{"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bnames%5D%5B%5D=Benson+John+Lossing\u0026page=3\u0026view=list","prev":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bnames%5D%5B%5D=Benson+John+Lossing\u0026page=2\u0026view=list","next":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bnames%5D%5B%5D=Benson+John+Lossing\u0026page=4\u0026view=list","last":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bnames%5D%5B%5D=Benson+John+Lossing\u0026page=5\u0026view=list"},"meta":{"pages":{"current_page":3,"next_page":4,"prev_page":2,"total_pages":5,"limit_value":10,"offset_value":20,"total_count":47,"first_page?":false,"last_page?":false}},"data":[{"id":"viu_viu00295_c02_c16","type":"Item","attributes":{"title":"Benson John Lossingto \n Tristram Coffin","abstract_or_scope":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/viu_viu00295_c02_c16#abstract_or_scope","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":"\u003cp\u003e[Thanks Coffin for his letters and his interest in Lossing's autographs. Says he doesn't mean to sell them singly, but would be willing to sell the letter about which Coffin wrote. Asks for prices brought by various autographed letters at the Burnham Sale. Says he and Dr. Fogg have corresponded for twenty years. Says Fogg supplied one of the drawings engraved in his \u003cspan type=\"simple\"\u003ePictorial History (later Field Book) of the Civil War in the United States of America\u003c/span\u003e. Mentions some information he recently supplied Fogg and his intention to write Fogg about his own collection. Thanks Coffin for suggestions concerning Fogg and the arrangement of annotations of Lossing's autographs. Expresses a desire to see the letters Coffin purchased at the sale. Speaks of much time spent cataloguing his own autographs. Thanks Coffin forallowing him to keep his Poore ? catalogue. 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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 . ]"],"title_filing_ssi":"Benson John Lossing to \n Tristram Coffin","title_ssm":["Benson John Lossingto \n Tristram Coffin"],"title_tesim":["Benson John Lossingto \n Tristram Coffin"],"unitdate_other_ssim":["1888 June 2"],"normalized_date_ssm":["1888"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Benson John Lossingto \n Tristram Coffin"],"component_level_isim":[2],"repository_ssim":["University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept."],"collection_ssim":["Benson John Lossing Collection"],"extent_ssm":["2 p."],"extent_tesim":["2 p."],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"child_component_count_isi":0,"level_ssm":["Item"],"level_ssim":["Item"],"sort_isi":22,"date_range_isim":[1888],"names_ssim":["Benson John Lossing","Tristram Coffin","George Washington","Nathanael Greene","William Heath","John Stark"],"persname_ssim":["Benson John Lossing","Tristram Coffin","George Washington","Nathanael Greene","William Heath","John Stark"],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\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"],"scopecontent_tesim":["[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 . ]"],"_nest_path_":"/components#1/components#15","timestamp":"2026-05-21T12:50:01.893Z","collection":{"numFound":1,"start":0,"numFoundExact":true,"docs":[{"id":"viu_viu00295","ead_ssi":"viu_viu00295","_root_":"viu_viu00295","_nest_parent_":"viu_viu00295","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/uva-sc/viu00295.xml","title_ssm":["Benson John Lossing Collection"],"title_tesim":["Benson John Lossing Collection"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["7857"],"text":["7857","Benson John Lossing Collection","25 items","Collection is open to research.","Funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment\n for the Humanities","[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.]","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. 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Speaks of visit to the \n Philadelphia Centennial\n Exhibition where \"[we] spent the evening at\n Mr. Drexel's who gave a reception to Dom Pedro.\" Says\n his latest work \n The American Centenary was issued in a superb and too costly\n volume---$20 in `half-calf' and muslin and contains .\n . . a great deal from my storehouse of facts.\"]","[Encloses his check for $10 and says, \"Since you\n have all knowledge while I have very little . . . I\n leave the matter wholly to your judgement satisfied\n that you will do all that any man can do.\"]","See the \n \n University of Virginia Library’s use policy.","","University of Virginia. Library. 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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. 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","English"],"unitid_tesim":["7857"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Benson John Lossing Collection"],"collection_title_tesim":["Benson John Lossing Collection"],"collection_ssim":["Benson John Lossing Collection"],"repository_ssm":["University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept."],"repository_ssim":["University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept."],"creator_ssm":[""],"creator_ssim":[""],"acqinfo_ssim":["Deposit \n [1963 December 17] 1965 March 6"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"physdesc_tesim":["25 items"],"accessrestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eCollection is open to research.