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Refers to the attached circular which\n requests material for the \n Pictorial Field-Book of the War of\n 1812 and a history of the French domain and\n advertises his \n Pictorial Field Book of the\n Revolution . Outlines how he plans to approach the\n upcoming projects, including extensive travel to\n collect material. Mentions: \n Florida , \n Andrew Jackson , \n John Burgoyne , \n Quebec , Fond du Lac, French\n Jesuits and traders, \n New Orleans , \n Creek County . ]","[Thanks her for her rebuke of something published\n in the \n Daily Times of that day. Expresses shock at \"The\n indecency of your assailant's words and innuendos.\" A\n handwritten note on the back page says, \"Mr. Lossing\n here refers to an attack upon me by \n Anne Estelle ? Lewis . \"]","[Acknowledges receipt of and thanks for a\n photograph of Peale's ( ? \n Charles Willson Peale or \n James Peale ) etching of \n George Washington in 1787. Says\n he would appreciate having the photograph of a map he\n offered to send. Adds that he would like anything of\n the \"hoary\" past which he can send him. Relates some\n quotations in describing himself.]","[Explains why he has not written sooner. Regrets\n that he cannot help him, though he is flattered by\n Graham's intention to illustrate Lossing's \n Pictorial Field Book of Revolution for presentation to the historical society.\n Explains that he has few autographs and no\n duplicates. Says the papers he has used were borrowed\n and that the papers Graham saw in his room were\n placed in the state archives in \n Albany . Mentions that the papers\n of \n Philip John Schuyler which he now\n has will probably be placed in \"our Historical\n Society.\" Mentions: \n The Life and Times of Philip\n Schuyler . ]","[Asks for a promotion for \n William Henry ? Adriance to\n lieutenant in the 24th (Oswego) regiment. Mentions\n his bravery in \"the late 3 days' battles in \n Virginia . \" Gives background of\n attempts by others to gain his promotion. Mentions: \n Dewitt Clinton Littlejohn , Col.\n Rotch (in other handwriting in upper left\n corner.)]","[Mentions a letter from Lossing which didn't reach\n him. Expresses his regret at how little he has to\n show for 53 years of life. Mentions the loss of first\n his means of living and now his health (to \"breakbone\n fever\" [dengue]). Discusses the false belief that \n Italy 's climate is beneficial to\n invalids. Mentions the prevalence of both\n intermittent fever and influenza. Describes in depth\n the houses and humidity. Speaks of his wife \n Elizabeth Eaton Jones Redfield 's\n pulmonary problems. Says there is much to interest\n the traveller, but that a knowledge of the Italian\n language and history, as well as Greek history, is\n essential. Gives a brief history of \n Otraunto , including its sacking\n by the Turks in 1480. Mentions his own lack of\n knowledge of the area and his desire to write its\n history. Gives a colorful description of the olive\n trees. Speaks of the \"imbecility\" ruling in the \n United States and expresses his\n wish to have \n Thomas Jonathan (Stonewall)\n Jackson commanding the North instead of \n Abraham Lincoln , his Cabinet and\n \"half of his biggest generals.\" Compares the Battle\n of \n Fredericksburg (12/13 and 12/14)\n to the Battle at \n Richmond and the Bull Run\n Campaign. Begs Lossing to stop overworking himself\n and says his histories will benefit from his\n traveling to \n Europe now and writing later.\n Expresses pleasure that Archie is doing well and\n sends his and his wife's regards to Archie and his\n family. Mentions: Early Christians, \n Helen Sweet Lossing , Archie's\n mother, \n William Charles Redfield , \n John Gadsby Chapman , Temple of\n Minerva, \n Tarauto (Italy) , \n Naples (Italy) , Mahometanism, \n Joseph Kenny Meadows '\n \"Falstaff.\"]","[Mentions his failure to acknowledge McAllister's\n letter with an offer of assistance. Thanks him for\n the photo of Bishop Potter ( ? \n Alonzo Potter or \n Horatio Potter ). Says he's busy\n readying volume 1 of his \n Pictorial History (later Field Book) of the\n Civil War in the United States of America , (probably) for the press. Mentions that \n Lewis \"Lew\" Wallace and his wife \n Susan Arnold Wallace are their\n guests and that he spent the day before with Gen.\n Crawford (probably \n Samuel Wylie Crawford ).\n Expresses hope for restoration of Mrs. McAllister's\n health and says a visit at \n Benson John Lossing 's in the\n fall should be the finishing touch. Mentions:\n Fanny.]","[Says \n Harper and Brothers are about to\n put his \n Pictorial Field Book of the War of\n 1812 in type. Mentions an included sketch of the\n history of the two political parties of that time.\n Asks where he can find a copy of a 7-29-1792 letter\n from \n George Washington to \n Alexander Hamilton regarding\n Hamilton's uttering of \"Shameless political\n sentiment. Mentions: \n A Youth's History of the Great Civil War in\n the United States from 1861 to 1865 by \n Rushmore G. Horton . ]","[Answers a June 1866 letter which had arrived\n while he was in the South and had just surfaced. Says\n he wrote to \n Brantz Mayer for Etting's\n address. Encloses some photographs and returns the\n autographs of Count Rumford (pseudonym of \n Benjamin Thompson ). Speaks of\n his procrastination in making a drawing of the seal,\n but says he has now done both it and the signature.\n Asks if he has the motto on the ribbon, tells how he\n reads it and questions the repeat of the word \"lege.\"\n Mentions \n Edward Young . ]","[Regrets that he can't take part in the dedication\n of a memorial fountain honoring the soldiers of \n Duchess County . Describes a\n \"soldier's monument\" in \n Honesdale, PA , and expresses a\n desire for a similar one in \n Poughkeepsie near the fountain.\n Calls the objections of others to such a monument\n un-American. Mentions a sketch of the \n Honesdale one, which he promised\n to send to General smith but has mislaid. Mentions:\n Romans.]","[Thanks Francis for the copy of the \n Newport Daily News containing the notice of the death of \n Henry Theodore Tuckerman . Says \n Evert Augustus Duyckinck has just\n recommended that he ask Tuckermant to write a notice\n of \n Joseph Green Cogswell for\n Lossing's new magazine (probably \n American Historical Record and Repertory of\n Notes and Queries ), a prospectus of which is enclosed. Says\n he has prepared an obituary of Tuckerman. Says the\n evening paper reports the death of \n Sidney Edwards Morris . ]","[Mentions seeing the prints of ? \"Diez\" at Mr.\n Pierson's, the engraver. Says he told Pierson to send\n Jones 36 copies without charge and wonders if Jones\n received them.]","[Thanks for the letter and enclosures. Regrets not\n receiving the \n Cincinnati Commerical with its notice of Cist's collection in time\n to put a notice in the June issue. Says he received\n the catalogue a few days ago. Says apparently the\n notice didn't reach the publishers in time. Explains\n the publishing schedule of the \n American Historical Record and Repertory of\n Notes and Queries . Sympathizes with Cist's push with\n engagements and expresses appreciation of Cist's\n sending autographs. Discusses \n Vassar College , of which he has\n been trustee and cooperator. Says he will send a\n catalogue for this term.]","[Regrets that he can't subscribe to Stone's book\n due to financial problems. Mentions hard times\n affecting book sales and paying for stock for the\n farm.]","[Writes from a church convention describing his\n schedule and mentioning several conferences. Says \n Morgan Dix is seeking someone to\n write a history of Trinity Church. Says he is\n watching the papers for news of a certain ship being\n in port and will go on board to see Edwin if it is.\n Wishes Miriam and Alice could go on board with him\n and lays out a plan for their possible visit. Speaks\n briefly of his accommodations. Mentions: Mr. Weills,\n wife and daughter; \n Henry L. Ziegenfuss ; \n Stephen H. Synnot ; \n Robert Fulton Crary ; Le Grand\n Dodge; Mr. Sandford; \n William A. Davies ; \n Sheldon Davis ; \n Philander Kinney Cady ; \n Horatio Potter ; Mrs. Van Riper;\n \"Pet\"; Mr. Segelken.]","[Thanks Coffin for his letters and his interest in\n Lossing's autographs. Says he doesn't mean to sell\n them singly, but would be willing to sell the letter\n about which Coffin wrote. Asks for prices brought by\n various autographed letters at the Burnham Sale. Says\n he and Dr. Fogg have corresponded for twenty years.