 1871 July 31

 Part of Collection — Box: 36, Folder: GROUP 580, F-1
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC
Scope and Contents: 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.
Dates: 1871 July 31
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Yale Collection of American Literature manuscript miscellany > L > LOSSING, BENSON JOHN, 1813-1891

Letter : The Ridge, Dover Plains, to Francis Amasa Walker, 1876 Aug 14

 Part of Collection — Box: 36, Folder: GROUP 580, F-2
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC
Scope and Contents: ALS thanking Walker for speaking to the Secretary of the Interior, which helped with the acquisition of an atlas.
Dates: 1876 Aug 14
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Yale Collection of American Literature manuscript miscellany > L > LOSSING, BENSON JOHN, 1813-1891

Letter : The Ridge, Dover Plans, N. Y., to Messrs Funk & Wagnalls, [18]88 Mar 31

 Part of Collection — Box: 36, Folder: GROUP 580, F-14
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC
Scope and Contents: ALS concerning publication of an unidentified work.
Dates: [18]88 Mar 31
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Yale Collection of American Literature manuscript miscellany > L > LOSSING, BENSON JOHN, 1813-1891

Letter : The Ridges, Dover Plains, N. Y., to A. G. Constable, 1873 October 8

 Part of Collection — Box: 36, Folder: GROUP 580, F-16
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC
Scope and Contents: ALS providing corrections to the Dictionary of Dates.
Dates: 1873 October 8
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Yale Collection of American Literature manuscript miscellany > L > LOSSING, BENSON JOHN, 1813-1891

Letter : to [Mr. Headly], 1856 Jan 12

 Part of Collection — Box: 36, Folder: GROUP 580, F-5
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC
Scope and Contents: ALS concerning a legal matter.
Dates: 1856 Jan 12
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Yale Collection of American Literature manuscript miscellany > L > LOSSING, BENSON JOHN, 1813-1891

Letters, 1853

 Part of Collection — Box: 36, Folder: GROUP 580, F-10
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC
Scope and Contents: Two ALS from F. J. Huntington, one ALS from Thomas C. Fanning, and one ALS from Thayer Bridgeman Fanning regarding a publishing project.
Dates: 1853
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Yale Collection of American Literature manuscript miscellany > L > LOSSING, BENSON JOHN, 1813-1891

Note : to Mr. [Butler?], n.d.

 Part of Collection — Box: 36, Folder: GROUP 580, F-6
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC
Scope and Contents: ANS concerning an editorial suggestion.
Dates: n.d.
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Yale Collection of American Literature manuscript miscellany > L > LOSSING, BENSON JOHN, 1813-1891

Ticket of admission to a lecture by Lossing, [ca. 1863 Apr]

 Part of Collection — Box: 36, Folder: GROUP 580, F-7
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC
Scope and Contents: Printed "Family Card of Admission" to a lecture by Lossing on the "Present Condition and Future Prospects of the Country," Eastman's National Business College, April 4, 1863.
Dates: [ca. 1863 Apr]
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Yale Collection of American Literature manuscript miscellany > L > LOSSING, BENSON JOHN, 1813-1891