\u003c/p\u003e"],"accessrestrict_heading_ssm":["Access Restrictions"],"accessrestrict_tesim":["Collection is open to research."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eBenson John Lossing\n Collection, Accession 7857, Special Collections Department, University of\n Virginia Library\u003c/p\u003e"],"prefercite_tesim":["Benson John Lossing\n Collection, Accession 7857, Special Collections Department, University of\n Virginia Library"],"processinfo_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eFunded in part by a grant from the National Endowment\n for the Humanities\u003c/p\u003e"],"processinfo_heading_ssm":["Funding Note"],"processinfo_tesim":["Funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment\n for the Humanities"],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e[Published as a letter to the editor of \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe American Whig Review\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e(Oct. 1852); critical of the article\n \"Lossing's Field Book of the Revolution\" ( \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eAmerican Whig Review\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e, Sept. 1852)]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Explains why he has not returned the paroles\n which he is using in the appendix to the \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003ePictorial Field Book of the\n Revolution\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e. 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 . 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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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Perine","Ulysses Cole","English"],"unitid_tesim":["7857"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Benson John Lossing Collection"],"collection_title_tesim":["Benson John Lossing Collection"],"collection_ssim":["Benson John Lossing Collection"],"repository_ssm":["University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept."],"repository_ssim":["University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept."],"creator_ssm":[""],"creator_ssim":[""],"acqinfo_ssim":["Deposit \n [1963 December 17] 1965 March 6"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"physdesc_tesim":["25 items"],"accessrestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eCollection is open to research.\u003c/p\u003e"],"accessrestrict_heading_ssm":["Access Restrictions"],"accessrestrict_tesim":["Collection is open to research."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eBenson John Lossing\n Collection, Accession 7857, Special Collections Department, University of\n Virginia Library\u003c/p\u003e"],"prefercite_tesim":["Benson John Lossing\n Collection, Accession 7857, Special Collections Department, University of\n Virginia Library"],"processinfo_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eFunded in part by a grant from the National Endowment\n for the Humanities\u003c/p\u003e"],"processinfo_heading_ssm":["Funding Note"],"processinfo_tesim":["Funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment\n for the Humanities"],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e[Published as a letter to the editor of \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe American Whig Review\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e(Oct. 1852); critical of the article\n \"Lossing's Field Book of the Revolution\" ( \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eAmerican Whig Review\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e, Sept. 1852)]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Explains why he has not returned the paroles\n which he is using in the appendix to the \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003ePictorial Field Book of the\n Revolution\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e. 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. 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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. 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","English"],"unitid_tesim":["7857"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Benson John Lossing Collection"],"collection_title_tesim":["Benson John Lossing Collection"],"collection_ssim":["Benson John Lossing Collection"],"repository_ssm":["University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept."],"repository_ssim":["University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept."],"creator_ssm":[""],"creator_ssim":[""],"acqinfo_ssim":["Deposit \n [1963 December 17] 1965 March 6"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"physdesc_tesim":["25 items"],"accessrestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eCollection is open to research.\u003c/p\u003e"],"accessrestrict_heading_ssm":["Access Restrictions"],"accessrestrict_tesim":["Collection is open to research."