\n Says Fogg supplied one of the drawings engraved in\n his \n Pictorial History (later Field Book) of the\n Civil War in the United States of America . Mentions some information he recently\n supplied Fogg and his intention to write Fogg about\n his own collection. Thanks Coffin for suggestions\n concerning Fogg and the arrangement of annotations of\n Lossing's autographs. Expresses a desire to see the\n letters Coffin purchased at the sale. Speaks of much\n time spent cataloguing his own autographs. Thanks\n Coffin forallowing him to keep his Poore ? catalogue.\n Mentions: \n George Washington ; \n Nathanael Greene ; \n William Heath ; \n John Stark . ]","[Expresses sorrow at her illness; pleasure that\n she is better. Tells her not to worry about\n portraits. Tells her he has received three copies of\n \"our book\" (probably \n Hours with the Living Men and Women of the\n Revolution ) from \n Funk and Wagnalls . Says she\n shouldn't feel that writing him is a necessity.]","[ \n Mason Brothers is the firm name\n for \n Lowell Marson, Jr. and \n Daniel Gregory Mason . The\n document was witnessed by \n M. Aynes . ]","[It was witnessed by \n Helen R. M. Lossing and \n Y. L. Perine . In [1844] Perine\n published \n History of New York City by \n Benson John Lossing ;\n illustrations were engraved on steel by Perine.]","[Relates the history of the loan, which Cole\n forgave orally on July 17, 1881, saying he would\n destroy the note. A short memorandum dated May 1,\n 1886, says that Cole died without cancelling the note\n and that \n Benson John Lossing has paid in\n full. Mentions: Helen, Fanny, Panic of 1873.]","See the \n \n University of Virginia Library’s use policy.","","University of Virginia. Library. Special\n Collections Dept.","Harper and Brothers","Vassar College","Funk and Wagnalls","Mason Brothers","Benson John Lossing","John Wakefield Francis","Henry Wadsworth Longfellow","John Wingate Thornton","Andrew Jackson","John Burgoyne","Elizabeth Oakes\n Smith","Anne Estelle ? Lewis","William A. Whitman","Charles Willson Peale","James Peale","George Washington","James Lorimer Graham,\n Jr.","Philip John Schuyler","Edwin Denison Morgan","William Henry","Dewitt Clinton Littlejohn","Justus Starr Redfield","Elizabeth Eaton Jones Redfield","Thomas Jonathan (Stonewall)\n Jackson","Abraham Lincoln","Helen Sweet Lossing","William Charles Redfield","John Gadsby Chapman","Joseph Kenny Meadows","C. 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Refers to the attached circular which\n requests material for the \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003ePictorial Field-Book of the War of\n 1812\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003eand a history of the French domain and\n advertises his \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003ePictorial Field Book of the\n Revolution\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e. Outlines how he plans to approach the\n upcoming projects, including extensive travel to\n collect material. Mentions: \n \u003cgeogname\u003eFlorida\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eAndrew Jackson\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Burgoyne\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eQuebec\u003c/geogname\u003e, Fond du Lac, French\n Jesuits and traders, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eNew Orleans\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eCreek County\u003c/geogname\u003e. ]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Thanks her for her rebuke of something published\n in the \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eDaily Times\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003eof that day. Expresses shock at \"The\n indecency of your assailant's words and innuendos.\" A\n handwritten note on the back page says, \"Mr. Lossing\n here refers to an attack upon me by \n \u003cpersname\u003eAnne Estelle ? Lewis\u003c/persname\u003e. \"]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Acknowledges receipt of and thanks for a\n photograph of Peale's ( ? \n \u003cpersname\u003eCharles Willson Peale\u003c/persname\u003eor \n \u003cpersname\u003eJames Peale\u003c/persname\u003e) etching of \n \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge Washington\u003c/persname\u003ein 1787. Says\n he would appreciate having the photograph of a map he\n offered to send. Adds that he would like anything of\n the \"hoary\" past which he can send him. Relates some\n quotations in describing himself.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Explains why he has not written sooner. Regrets\n that he cannot help him, though he is flattered by\n Graham's intention to illustrate Lossing's \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003ePictorial Field Book of Revolution\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003efor presentation to the historical society.\n Explains that he has few autographs and no\n duplicates. Says the papers he has used were borrowed\n and that the papers Graham saw in his room were\n placed in the state archives in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eAlbany\u003c/geogname\u003e. Mentions that the papers\n of \n \u003cpersname\u003ePhilip John Schuyler\u003c/persname\u003ewhich he now\n has will probably be placed in \"our Historical\n Society.\" Mentions: \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Life and Times of Philip\n Schuyler\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e. ]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Asks for a promotion for \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Henry\u003c/persname\u003e? Adriance to\n lieutenant in the 24th (Oswego) regiment. Mentions\n his bravery in \"the late 3 days' battles in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eVirginia\u003c/geogname\u003e. \" Gives background of\n attempts by others to gain his promotion. Mentions: \n \u003cpersname\u003eDewitt Clinton Littlejohn\u003c/persname\u003e, Col.\n Rotch (in other handwriting in upper left\n corner.)]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Mentions a letter from Lossing which didn't reach\n him. Expresses his regret at how little he has to\n show for 53 years of life. Mentions the loss of first\n his means of living and now his health (to \"breakbone\n fever\" [dengue]). Discusses the false belief that \n \u003cgeogname\u003eItaly\u003c/geogname\u003e's climate is beneficial to\n invalids. Mentions the prevalence of both\n intermittent fever and influenza. Describes in depth\n the houses and humidity. Speaks of his wife \n \u003cpersname\u003eElizabeth Eaton Jones Redfield\u003c/persname\u003e's\n pulmonary problems. Says there is much to interest\n the traveller, but that a knowledge of the Italian\n language and history, as well as Greek history, is\n essential. Gives a brief history of \n \u003cgeogname\u003eOtraunto\u003c/geogname\u003e, including its sacking\n by the Turks in 1480. Mentions his own lack of\n knowledge of the area and his desire to write its\n history. Gives a colorful description of the olive\n trees. Speaks of the \"imbecility\" ruling in the \n \u003cgeogname\u003eUnited States\u003c/geogname\u003eand expresses his\n wish to have \n \u003cpersname\u003eThomas Jonathan (Stonewall)\n Jackson\u003c/persname\u003ecommanding the North instead of \n \u003cpersname\u003eAbraham Lincoln\u003c/persname\u003e, his Cabinet and\n \"half of his biggest generals.\" Compares the Battle\n of \n \u003cgeogname\u003eFredericksburg\u003c/geogname\u003e(12/13 and 12/14)\n to the Battle at \n \u003cgeogname\u003eRichmond\u003c/geogname\u003eand the Bull Run\n Campaign. Begs Lossing to stop overworking himself\n and says his histories will benefit from his\n traveling to \n \u003cgeogname\u003eEurope\u003c/geogname\u003enow and writing later.\n Expresses pleasure that Archie is doing well and\n sends his and his wife's regards to Archie and his\n family. Mentions: Early Christians, \n \u003cpersname\u003eHelen Sweet Lossing\u003c/persname\u003e, Archie's\n mother, \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Charles Redfield\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Gadsby Chapman\u003c/persname\u003e, Temple of\n Minerva, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eTarauto (Italy)\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eNaples (Italy)\u003c/geogname\u003e, Mahometanism, \n \u003cpersname\u003eJoseph Kenny Meadows\u003c/persname\u003e'\n \"Falstaff.\"]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Mentions his failure to acknowledge McAllister's\n letter with an offer of assistance. Thanks him for\n the photo of Bishop Potter ( ? \n \u003cpersname\u003eAlonzo Potter\u003c/persname\u003eor \n \u003cpersname\u003eHoratio Potter\u003c/persname\u003e). Says he's busy\n readying volume 1 of his \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003ePictorial History (later Field Book) of the\n Civil War in the United States of America\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e, (probably) for the press. Mentions that \n \u003cpersname\u003eLewis \"Lew\" Wallace\u003c/persname\u003eand his wife \n \u003cpersname\u003eSusan Arnold Wallace\u003c/persname\u003eare their\n guests and that he spent the day before with Gen.\n Crawford (probably \n \u003cpersname\u003eSamuel Wylie Crawford\u003c/persname\u003e).\n Expresses hope for restoration of Mrs. McAllister's\n health and says a visit at \n \u003cpersname\u003eBenson John Lossing\u003c/persname\u003e's in the\n fall should be the finishing touch. Mentions:\n Fanny.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Says \n \u003ccorpname\u003eHarper and Brothers\u003c/corpname\u003eare about to\n put his \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003ePictorial Field Book of the War of\n 1812\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003ein type. Mentions an included sketch of the\n history of the two political parties of that time.\n Asks where he can find a copy of a 7-29-1792 letter\n from \n \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge Washington\u003c/persname\u003eto \n \u003cpersname\u003eAlexander Hamilton\u003c/persname\u003eregarding\n Hamilton's uttering of \"Shameless political\n sentiment. Mentions: \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eA Youth's History of the Great Civil War in\n the United States from 1861 to 1865\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003eby \n \u003cpersname\u003eRushmore G. Horton\u003c/persname\u003e. ]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Answers a June 1866 letter which had arrived\n while he was in the South and had just surfaced. Says\n he wrote to \n \u003cpersname\u003eBrantz Mayer\u003c/persname\u003efor Etting's\n address. Encloses some photographs and returns the\n autographs of Count Rumford (pseudonym of \n \u003cpersname\u003eBenjamin Thompson\u003c/persname\u003e). Speaks of\n his procrastination in making a drawing of the seal,\n but says he has now done both it and the signature.\n Asks if he has the motto on the ribbon, tells how he\n reads it and questions the repeat of the word \"lege.\"\n Mentions \n \u003cpersname\u003eEdward Young\u003c/persname\u003e. ]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Regrets that he can't take part in the dedication\n of a memorial fountain honoring the soldiers of \n \u003cgeogname\u003eDuchess County\u003c/geogname\u003e. Describes a\n \"soldier's monument\" in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eHonesdale, PA\u003c/geogname\u003e, and expresses a\n desire for a similar one in \n \u003cgeogname\u003ePoughkeepsie\u003c/geogname\u003enear the fountain.\n Calls the objections of others to such a monument\n un-American. Mentions a sketch of the \n \u003cgeogname\u003eHonesdale\u003c/geogname\u003eone, which he promised\n to send to General smith but has mislaid. Mentions:\n Romans.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Thanks Francis for the copy of the \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eNewport Daily News\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003econtaining the notice of the death of \n \u003cpersname\u003eHenry Theodore Tuckerman\u003c/persname\u003e. Says \n \u003cpersname\u003eEvert Augustus Duyckinck\u003c/persname\u003ehas just\n recommended that he ask Tuckermant to write a notice\n of \n \u003cpersname\u003eJoseph Green Cogswell\u003c/persname\u003efor\n Lossing's new magazine (probably \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eAmerican Historical Record and Repertory of\n Notes and Queries\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e), a prospectus of which is enclosed. Says\n he has prepared an obituary of Tuckerman. Says the\n evening paper reports the death of \n \u003cpersname\u003eSidney Edwards Morris\u003c/persname\u003e. ]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Mentions seeing the prints of ? \"Diez\" at Mr.\n Pierson's, the engraver. Says he told Pierson to send\n Jones 36 copies without charge and wonders if Jones\n received them.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Thanks for the letter and enclosures. Regrets not\n receiving the \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eCincinnati Commerical\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003ewith its notice of Cist's collection in time\n to put a notice in the June issue. Says he received\n the catalogue a few days ago. Says apparently the\n notice didn't reach the publishers in time. Explains\n the publishing schedule of the \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eAmerican Historical Record and Repertory of\n Notes and Queries\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e. Sympathizes with Cist's push with\n engagements and expresses appreciation of Cist's\n sending autographs. Discusses \n \u003ccorpname\u003eVassar College\u003c/corpname\u003e, of which he has\n been trustee and cooperator. Says he will send a\n catalogue for this term.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Regrets that he can't subscribe to Stone's book\n due to financial problems. Mentions hard times\n affecting book sales and paying for stock for the\n farm.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Writes from a church convention describing his\n schedule and mentioning several conferences. Says \n \u003cpersname\u003eMorgan Dix\u003c/persname\u003eis seeking someone to\n write a history of Trinity Church. Says he is\n watching the papers for news of a certain ship being\n in port and will go on board to see Edwin if it is.\n Wishes Miriam and Alice could go on board with him\n and lays out a plan for their possible visit. Speaks\n briefly of his accommodations. Mentions: Mr. Weills,\n wife and daughter; \n \u003cpersname\u003eHenry L. Ziegenfuss\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eStephen H. Synnot\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eRobert Fulton Crary\u003c/persname\u003e; Le Grand\n Dodge; Mr. Sandford; \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam A. Davies\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eSheldon Davis\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003ePhilander Kinney Cady\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eHoratio Potter\u003c/persname\u003e; Mrs. Van Riper;\n \"Pet\"; Mr. Segelken.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Thanks Coffin for his letters and his interest in\n Lossing's autographs. Says he doesn't mean to sell\n them singly, but would be willing to sell the letter\n about which Coffin wrote. Asks for prices brought by\n various autographed letters at the Burnham Sale. Says\n he and Dr. Fogg have corresponded for twenty years.\n Says Fogg supplied one of the drawings engraved in\n his \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003ePictorial History (later Field Book) of the\n Civil War in the United States of America\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e. Mentions some information he recently\n supplied Fogg and his intention to write Fogg about\n his own collection. Thanks Coffin for suggestions\n concerning Fogg and the arrangement of annotations of\n Lossing's autographs. Expresses a desire to see the\n letters Coffin purchased at the sale. Speaks of much\n time spent cataloguing his own autographs. Thanks\n Coffin forallowing him to keep his Poore ? catalogue.\n Mentions: \n \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge Washington\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eNathanael Greene\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Heath\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Stark\u003c/persname\u003e. ]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Expresses sorrow at her illness; pleasure that\n she is better. Tells her not to worry about\n portraits. Tells her he has received three copies of\n \"our book\" (probably \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eHours with the Living Men and Women of the\n Revolution\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e) from \n \u003ccorpname\u003eFunk and Wagnalls\u003c/corpname\u003e. Says she\n shouldn't feel that writing him is a necessity.