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eBenson John Lossing\n Collection, Accession 7857, Special Collections Department, University of\n Virginia Library\u003c/p\u003e"],"prefercite_tesim":["Benson John Lossing\n Collection, Accession 7857, Special Collections Department, University of\n Virginia Library"],"processinfo_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eFunded in part by a grant from the National Endowment\n for the Humanities\u003c/p\u003e"],"processinfo_heading_ssm":["Funding Note"],"processinfo_tesim":["Funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment\n for the Humanities"],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e[Published as a letter to the editor of \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe American Whig Review\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e(Oct. 1852); critical of the article\n \"Lossing's Field Book of the Revolution\" ( \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eAmerican Whig Review\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e, Sept. 1852)]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Explains why he has not returned the paroles\n which he is using in the appendix to the \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003ePictorial Field Book of the\n Revolution\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e. 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. 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J. F.\" in regard to\n manuscripts and drawings; talks about the December\n edition; suggests insertions; feels upset about\n rumors regarding his health; says he won the\n championship-badge at the \n Archery Club ; writes with a\n quill from an eagle's wing and promises to send such\n a quill to him.]","[Says he will leave for \n Charlottesville, Virginia next\n week; gives instructions for forwarding the valise\n with manuscripts via \n Adam's Express , which is faster\n and more reliable than \n United States [mail]; feels ill;\n intends to spend time in the \n Blue Ridge Mountains ; promises\n to send the electro-stories; asks if the new edition\n of \n Rudder Grange has appeared.]","[Wonders if his mail has been sent to \n Europe ; misses the June number\n of \n St. Nicholas ; reports on his illness\n in \n Florida ; finds \n Venice enchanting, urges him to\n take his bride there; mentions letter his wife\n received from \n [Mary Mapes] Dodge ; asks if he\n ought to do more for \n St. Nicholas ; requests Mr. Smith's\n address; states that letters sent to him have been\n lost.]","[Regrets that he did not write \n The Lion and the Lamb , which he\n received a request for a copy of; talks about \n David Douglas ' idea to publish\n his collected short stories; mentions a check Douglas\n sent him before he sold a single copy of \n Rudder Grange ; recalls meeting him\n in \n Florence ; mentions suggestion to\n write \"The Candid Adventurer,\" but does not feel up\n to it.]","[Talks about their travels through \n Switzerland , their 2 days on the\n Rigi , their plans a trip to the \n Rhine , \n England , and \n Scotland , and then home to \n America ; says he will write\n requested article and furnish photographs; mentions\n idea for serial story, set in \n Rome , \n Venice and various parts of \n Italy and \n Switzerland , for children, for \n St. Nicholas if the publishers want\n it; looks forward to promised letter; mentions having\n spent several days wit Mr. and Mrs. \n Roswell Smith and Dr.\n Robinson.]","[Says the \n Century Company 's request for an\n occasional story for \n The Independent cannot be complied\n with at once, because he is otherwise engaged;\n promises to write a story of 8 to 10 columns when\n time allows; asks fee of $100 for a story of that\n length.]","[Encloses \" \n A Penny Walk \" for \n The Independent ; instructs him on\n where to divide the story should it be necessary to\n publish it in 2 installments; hopes story will be\n liked.]","[Regrets not being able to meet him at this time;\n says he will be back in \n New York the following week and\n spend the winter there; promises a humorous story for\n February, if not sooner.]","[Authorizes him to deposit Stockton's vote of\n favor of admitting \n William Fayal Clarke to\n membership, as he is unable to attend the \n Author's Club meeting.]","[Expresses disappointment that an important part\n of the manuscript \n The Demon Plague was lost while in\n McClure's possession; includes attempted replacement\n which was exceedingly difficult to write; discusses\n another sketch; points out where his portrait, to\n accompany the sketch, can be obtained.]","[Asks him to send a proof to his new house in \n Madison, New Jersey and to come\n visit there when he comes that way.]","[Thanks the company for letter containing royalty\n accounts and money; refers to \n The Dusantes which appears in 3 parts\n in \n The Century ; assumes the story will\n be printed by the \n Century Company in book form in\n 1888; wishes the company luck with his books;\n acknowledges receipt of copies of his books; says he\n is pleased by their appearance.]","[Sends note to accompany paragraph for the McClure\n column.]","[Asks for the correction of a statement in a \n New York paper in regard to his\n travel intentions.]","[Informs him that he is unable to go to \n Chicago to read; promises to send\n an item for McClure syndicate; sends New Year's\n wishes.]","[Says he is unable to attend copyright meeting;\n promises to come to the next meeting on a Club-dinner\n night at the Aldine.]","[Promises to write a Christmas story for him,\n although he is very busy with \n The Squirrel Inn ; mentions \" \n The Illinois Farmer \" by\n Johnson.]","[Writes children's stories only occasionally now\n but is willing to write a ten thousand word piece for\n McClure's circular for $500; compliments him on his\n magazine for young people.]","[Congratulates him on the copyright victory; says\n that the authors of \n America owe Johnson everlasting\n gratitude; declares himself proud to be a