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[ \n \u003ccorpname\u003eMason Brothers\u003c/corpname\u003eis the firm name\n for \n \u003cpersname\u003eLowell Marson, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eDaniel Gregory Mason\u003c/persname\u003e. The\n document was witnessed by \n \u003cpersname\u003eM. Aynes\u003c/persname\u003e. ]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[It was witnessed by \n \u003cpersname\u003eHelen R. M. Lossing\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eY. L. Perine\u003c/persname\u003e. In [1844] Perine\n published \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eHistory of New York City\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003eby \n \u003cpersname\u003eBenson John Lossing\u003c/persname\u003e;\n illustrations were engraved on steel by Perine.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Relates the history of the loan, which Cole\n forgave orally on July 17, 1881, saying he would\n destroy the note. A short memorandum dated May 1,\n 1886, says that Cole died without cancelling the note\n and that \n \u003cpersname\u003eBenson John Lossing\u003c/persname\u003ehas paid in\n full. Mentions: Helen, Fanny, Panic of 1873.]\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_tesim":["[Published as a letter to the editor of \n The American Whig Review (Oct. 1852); critical of the article\n \"Lossing's Field Book of the Revolution\" ( \n American Whig Review , Sept. 1852)]","[Explains why he has not returned the paroles\n which he is using in the appendix to the \n Pictorial Field Book of the\n Revolution . Refers to the attached circular which\n requests material for the \n Pictorial Field-Book of the War of\n 1812 and a history of the French domain and\n advertises his \n Pictorial Field Book of the\n Revolution . Outlines how he plans to approach the\n upcoming projects, including extensive travel to\n collect material. Mentions: \n Florida , \n Andrew Jackson , \n John Burgoyne , \n Quebec , Fond du Lac, French\n Jesuits and traders, \n New Orleans , \n Creek County . ]","[Thanks her for her rebuke of something published\n in the \n Daily Times of that day. Expresses shock at \"The\n indecency of your assailant's words and innuendos.\" A\n handwritten note on the back page says, \"Mr. Lossing\n here refers to an attack upon me by \n Anne Estelle ? Lewis . \"]","[Acknowledges receipt of and thanks for a\n photograph of Peale's ( ? \n Charles Willson Peale or \n James Peale ) etching of \n George Washington in 1787. Says\n he would appreciate having the photograph of a map he\n offered to send. Adds that he would like anything of\n the \"hoary\" past which he can send him. Relates some\n quotations in describing himself.]","[Explains why he has not written sooner. Regrets\n that he cannot help him, though he is flattered by\n Graham's intention to illustrate Lossing's \n Pictorial Field Book of Revolution for presentation to the historical society.\n Explains that he has few autographs and no\n duplicates. Says the papers he has used were borrowed\n and that the papers Graham saw in his room were\n placed in the state archives in \n Albany . Mentions that the papers\n of \n Philip John Schuyler which he now\n has will probably be placed in \"our Historical\n Society.\" Mentions: \n The Life and Times of Philip\n Schuyler . ]","[Asks for a promotion for \n William Henry ? Adriance to\n lieutenant in the 24th (Oswego) regiment. Mentions\n his bravery in \"the late 3 days' battles in \n Virginia . \" Gives background of\n attempts by others to gain his promotion. Mentions: \n Dewitt Clinton Littlejohn , Col.\n Rotch (in other handwriting in upper left\n corner.)]","[Mentions a letter from Lossing which didn't reach\n him. Expresses his regret at how little he has to\n show for 53 years of life. Mentions the loss of first\n his means of living and now his health (to \"breakbone\n fever\" [dengue]). Discusses the false belief that \n Italy 's climate is beneficial to\n invalids. Mentions the prevalence of both\n intermittent fever and influenza. Describes in depth\n the houses and humidity. Speaks of his wife \n Elizabeth Eaton Jones Redfield 's\n pulmonary problems. Says there is much to interest\n the traveller, but that a knowledge of the Italian\n language and history, as well as Greek history, is\n essential. Gives a brief history of \n Otraunto , including its sacking\n by the Turks in 1480. Mentions his own lack of\n knowledge of the area and his desire to write its\n history. Gives a colorful description of the olive\n trees. Speaks of the \"imbecility\" ruling in the \n United States and expresses his\n wish to have \n Thomas Jonathan (Stonewall)\n Jackson commanding the North instead of \n Abraham Lincoln , his Cabinet and\n \"half of his biggest generals.\" Compares the Battle\n of \n Fredericksburg (12/13 and 12/14)\n to the Battle at \n Richmond and the Bull Run\n Campaign. Begs Lossing to stop overworking himself\n and says his histories will benefit from his\n traveling to \n Europe now and writing later.\n Expresses pleasure that Archie is doing well and\n sends his and his wife's regards to Archie and his\n family. Mentions: Early Christians, \n Helen Sweet Lossing , Archie's\n mother, \n William Charles Redfield , \n John Gadsby Chapman , Temple of\n Minerva, \n Tarauto (Italy) , \n Naples (Italy) , Mahometanism, \n Joseph Kenny Meadows '\n \"Falstaff.\"]","[Mentions his failure to acknowledge McAllister's\n letter with an offer of assistance. Thanks him for\n the photo of Bishop Potter ( ? \n Alonzo Potter or \n Horatio Potter ). Says he's busy\n readying volume 1 of his \n Pictorial History (later Field Book) of the\n Civil War in the United States of America , (probably) for the press. Mentions that \n Lewis \"Lew\" Wallace and his wife \n Susan Arnold Wallace are their\n guests and that he spent the day before with Gen.\n Crawford (probably \n Samuel Wylie Crawford ).\n Expresses hope for restoration of Mrs. McAllister's\n health and says a visit at \n Benson John Lossing 's in the\n fall should be the finishing touch. Mentions:\n Fanny.]","[Says \n Harper and Brothers are about to\n put his \n Pictorial Field Book of the War of\n 1812 in type. Mentions an included sketch of the\n history of the two political parties of that time.\n Asks where he can find a copy of a 7-29-1792 letter\n from \n George Washington to \n Alexander Hamilton regarding\n Hamilton's uttering of \"Shameless political\n sentiment. Mentions: \n A Youth's History of the Great Civil War in\n the United States from 1861 to 1865 by \n Rushmore G. Horton . ]","[Answers a June 1866 letter which had arrived\n while he was in the South and had just surfaced. Says\n he wrote to \n Brantz Mayer for Etting's\n address. Encloses some photographs and returns the\n autographs of Count Rumford (pseudonym of \n Benjamin Thompson ). Speaks of\n his procrastination in making a drawing of the seal,\n but says he has now done both it and the signature.\n Asks if he has the motto on the ribbon, tells how he\n reads it and questions the repeat of the word \"lege.\"\n Mentions \n Edward Young . ]","[Regrets that he can't take part in the dedication\n of a memorial fountain honoring the soldiers of \n Duchess County . Describes a\n \"soldier's monument\" in \n Honesdale, PA , and expresses a\n desire for a similar one in \n Poughkeepsie near the fountain.\n Calls the objections of others to such a monument\n un-American. Mentions a sketch of the \n Honesdale one, which he promised\n to send to General smith but has mislaid. Mentions:\n Romans.]","[Thanks Francis for the copy of the \n Newport Daily News containing the notice of the death of \n Henry Theodore Tuckerman . Says \n Evert Augustus Duyckinck has just\n recommended that he ask Tuckermant to write a notice\n of \n Joseph Green Cogswell for\n Lossing's new magazine (probably \n American Historical Record and Repertory of\n Notes and Queries ), a prospectus of which is enclosed. Says\n he has prepared an obituary of Tuckerman. Says the\n evening paper reports the death of \n Sidney Edwards Morris . ]","[Mentions seeing the prints of ? \"Diez\" at Mr.\n Pierson's, the engraver. Says he told Pierson to send\n Jones 36 copies without charge and wonders if Jones\n received them.]","[Thanks for the letter and enclosures. Regrets not\n receiving the \n Cincinnati Commerical with its notice of Cist's collection in time\n to put a notice in the June issue. Says he received\n the catalogue a few days ago. Says apparently the\n notice didn't reach the publishers in time. Explains\n the publishing schedule of the \n American Historical Record and Repertory of\n Notes and Queries . Sympathizes with Cist's push with\n engagements and expresses appreciation of Cist's\n sending autographs. Discusses \n Vassar College , of which he has\n been trustee and cooperator. Says he will send a\n catalogue for this term.]","[Regrets that he can't subscribe to Stone's book\n due to financial problems. Mentions hard times\n affecting book sales and paying for stock for the\n farm.]","[Writes from a church convention describing his\n schedule and mentioning several conferences. Says \n Morgan Dix is seeking someone to\n write a history of Trinity Church. Says he is\n watching the papers for news of a certain ship being\n in port and will go on board to see Edwin if it is.\n Wishes Miriam and Alice could go on board with him\n and lays out a plan for their possible visit. Speaks\n briefly of his accommodations. Mentions: Mr. Weills,\n wife and daughter; \n Henry L. Ziegenfuss ; \n Stephen H. Synnot ; \n Robert Fulton Crary ; Le Grand\n Dodge; Mr. Sandford; \n William A. Davies ; \n Sheldon Davis ; \n Philander Kinney Cady ; \n Horatio Potter ; Mrs. Van Riper;\n \"Pet\"; Mr. Segelken.]","[Thanks Coffin for his letters and his interest in\n Lossing's autographs. Says he doesn't mean to sell\n them singly, but would be willing to sell the letter\n about which Coffin wrote. Asks for prices brought by\n various autographed letters at the Burnham Sale. Says\n he and Dr. Fogg have corresponded for twenty years.\n Says Fogg supplied one of the drawings engraved in\n his \n Pictorial History (later Field Book) of the\n Civil War in the United States of America . Mentions some information he recently\n supplied Fogg and his intention to write Fogg about\n his own collection. Thanks Coffin for suggestions\n concerning Fogg and the arrangement of annotations of\n Lossing's autographs. Expresses a desire to see the\n letters Coffin purchased at the sale. Speaks of much\n time spent cataloguing his own autographs. Thanks\n Coffin forallowing him to keep his Poore ? catalogue.\n Mentions: \n George Washington ; \n Nathanael Greene ; \n William Heath ; \n John Stark . ]","[Expresses sorrow at her illness; pleasure that\n she is better. Tells her not to worry about\n portraits. Tells her he has received three copies of\n \"our book\" (probably \n Hours with the Living Men and Women of the\n Revolution ) from \n Funk and Wagnalls . Says she\n shouldn't feel that writing him is a necessity.]","[ \n Mason Brothers is the firm name\n for \n Lowell Marson, Jr. and \n Daniel Gregory Mason . The\n document was witnessed by \n M. Aynes . ]","[It was witnessed by \n Helen R. M. Lossing and \n Y. L. Perine . In [1844] Perine\n published \n History of New York City by \n Benson John Lossing ;\n illustrations were engraved on steel by Perine.]","[Relates the history of the loan, which Cole\n forgave orally on July 17, 1881, saying he would\n destroy the note. A short memorandum dated May 1,\n 1886, says that Cole died without cancelling the note\n and that \n Benson John Lossing has paid in\n full. Mentions: Helen, Fanny, Panic of 1873.]"],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eSee the \n \u003cextref type=\"simple\" href=\"https://www.library.virginia.edu/policies/use-of-materials\"\u003e\n University of Virginia Library’s use policy.\u003c/extref\u003e\u003c/p\u003e"],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Use Restrictions"],"userestrict_tesim":["See the \n \n University of Virginia Library’s use policy."],"physloc_html_tesm":["\u003cphysloc/\u003e"],"physloc_tesim":[""],"names_ssim":["University of Virginia. Library. Special\n Collections Dept.","Harper and Brothers","Vassar College","Funk and Wagnalls","Mason Brothers","Benson John Lossing","John Wakefield Francis","Henry Wadsworth Longfellow","John Wingate Thornton","Andrew Jackson","John Burgoyne","Elizabeth Oakes\n Smith","Anne Estelle ? Lewis","William A. Whitman","Charles Willson Peale","James Peale","George Washington","James Lorimer Graham,\n Jr.","Philip John Schuyler","Edwin Denison Morgan","William Henry","Dewitt Clinton Littlejohn","Justus Starr Redfield","Elizabeth Eaton Jones Redfield","Thomas Jonathan (Stonewall)\n Jackson","Abraham Lincoln","Helen Sweet Lossing","William Charles Redfield","John Gadsby Chapman","Joseph Kenny Meadows","C. McAllister","Alonzo Potter","Horatio Potter","Lewis \"Lew\" Wallace","Susan Arnold Wallace","Samuel Wylie Crawford","Charles Chauncey\n Burr","Alexander Hamilton","Rushmore G. Horton","Frank M. Etting","Brantz Mayer","Benjamin Thompson","Edward Young","Harvey Gridley\n Eastman","Samuel Ward Francis","Henry Theodore Tuckerman","Evert Augustus Duyckinck","Joseph Green Cogswell","Sidney Edwards Morris","Charles Colcock\n Jones","Lewis Jacob Cist","William Leete Stone","Morgan Dix","Henry L. Ziegenfuss","Stephen H. Synnot","Robert Fulton Crary","William A. Davies","Sheldon Davis","Philander Kinney Cady","Tristram Coffin","Nathanael Greene","William Heath","John Stark","Helen R. M. Lossing","Lowell Marson, Jr.","Daniel Gregory Mason","M. Aynes","Francis Baker","George Edward Perine","Y. L. Perine","Ulysses Cole"],"corpname_ssim":["University of Virginia. Library. Special\n Collections Dept.","Harper and Brothers","Vassar College","Funk and Wagnalls","Mason Brothers"],"persname_ssim":["Benson John Lossing","John Wakefield Francis","Henry Wadsworth Longfellow","John Wingate Thornton","Andrew Jackson","John Burgoyne","Elizabeth Oakes\n Smith","Anne Estelle ? Lewis","William A. 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asks him\n to assist in the concealment of authorship by\n returning to affirm or deny the rumor; says he heard\n of Ward's possible authorship from the\n \"traveler.\"]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Sends him the manuscript of a story she has not\n quite finished; reminds him that he asked to see it\n some time ago.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Refuses to publish his piece in \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eCentury Magazine\u003c/bibref\u003e; says the story\n regards suicide and is controversial.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Discusses the December issue of \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eCentury Magazine\u003c/bibref\u003e; informs him that\n there is room for \n \u003cpersname\u003e[John] Burroughs\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003e[Henry Cabot] Lodge\u003c/persname\u003e, and \n \u003cpersname\u003e[George Henry] Sargent\u003c/persname\u003eas well as\n [\" \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Bigoudines\u003c/bibref\u003e\"], an illustrated\n article; asks for his wishes and ideas; mentions the\n pleasant news of Gilder's progress. Includes\n initialed AN by Gilder and autograph note, initialed\n by Gilder, remarking on the contents and looks of the\n December issue of \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eCentury Magazine\u003c/bibref\u003e; ]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Says he is at home on the mend; tells him it\n might be necessary to see Mr. [ \n \u003cpersname\u003eRobert Underwood] Johnson\u003c/persname\u003ewho is\n running things at \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eCentury Magazine\u003c/bibref\u003e; expresses New\n Year's wishes.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Discusses poetic work by Gilder which Johnson has\n looked at and made suggestions about; compliments him\n for devoting so much attention to details of\n composition, etc., even though he is busy as an\n editor.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Discusses a book she wrote expressing her\n anti-vivisection views; discusses her following of\n homeopathic medicine and vegetarianism; speaks of his\n own revulsion to hunting, fishing, even eating\n mutton; 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states that the\n story will appear in the February number.]","[Welcomes him and his wife to \n Canada ; hopes Mrs. Gilder's\n health is improved; quotes a line of \"native Canadian\n verse.