citizen of\n the \n United States . ]","[Tells him that he has not been asked by anyone to\n take part in the reading on the 22nd; says he will be\n happy read, but only parts of \n Squirrel Inn ; says the same\n presentation was like by another audience; refers to\n European trip; congratulates him on hors received\n from \n France . ]","[Informs him that he will have to get permission\n to use \n The Great War Syndicate from Messrs. \n Dodd \u0026 Mead ; says he has\n talked to them about the matter.]","[Refers to a will, with property bequeathed to\n Stockton; explains how much he expects to get and\n what percentage should go to Johnson.]","[Discusses will of Stockton's great great great\n grandfather from \n New Jersey ; says it is\n authentic, but no possessions come with it and\n Johnson will get nothing in return for his\n endeavors.]","[Regrets not having been able to attend the\n meeting of the \n Council of the Copyright League ;\n says he is enjoying culinary and other delights of\n the Bayou country; intends to return to \n New Jersey by May 1.]","[Responds to request for his help in manning the\n Gotthold houseboat; suggests \"The Halcyon,\" and \"The\n Angler.\"]","[Sends manuscript of \" \n A Sailor's Knot \" for $850, giving\n him all the serial rights in the \n United States in \n Europe with the stipulation not\n to offer it to American monthlies; says the story had\n been written for \n Ladies Home Journal of \n Philadelphia ; says he took it\n back after a disagreement with the editor.]","[Agrees to lend a hand in the compilation of the \n New Library of Literature , provided\n the new duties will not interfere with his present\n engagements; says he cannot do any editorial work,\n only assist in choosing authors for the series.]","[Requests payment of $500 for \" \n The Conscious Armada , \" published in\n Cosmopolitan in June; reminds him of\n the terms agreed upon; says that if \" \n The Conscious Armada \" was shorter\n than average, it was evened out by \" \n The Cot and the Rill \" which was much\n longer than average; insists on $500 for each story\n published.]","[Relates a strange dream, pertaining to his\n writing of humorous stories; comments on letter from\n Johnson, received the day after the dream, in which\n Johnson requests another humorous story; says he is\n glad that Johnson liked \n Pomona's Travels , he is pleased with\n illustrations by Mr. Steele.]","[Requests meeting to discuss story, ready to\n print, of about 30800 words; says it could be divided\n into 5 segments to be published in newspapers; asks\n to see a notice from the \n Commercial Advertiser . ]","[Says he is in bed \"with a ten pound boil\";\n expects to be all right soon; asks him to keep his\n mail in the office unless something looks very\n important.]","[Regrets not being able to come to a benefit in \n New York ; hopes to get better\n acquainted with Mr. Riggs in the future.]","[\"Without the slightest hesitation . . .\"]","See the \n \n University of Virginia Library’s use policy.","","University of Virginia. Library. Special\n Collections Dept.","City of Illinois","Archery Club","Adam's Express","Century Company","Author's Club","Messrs. Sampson, Low \u0026\n Co.","Dodd \u0026 Mead","Council of the Copyright League","Frank Richard Stockton","William Fayal Clarke","Benson John Lossing","Amalie LaForge","[William Holbrook] Beard","Mary Mapes Dodge","[Mary Mapes] Dodge","Alexander William Drake","Alexander Wilson Drake","Samuel Sidney\n McClure","David Douglas","Roswell Smith","John Eliot Bowen","Robert Underwood\n Johnson","William Henry\n Rideing","Frederick Gotthold","E. Leslie Gilliams","[Harry Thurston]\n Peck","John Brisben Walker","Kate Douglas Wiggins\n Riggs","T. Johnson","English"],"unitid_tesim":["5866"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Frank Richard Stockton Collection \n 1875-1900"],"collection_title_tesim":["Frank Richard Stockton Collection \n 1875-1900"],"collection_ssim":["Frank Richard Stockton Collection \n 1875-1900"],"repository_ssm":["University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept."],"repository_ssim":["University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept."],"creator_ssm":[""],"creator_ssim":[""],"acqinfo_ssim":["Gift \n 1958 Jun 5"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"physdesc_tesim":["54 items"],"accessrestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eCollection is open to research.\u003c/p\u003e"],"accessrestrict_heading_ssm":["Access Restrictions"],"accessrestrict_tesim":["Collection is open to research."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eFrank Richard Stockton\n Collection, Accession 5866, Special Collections Department, University of\n Virginia Library\u003c/p\u003e"],"prefercite_tesim":["Frank Richard Stockton\n Collection, Accession 5866, Special Collections Department, University of\n Virginia Library"],"processinfo_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eFunded in part by a grant from the National Endowment\n for the Humanities\u003c/p\u003e"],"processinfo_heading_ssm":["Funding Note"],"processinfo_tesim":["Funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment\n for the Humanities"],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e[Includes autograph corrections; in slipcase.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Instructs him to have 2 Ferris blocks engraved as\n soon as they come in; suggest having 2 engravers do\n them as they must be ready in January.