\"]","[Says he is not sure that Ward will like his\n frankness; asks for a prompt return of the\n manuscript.]","[Admires the \n North American Review ; appreciates\n the invitation for literary contribution; says his\n time is, however, limited because he is writing a\n book [ \n Our Gardens ]; wishes him a\n successful visit to \n England . ]","[Sends him part of a proposed article; says he is\n very unsure of the piece as he is used to writing\n dramatic dialogue only; asks for perfect frankness\n from him; talks about illustrations for the\n article.]","[Offers a short novel for possible publication in\n 3 parts to \n Century Magazine . ]","[Thanks him for the verdict on her manuscript;\n confesses that she had doubts about it herself after\n sending it off; apologizes for sending it.]","[Notifies her that the business proposition\n relating to the American Art Annual has been\n rejected; says it would be too expensive for the\n club; with autograph sentence.]","[Looks forward to the \n Aldrich family 's visit to \n Four Brooks Farm ; gives\n directions to farm and description of it; says they\n will discuss proper attire for Aldrich to appear in\n at \n Harvard and \n Yale [to receive honorary degrees\n ?] there and then; tells him that Professor Wein's\n tailor is the one to engage; speaks at length about\n the academic gowns for both occasions.]","[Returns galleys to \" \n Under the Ban of the Redbeard \"; says\n the story should be called \"Barbarossa,\" a more\n captivating name for a book as well as a play, which\n he intends to do; defends his usage of the words\n \"King\" and \"Kaiser,\" citing \n Caesar and the Roman Empire;\n explains his attitude toward the use of capital and\n lower case letters for titles; wishes to put under\n his name in galley 1, \"author of \n The [Guiberon] Touch and \n Colonial Fights and Fighters , \" the\n titles of his last books to be published in the fall;\n asks for a set of proofs of the illustrations.]","[Says he is locked up at home with a \"blooming\"\n cold; speaks about a letter he has sent her; gives\n her permission to use the letter as she pleases; says\n he will sign what she sends him; pleads with her not\n to overexert herself for the cause.]","[Says Ward has been mentioned as one author who\n may have written \" \n The Confessions of a Wife \"; asks him\n to assist in the concealment of authorship by\n returning to affirm or deny the rumor; says he heard\n of Ward's possible authorship from the\n \"traveler.\"]","[Sends him the manuscript of a story she has not\n quite finished; reminds him that he asked to see it\n some time ago.]","[Refuses to publish his piece in \n Century Magazine ; says the story\n regards suicide and is controversial.]","[Discusses the December issue of \n Century Magazine ; informs him that\n there is room for \n [John] Burroughs , \n [Henry Cabot] Lodge , and \n [George Henry] Sargent as well as\n [\" \n The Bigoudines \"], an illustrated\n article; asks for his wishes and ideas; mentions the\n pleasant news of Gilder's progress. 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Grant . ]","[Angry that he allowed a cartoon and two column\n commentary disparaging him as an ultramontane and a\n mercenary adventurer to be published in \n Harper's Weekly ; feels the article is meant to stir up\n hostility against him because of his foreign birth;\n defends his loyalty to \n America . ]","[Called at \n Harper's to discuss public affairs; did not find him;\n admits to being a bit lame; hopes to hear from\n him.]","[Thanks him for kind letter of sympathy (on death\n of wife \n Margarete Schurz ) and for his\n friendship during this difficult time.]","[Informs him that Bishop Whipple is held in high\n esteem in \n Washington ; believes that there\n are no plans in the \n Department of the Interior to\n remove Major Stowe.]","[Acknowledges kind note and a pamphlet; informs\n him that the President [ \n Rutherford B. Hayes ] is well\n aware of the impact of his actions.]","[Has received his letter recommending Mr. Fiske\n for the \n Pension Agency in \n New York ; has had 2 interviews\n with him; agrees with President \n [Rutherford B.] Hayes that\n Pension Agents should have an honorable Army record;\n informs him that the President would like to discuss\n ideas with him on next visit to \n Washington . ]","[Disagrees with him on the Indian question;\n believes it is unlikely that \n Congress will transfer control of\n the \n Indian Service ; doubts \n [Ulysses S.] Grant will be\n re-elected; comments on opposition to Grant in\n Republican ranks; mentions that the \"scratchers\" of \n New York oppose Grant and that he\n cannot win the state without their aid.]","[Wants to know if he accepted an article (by\n another writer) that he forwarded; asks if he wrote \n Harper's Weekly article on \n Fitz-John Porter . ]","[Acknowledges receipt of his letter; believes it\n contains a thought-provoking proposition; claims that\n commitments preclude a meeting on short notice; needs\n time to reply to issues; discusses a letter by \n Moses Williams to \n [Philander] Deming asking Schurz\n to give his opinion on methods to strengthen\n President \n [Grover] Cleveland against the\n anti-reform element in his own party.]","[Recalls their first meeting at Putnam's; would\n welcome seeing him again and discuss the Dr. Kinkel\n library.]","[Thanks for the kind judgment on his book and for\n discussing it in his editorial columns; seeks advice\n on suggested political and military history of the\n Civil War; questions the feasibility of writing such\n a work on evidentiary grounds and on the brief time\n since the end of the war; expresses interest in doing\n the project; discusses a project to write the history\n of the new German Empire; would rather not live\n abroad to do research; describes his work on his\n recollections.]","[Considers a suggestion to write a civil rather\n than military history of the Civil War; does not mind\n that this project will absorb all his time; believes\n that the appointment of Potts endangers the position\n of \n [John] Jay and Richmond; comments\n on his health, especially his ability to walk with\n only one stick.]","[Agrees with the critical opinions in his\n political article; disappointed that President \n [Grover] Cleveland is unwilling\n to investigate the Higgins-Thomas-Raisin case; feels\n that the president's actions have alienated many of\n his former supporters; encloses article from a reform\n paper that dismayed him.]","[Disappointed at the news that \n Evening Post will not employ Spielhagen, who was in his\n Burschenschaft (fraternity) in \n Bonn ; recounts his efforts to\n get him connected with the \n New York Staatszeitung; will also\n write to a German paper in the West on his\n behalf.]","[Hopes to discuss politics with him before sailing\n for \n Germany ; intends to stay until\n September unless the Republicans nominate \n [James G.] Blaine again; would\n return in time for the campaign; has heard bad things\n about the \n Treasury Department in the matter\n of removals; thanks him for kind words in \n Harper's Weekly about his own speech on the dead\n Kaiser.]","[Thanks him for copies of his \"great Gettysburg\n oration\" and his Washington Monument speech; has\n written Mr. Wanamaker for an explanation of his\n financial transactions during the presidential\n campaign; asks him to intervene because the letter\n has not been answered.]","[Praises his address which was critical of\n President \n [Grover] Cleveland 's\n administration; calls Cleveland an old-fashioned \n Indiana politician; praises\n Bishop Potter's \"glorious\" sermon; disappointed that\n President Cleveland appointed his own brother to\n political office.]","[Doubts whether \n [William D.] Foulke 's plan will\n be profitable; suggests investigating the matter with\n him.]","[Invites him to dinner; informs him that the\n guests will include Mr. and Mrs. \n [Grover] Cleveland and Dr.\n Sievelzing, head of German delegation to maritime\n conference in \n Washington . ]","[Encloses a letter to Secretary Bayard.]","[Invites him to his birthday dinner on March\n 1.]","[Believes that he should draft a letter to the\n president \n [Benjamin Harrison] instead of\n Schurz because of his abilities, knowledge, and\n position. Informs him about his many commitments,\n including an article on \n [Abraham] Lincoln due for the \n Atlantic Monthly in early January.]","[Reemphasizes that if a letter from Republican\n civil service reformers is to have any effect on the\n president \n [Benjamin Harrison] , Curtis\n should write it.]","[Agrees with him and Rogers on \"what is now to be\n done and what is not to be done.\" Says that Rogers'\n letter has undermined his opinion of the president;\n believes the president is afraid of politicians and\n does not trust reformers. Will return Roosevelt's\n letter to Rogers.]","[Declines an invitation to the Thomas dinner\n because of prior commitment.]","[Appreciates his kind words about his Lincoln\n paper; praises his essay on Holmes in \n Harper's Weekly ; expects to be in \n Buffalo at the meeting of the \n National League . ]","[Sends him a draft which, in his opinion, is\n \"stupid.\" Asks him to look at it critically and do\n with it whatever is necessary. Mentions letter from\n Storey reporting on plans for mass meeting in favor\n of \n [Grover] Cleveland in \n Boston ; informs him that\n Cleveland said that he is not withdrawing from the\n contest.]","[Discussed the \"Circular\" with Storey; suggests\n change of certain words and phrases; is confident\n that Curtis will give the document its final\n shape.]","[Invites him to dinner party where he will meet \n Joseph Jefferson , the\n actor.]","[with printed note from \n George W. Childs requesting\n information for the \n National Almanac . ]","See the \n \n University of Virginia Library’s use policy.","","University of Virginia. Library. Special\n Collections Dept.","Department of the Interior","Pension Agency","Congress","Indian Service","Treasury Department","National League","Abraham Lincoln","Carl Schurz","George William\n Curtis","Ulysses S. Grant","Margarete Schurz","Rutherford B. 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Grant\u003c/persname\u003e. ]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Angry that he allowed a cartoon and two column\n commentary disparaging him as an ultramontane and a\n mercenary adventurer to be published in \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eHarper's Weekly\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e; feels the article is meant to stir up\n hostility against him because of his foreign birth;\n defends his loyalty to \n \u003cgeogname\u003eAmerica\u003c/geogname\u003e. ]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Called at \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eHarper's\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003eto discuss public affairs; did not find him;\n admits to being a bit lame; hopes to hear from\n him.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Thanks him for kind letter of sympathy (on death\n of wife \n \u003cpersname\u003eMargarete Schurz\u003c/persname\u003e) and for his\n friendship during this difficult time.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Informs him that Bishop Whipple is held in high\n esteem in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eWashington\u003c/geogname\u003e; believes that there\n are no plans in the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eDepartment of the Interior\u003c/corpname\u003eto\n remove Major Stowe.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Acknowledges kind note and a pamphlet; informs\n him that the President [ \n \u003cpersname\u003eRutherford B. Hayes\u003c/persname\u003e] is well\n aware of the impact of his actions.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Has received his letter recommending Mr. Fiske\n for the \n \u003ccorpname\u003ePension Agency\u003c/corpname\u003ein \n \u003cgeogname\u003eNew York\u003c/geogname\u003e; has had 2 interviews\n with him; agrees with President \n \u003cpersname\u003e[Rutherford B.] Hayes\u003c/persname\u003ethat\n Pension Agents should have an honorable Army record;\n informs him that the President would like to discuss\n ideas with him on next visit to \n \u003cgeogname\u003eWashington\u003c/geogname\u003e. ]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Disagrees with him on the Indian question;\n believes it is unlikely that \n \u003ccorpname\u003eCongress\u003c/corpname\u003ewill transfer control of\n the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eIndian Service\u003c/corpname\u003e; doubts \n \u003cpersname\u003e[Ulysses S.] Grant\u003c/persname\u003ewill be\n re-elected; comments on opposition to Grant in\n Republican ranks; mentions that the \"scratchers\" of \n \u003cgeogname\u003eNew York\u003c/geogname\u003eoppose Grant and that he\n cannot win the state without their aid.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Wants to know if he accepted an article (by\n another writer) that he forwarded; asks if he wrote \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eHarper's Weekly\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003earticle on \n \u003cpersname\u003eFitz-John Porter\u003c/persname\u003e. ]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Acknowledges receipt of his letter; believes it\n contains a thought-provoking proposition; claims that\n commitments preclude a meeting on short notice; needs\n time to reply to issues; discusses a letter by \n \u003cpersname\u003eMoses Williams\u003c/persname\u003eto \n \u003cpersname\u003e[Philander] Deming\u003c/persname\u003easking Schurz\n to give his opinion on methods to strengthen\n President \n \u003cpersname\u003e[Grover] Cleveland\u003c/persname\u003eagainst the\n anti-reform element in his own party.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Recalls their first meeting at Putnam's; would\n welcome seeing him again and discuss the Dr. Kinkel\n library.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Thanks for the kind judgment on his book and for\n discussing it in his editorial columns; seeks advice\n on suggested political and military history of the\n Civil War; questions the feasibility of writing such\n a work on evidentiary grounds and on the brief time\n since the end of the war; expresses interest in doing\n the project; discusses a project to write the history\n of the new German Empire; would rather not live\n abroad to do research; describes his work on his\n recollections.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Considers a suggestion to write a civil rather\n than military history of the Civil War; does not mind\n that this project will absorb all his time; believes\n that the appointment of Potts endangers the position\n of \n \u003cpersname\u003e[John] Jay\u003c/persname\u003eand Richmond; comments\n on his health, especially his ability to walk with\n only one stick.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Agrees with the critical opinions in his\n political article; disappointed that President \n \u003cpersname\u003e[Grover] Cleveland\u003c/persname\u003eis unwilling\n to investigate the Higgins-Thomas-Raisin case; feels\n that the president's actions have alienated many of\n his former supporters; encloses article from a reform\n paper that dismayed him.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Disappointed at the news that \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eEvening Post\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003ewill not employ Spielhagen, who was in his\n Burschenschaft (fraternity) in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eBonn\u003c/geogname\u003e; recounts his efforts to\n get him connected with the \n \u003cgeogname\u003eNew York\u003c/geogname\u003eStaatszeitung; will also\n write to a German paper in the West on his\n behalf.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Hopes to discuss politics with him before sailing\n for \n \u003cgeogname\u003eGermany\u003c/geogname\u003e; intends to stay until\n September unless the Republicans nominate \n \u003cpersname\u003e[James G.] Blaine\u003c/persname\u003eagain; would\n return in time for the campaign; has heard bad things\n about the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eTreasury Department\u003c/corpname\u003ein the matter\n of removals; thanks him for kind words in \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eHarper's Weekly\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003eabout his own speech on the dead\n Kaiser.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Thanks him for copies of his \"great Gettysburg\n oration\" and his Washington Monument speech; has\n written Mr. Wanamaker for an explanation of his\n financial transactions during the presidential\n campaign; asks him to intervene because the letter\n has not been answered.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Praises his address which was critical of\n President \n \u003cpersname\u003e[Grover] Cleveland\u003c/persname\u003e's\n administration; calls Cleveland an old-fashioned \n \u003cgeogname\u003eIndiana\u003c/geogname\u003epolitician; praises\n Bishop Potter's \"glorious\" sermon; disappointed that\n President Cleveland appointed his own brother to\n political office.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Doubts whether \n \u003cpersname\u003e[William D.] Foulke\u003c/persname\u003e's plan will\n be profitable; suggests investigating the matter with\n him.