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Thanks him for notes and favors; instructs him\n how to forward his mail to Philadelphia; mentions\n article that will appear in the Midsummer number, a\n \"Letter-Box\" item by the daughter of \n \u003cpersname\u003eBenson John Lossing\u003c/persname\u003e, and \n \u003cpersname\u003eAmalie LaForge\u003c/persname\u003e. ]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Apologizes for sending the proofs late; points\n out that he introduced \" \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Baby Camel\u003c/bibref\u003e, \" \" \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003ePrairie-dog's Home\u003c/bibref\u003e, \" and \" \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003ePrairie Wolf\u003c/bibref\u003e\"; criticizes animal\n drawing by \n \u003cpersname\u003e[William Holbrook] Beard\u003c/persname\u003eand\n specifies 3 drawings he disagrees with, should any\n pictures have to be omitted.] (incomplete)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Says he had a delightful trip to the \n \u003cgeogname\u003eBahamas\u003c/geogname\u003eand is enjoying \n \u003cgeogname\u003eFlorida\u003c/geogname\u003e; reports on letters lost\n in forwarding; inquires about fees for \" \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eSam Clemson\u003c/bibref\u003e\" and \" \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Lion\u003c/bibref\u003e\"; asks for reading material\n to be sent to him in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eJacksonville\u003c/geogname\u003e; sends regards to\n \"immortals of 743\"; says he is anxious to see \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eSt. Nicholas\u003c/bibref\u003emagazine which he cannot\n get in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eFlorida\u003c/geogname\u003e. ]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Acknowledges receipt of manuscripts which he will\n revise; inquires about the $100 English serial he is\n to revise; declines invitation to Carnival; asks him\n to come see a permanent exhibition in \n \u003cgeogname\u003ePhiladelphia\u003c/geogname\u003e, 1905 Broad\n St.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Returns a corrected, shortened proof; refers to a\n Russian story in the possession of \n \u003cpersname\u003eMary Mapes Dodge\u003c/persname\u003e; mentions batch\n of electro-work he sent to Clarke and his need of\n money.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Includes two 1 1/2 page manuscripts requested by \n \u003cpersname\u003e[Mary Mapes] Dodge\u003c/persname\u003e; mentions\n that he has 3 Scannell pictures, but no manuscript\n yet.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Refers to revised manuscripts he has sent to \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Fayal Clarke\u003c/persname\u003e's office,\n the charge being $53; asks him to hand Clarke a\n letter when he returns from vacation.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Says he is leaving for \n \u003cgeogname\u003eEurope\u003c/geogname\u003erather suddenly without\n having revised manuscripts; advises him to repage and\n shorten them; discusses social matters.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Sends requested address; promises to write about\n schedules, etc.; wants drawing of the expression on a\n boy's face, which is to appear changed in a\n story.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Speaks about a frontispiece which he finds\n improved; leaves the execution of his ideas, by\n process or wood, to \n \u003cpersname\u003eAlexander William Drake\u003c/persname\u003e; says he\n will discuss \"schedule\" when coming in on\n Wednesday.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Talks about stories and illustrations to appear\n in \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eSt. Nicholas\u003c/bibref\u003e; agrees to some formats\n and suggests some changes; leaves decision about\n frontispiece to \n \u003cpersname\u003eAlexander Wilson Drake\u003c/persname\u003e. ]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Says he will have requested story by mid-December\n and it will be divided into 5 chapters of about 2000\n words each.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Discusses changes and omissions on proof for\n July; mentions contributors Trowbridge, Dodge,\n Richards, and Foote.] (On St. Nicholas\n stationary)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Announces his visit for July 3.] (On St. Nicholas\n stationary)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Endorses a note to \n \u003cpersname\u003e[Mary Mapes] Dodge\u003c/persname\u003e; requests to\n be sent all manuscripts that have to be read; says he\n has time for manuscript work right now.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Acknowledges receipt of proofs; says they will be\n take care of promptly.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Criticizes proof of a portrait; finds it worse\n that the photograph; makes suggestions for the\n January edition of \"A. J. F.\" in regard to\n manuscripts and drawings; talks about the December\n edition; suggests insertions; feels upset about\n rumors regarding his health; says he won the\n championship-badge at the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eArchery Club\u003c/corpname\u003e; writes with a\n quill from an eagle's wing and promises to send such\n a quill to him.