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Invites him to dinner; informs him that the\n guests will include Mr. and Mrs. \n \u003cpersname\u003e[Grover] Cleveland\u003c/persname\u003eand Dr.\n Sievelzing, head of German delegation to maritime\n conference in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eWashington\u003c/geogname\u003e. ]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Encloses a letter to Secretary Bayard.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Invites him to his birthday dinner on March\n 1.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Believes that he should draft a letter to the\n president \n \u003cpersname\u003e[Benjamin Harrison]\u003c/persname\u003einstead of\n Schurz because of his abilities, knowledge, and\n position. Informs him about his many commitments,\n including an article on \n \u003cpersname\u003e[Abraham] Lincoln\u003c/persname\u003edue for the \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eAtlantic Monthly\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003ein early January.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Reemphasizes that if a letter from Republican\n civil service reformers is to have any effect on the\n president \n \u003cpersname\u003e[Benjamin Harrison]\u003c/persname\u003e, Curtis\n should write it.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Agrees with him and Rogers on \"what is now to be\n done and what is not to be done.\" Says that Rogers'\n letter has undermined his opinion of the president;\n believes the president is afraid of politicians and\n does not trust reformers. Will return Roosevelt's\n letter to Rogers.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Declines an invitation to the Thomas dinner\n because of prior commitment.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Appreciates his kind words about his Lincoln\n paper; praises his essay on Holmes in \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eHarper's Weekly\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e; expects to be in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eBuffalo\u003c/geogname\u003eat the meeting of the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eNational League\u003c/corpname\u003e. ]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Sends him a draft which, in his opinion, is\n \"stupid.\" Asks him to look at it critically and do\n with it whatever is necessary. Mentions letter from\n Storey reporting on plans for mass meeting in favor\n of \n \u003cpersname\u003e[Grover] Cleveland\u003c/persname\u003ein \n \u003cgeogname\u003eBoston\u003c/geogname\u003e; informs him that\n Cleveland said that he is not withdrawing from the\n contest.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Discussed the \"Circular\" with Storey; suggests\n change of certain words and phrases; is confident\n that Curtis will give the document its final\n shape.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Invites him to dinner party where he will meet \n \u003cpersname\u003eJoseph Jefferson\u003c/persname\u003e, the\n actor.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[with printed note from \n \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge W. 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Grant . ]","[Angry that he allowed a cartoon and two column\n commentary disparaging him as an ultramontane and a\n mercenary adventurer to be published in \n Harper's Weekly ; feels the article is meant to stir up\n hostility against him because of his foreign birth;\n defends his loyalty to \n America . ]","[Called at \n Harper's to discuss public affairs; did not find him;\n admits to being a bit lame; hopes to hear from\n him.]","[Thanks him for kind letter of sympathy (on death\n of wife \n Margarete Schurz ) and for his\n friendship during this difficult time.]","[Informs him that Bishop Whipple is held in high\n esteem in \n Washington ; believes that there\n are no plans in the \n Department of the Interior to\n remove Major Stowe.]","[Acknowledges kind note and a pamphlet; informs\n him that the President [ \n Rutherford B. Hayes ] is well\n aware of the impact of his actions.]","[Has received his letter recommending Mr. Fiske\n for the \n Pension Agency in \n New York ; has had 2 interviews\n with him; agrees with President \n [Rutherford B.] Hayes that\n Pension Agents should have an honorable Army record;\n informs him that the President would like to discuss\n ideas with him on next visit to \n Washington . ]","[Disagrees with him on the Indian question;\n believes it is unlikely that \n Congress will transfer control of\n the \n Indian Service ; doubts \n [Ulysses S.] Grant will be\n re-elected; comments on opposition to Grant in\n Republican ranks; mentions that the \"scratchers\" of \n New York oppose Grant and that he\n cannot win the state without their aid.]","[Wants to know if he accepted an article (by\n another writer) that he forwarded; asks if he wrote \n Harper's Weekly article on \n Fitz-John Porter . ]","[Acknowledges receipt of his letter; believes it\n contains a thought-provoking proposition; claims that\n commitments preclude a meeting on short notice; needs\n time to reply to issues; discusses a letter by \n Moses Williams to \n [Philander] Deming asking Schurz\n to give his opinion on methods to strengthen\n President \n [Grover] Cleveland against the\n anti-reform element in his own party.]","[Recalls their first meeting at Putnam's; would\n welcome seeing him again and discuss the Dr. Kinkel\n library.]","[Thanks for the kind judgment on his book and for\n discussing it in his editorial columns; seeks advice\n on suggested political and military history of the\n Civil War; questions the feasibility of writing such\n a work on evidentiary grounds and on the brief time\n since the end of the war; expresses interest in doing\n the project; discusses a project to write the history\n of the new German Empire; would rather not live\n abroad to do research; describes his work on his\n recollections.]","[Considers a suggestion to write a civil rather\n than military history of the Civil War; does not mind\n that this project will absorb all his time; believes\n that the appointment of Potts endangers the position\n of \n [John] Jay and Richmond; comments\n on his health, especially his ability to walk with\n only one stick.]","[Agrees with the critical opinions in his\n political article; disappointed that President \n [Grover] Cleveland is unwilling\n to investigate the Higgins-Thomas-Raisin case; feels\n that the president's actions have alienated many of\n his former supporters; encloses article from a reform\n paper that dismayed him.]","[Disappointed at the news that \n Evening Post will not employ Spielhagen, who was in his\n Burschenschaft (fraternity) in \n Bonn ; recounts his efforts to\n get him connected with the \n New York Staatszeitung; will also\n write to a German paper in the West on his\n behalf.]","[Hopes to discuss politics with him before sailing\n for \n Germany ; intends to stay until\n September unless the Republicans nominate \n [James G.] Blaine again; would\n return in time for the campaign; has heard bad things\n about the \n Treasury Department in the matter\n of removals; thanks him for kind words in \n Harper's Weekly about his own speech on the dead\n Kaiser.]","[Thanks him for copies of his \"great Gettysburg\n oration\" and his Washington Monument speech; has\n written Mr. Wanamaker for an explanation of his\n financial transactions during the presidential\n campaign; asks him to intervene because the letter\n has not been answered.]","[Praises his address which was critical of\n President \n [Grover] Cleveland 's\n administration; calls Cleveland an old-fashioned \n Indiana politician; praises\n Bishop Potter's \"glorious\" sermon; disappointed that\n President Cleveland appointed his own brother to\n political office.]","[Doubts whether \n [William D.] Foulke 's plan will\n be profitable; suggests investigating the matter with\n him.]","[Invites him to dinner; informs him that the\n guests will include Mr. and Mrs. \n [Grover] Cleveland and Dr.\n Sievelzing, head of German delegation to maritime\n conference in \n Washington . ]","[Encloses a letter to Secretary Bayard.]","[Invites him to his birthday dinner on March\n 1.]","[Believes that he should draft a letter to the\n president \n [Benjamin Harrison] instead of\n Schurz because of his abilities, knowledge, and\n position. 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