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Says he will leave for \n \u003cgeogname\u003eCharlottesville, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003enext\n week; gives instructions for forwarding the valise\n with manuscripts via \n \u003ccorpname\u003eAdam's Express\u003c/corpname\u003e, which is faster\n and more reliable than \n \u003cgeogname\u003eUnited States\u003c/geogname\u003e[mail]; feels ill;\n intends to spend time in the \n \u003cgeogname\u003eBlue Ridge Mountains\u003c/geogname\u003e; promises\n to send the electro-stories; asks if the new edition\n of \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eRudder Grange\u003c/bibref\u003ehas appeared.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Wonders if his mail has been sent to \n \u003cgeogname\u003eEurope\u003c/geogname\u003e; misses the June number\n of \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eSt. Nicholas\u003c/bibref\u003e; reports on his illness\n in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eFlorida\u003c/geogname\u003e; finds \n \u003cgeogname\u003eVenice\u003c/geogname\u003eenchanting, urges him to\n take his bride there; mentions letter his wife\n received from \n \u003cpersname\u003e[Mary Mapes] Dodge\u003c/persname\u003e; asks if he\n ought to do more for \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eSt. Nicholas\u003c/bibref\u003e; requests Mr. Smith's\n address; states that letters sent to him have been\n lost.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Regrets that he did not write \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Lion and the Lamb\u003c/bibref\u003e, which he\n received a request for a copy of; talks about \n \u003cpersname\u003eDavid Douglas\u003c/persname\u003e' idea to publish\n his collected short stories; mentions a check Douglas\n sent him before he sold a single copy of \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eRudder Grange\u003c/bibref\u003e; recalls meeting him\n in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eFlorence\u003c/geogname\u003e; mentions suggestion to\n write \"The Candid Adventurer,\" but does not feel up\n to it.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Talks about their travels through \n \u003cgeogname\u003eSwitzerland\u003c/geogname\u003e, their 2 days on the\n \u003cgeogname\u003eRigi\u003c/geogname\u003e, their plans a trip to the \n \u003cgeogname\u003eRhine\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eEngland\u003c/geogname\u003e, and \n \u003cgeogname\u003eScotland\u003c/geogname\u003e, and then home to \n \u003cgeogname\u003eAmerica\u003c/geogname\u003e; says he will write\n requested article and furnish photographs; mentions\n idea for serial story, set in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eRome\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eVenice\u003c/geogname\u003eand various parts of \n \u003cgeogname\u003eItaly\u003c/geogname\u003eand \n \u003cgeogname\u003eSwitzerland\u003c/geogname\u003e, for children, for \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eSt. Nicholas\u003c/bibref\u003eif the publishers want\n it; looks forward to promised letter; mentions having\n spent several days wit Mr. and Mrs. \n \u003cpersname\u003eRoswell Smith\u003c/persname\u003eand Dr.\n Robinson.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Says the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eCentury Company\u003c/corpname\u003e's request for an\n occasional story for \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Independent\u003c/bibref\u003ecannot be complied\n with at once, because he is otherwise engaged;\n promises to write a story of 8 to 10 columns when\n time allows; asks fee of $100 for a story of that\n length.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Encloses \" \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eA Penny Walk\u003c/bibref\u003e\" for \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Independent\u003c/bibref\u003e; instructs him on\n where to divide the story should it be necessary to\n publish it in 2 installments; hopes story will be\n liked.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Regrets not being able to meet him at this time;\n says he will be back in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eNew York\u003c/geogname\u003ethe following week and\n spend the winter there; promises a humorous story for\n February, if not sooner.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Authorizes him to deposit Stockton's vote of\n favor of admitting \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Fayal Clarke\u003c/persname\u003eto\n membership, as he is unable to attend the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eAuthor's Club\u003c/corpname\u003emeeting.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Expresses disappointment that an important part\n of the manuscript \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Demon Plague\u003c/bibref\u003ewas lost while in\n McClure's possession; includes attempted replacement\n which was exceedingly difficult to write; discusses\n another sketch; points out where his portrait, to\n accompany the sketch, can be obtained.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Asks him to send a proof to his new house in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eMadison, New Jersey\u003c/geogname\u003eand to come\n visit there when he comes that way.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Thanks the company for letter containing royalty\n accounts and money; refers to \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Dusantes\u003c/bibref\u003ewhich appears in 3 parts\n in \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Century\u003c/bibref\u003e; assumes the story will\n be printed by the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eCentury Company\u003c/corpname\u003ein book form in\n 1888; wishes the company luck with his books;\n acknowledges receipt of copies of his books; says he\n is pleased by their appearance.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Sends note to accompany paragraph for the McClure\n column.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Asks for the correction of a statement in a \n \u003cgeogname\u003eNew York\u003c/geogname\u003epaper in regard to his\n travel intentions.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Informs him that he is unable to go to \n \u003cgeogname\u003eChicago\u003c/geogname\u003eto read; promises to send\n an item for McClure syndicate; sends New Year's\n wishes.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Says he is unable to attend copyright meeting;\n promises to come to the next meeting on a Club-dinner\n night at the Aldine.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Promises to write a Christmas story for him,\n although he is very busy with \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Squirrel Inn\u003c/bibref\u003e; mentions \" \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Illinois Farmer\u003c/bibref\u003e\" by\n Johnson.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Writes children's stories only occasionally now\n but is willing to write a ten thousand word piece for\n McClure's circular for $500; compliments him on his\n magazine for young people.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Congratulates him on the copyright victory; says\n that the authors of \n \u003cgeogname\u003eAmerica\u003c/geogname\u003eowe Johnson everlasting\n gratitude; declares himself proud to be a citizen of\n the \n \u003cgeogname\u003eUnited States\u003c/geogname\u003e. ]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Tells him that he has not been asked by anyone to\n take part in the reading on the 22nd; says he will be\n happy read, but only parts of \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eSquirrel Inn\u003c/bibref\u003e; says the same\n presentation was like by another audience; refers to\n European trip; congratulates him on hors received\n from \n \u003cgeogname\u003eFrance\u003c/geogname\u003e. ]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Informs him that he will have to get permission\n to use \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Great War Syndicate\u003c/bibref\u003efrom Messrs. \n \u003ccorpname\u003eDodd \u0026amp; Mead\u003c/corpname\u003e; says he has\n talked to them about the matter.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Refers to a will, with property bequeathed to\n Stockton; explains how much he expects to get and\n what percentage should go to Johnson.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Discusses will of Stockton's great great great\n grandfather from \n \u003cgeogname\u003eNew Jersey\u003c/geogname\u003e; says it is\n authentic, but no possessions come with it and\n Johnson will get nothing in return for his\n endeavors.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Regrets not having been able to attend the\n meeting of the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eCouncil of the Copyright League\u003c/corpname\u003e;\n says he is enjoying culinary and other delights of\n the Bayou country; intends to return to \n \u003cgeogname\u003eNew Jersey\u003c/geogname\u003eby May 1.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Responds to request for his help in manning the\n Gotthold houseboat; suggests \"The Halcyon,\" and \"The\n Angler.\"]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Sends manuscript of \" \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eA Sailor's Knot\u003c/bibref\u003e\" for $850, giving\n him all the serial rights in the \n \u003cgeogname\u003eUnited States\u003c/geogname\u003ein \n \u003cgeogname\u003eEurope\u003c/geogname\u003ewith the stipulation not\n to offer it to American monthlies; says the story had\n been written for \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eLadies Home Journal\u003c/bibref\u003eof \n \u003cgeogname\u003ePhiladelphia\u003c/geogname\u003e; says he took it\n back after a disagreement with the editor.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Agrees to lend a hand in the compilation of the \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eNew Library of Literature\u003c/bibref\u003e, provided\n the new duties will not interfere with his present\n engagements; says he cannot do any editorial work,\n only assist in choosing authors for the series.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Requests payment of $500 for \" \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Conscious Armada\u003c/bibref\u003e, \" published in\n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eCosmopolitan\u003c/bibref\u003ein June; reminds him of\n the terms agreed upon; says that if \" \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Conscious Armada\u003c/bibref\u003e\" was shorter\n than average, it was evened out by \" \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Cot and the Rill\u003c/bibref\u003e\" which was much\n longer than average; insists on $500 for each story\n published.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Relates a strange dream, pertaining to his\n writing of humorous stories; comments on letter from\n Johnson, received the day after the dream, in which\n Johnson requests another humorous story; says he is\n glad that Johnson liked \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003ePomona's Travels\u003c/bibref\u003e, he is pleased with\n illustrations by Mr. Steele.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Requests meeting to discuss story, ready to\n print, of about 30800 words; says it could be divided\n into 5 segments to be published in newspapers; asks\n to see a notice from the \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eCommercial Advertiser\u003c/bibref\u003e. ]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Says he is in bed \"with a ten pound boil\";\n expects to be all right soon; asks him to keep his\n mail in the office unless something looks very\n important.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Regrets not being able to come to a benefit in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eNew York\u003c/geogname\u003e; hopes to get better\n acquainted with Mr. Riggs in the future.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[\"Without the slightest hesitation . . .\"]\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_tesim":["[Includes autograph corrections; in slipcase.]","[Instructs him to have 2 Ferris blocks engraved as\n soon as they come in; suggest having 2 engravers do\n them as they must be ready in January.]","[Thanks him for notes and favors; instructs him\n how to forward his mail to Philadelphia; mentions\n article that will appear in the Midsummer number, a\n \"Letter-Box\" item by the daughter of \n Benson John Lossing , and \n Amalie LaForge . ]","[Apologizes for sending the proofs late; points\n out that he introduced \" \n The Baby Camel , \" \" \n Prairie-dog's Home , \" and \" \n Prairie Wolf \"; criticizes animal\n drawing by \n [William Holbrook] Beard and\n specifies 3 drawings he disagrees with, should any\n pictures have to be omitted.] (incomplete)","[Says he had a delightful trip to the \n Bahamas and is enjoying \n Florida ; reports on letters lost\n in forwarding; inquires about fees for \" \n Sam Clemson \" and \" \n The Lion \"; asks for reading material\n to be sent to him in \n Jacksonville ; sends regards to\n \"immortals of 743\"; says he is anxious to see \n St. Nicholas magazine which he cannot\n get in \n Florida . ]","[Acknowledges receipt of manuscripts which he will\n revise; inquires about the $100 English serial he is\n to revise; declines invitation to Carnival; asks him\n to come see a permanent exhibition in \n Philadelphia , 1905 Broad\n St.]","[Returns a corrected, shortened proof; refers to a\n Russian story in the possession of \n Mary Mapes Dodge ; mentions batch\n of electro-work he sent to Clarke and his need of\n money.]","[Includes two 1 1/2 page manuscripts requested by \n [Mary Mapes] Dodge ; mentions\n that he has 3 Scannell pictures, but no manuscript\n yet.]","[Refers to revised manuscripts he has sent to \n William Fayal Clarke 's office,\n the charge being $53; asks him to hand Clarke a\n letter when he returns from vacation.]","[Says he is leaving for \n Europe rather suddenly without\n having revised manuscripts; advises him to repage and\n shorten them; discusses social matters.]","[Sends requested address; promises to write about\n schedules, etc.; wants drawing of the expression on a\n boy's face, which is to appear changed in a\n story.]","[Speaks about a frontispiece which he finds\n improved; leaves the execution of his ideas, by\n process or wood, to \n Alexander William Drake ; says he\n will discuss \"schedule\" when coming in on\n Wednesday.]","[Talks about stories and illustrations to appear\n in \n St. Nicholas ; agrees to some formats\n and suggests some changes; leaves decision about\n frontispiece to \n Alexander Wilson Drake . ]","[Says he will have requested story by mid-December\n and it will be divided into 5 chapters of about 2000\n words each.]","[Discusses changes and omissions on proof for\n July; mentions contributors Trowbridge, Dodge,\n Richards, and Foote.] (On St. Nicholas\n stationary)","[Announces his visit for July 3.] (On St. Nicholas\n stationary)","[Endorses a note to \n [Mary Mapes] Dodge ; requests to\n be sent all manuscripts that have to be read; says he\n has time for manuscript work right now.]","[Acknowledges receipt of proofs; says they will be\n take care of promptly.]","[Criticizes proof of a portrait; finds it worse\n that the photograph; makes suggestions for the\n January edition of \"A. 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F.\" in regard to\n manuscripts and drawings; talks about the December\n edition; suggests insertions; feels upset about\n rumors regarding his health; says he won the\n championship-badge at the \n Archery Club ; writes with a\n quill from an eagle's wing and promises to send such\n a quill to him.]","[Says he will leave for \n Charlottesville, Virginia next\n week; gives instructions for forwarding the valise\n with manuscripts via \n Adam's Express , which is faster\n and more reliable than \n United States [mail]; feels ill;\n intends to spend time in the \n Blue Ridge Mountains ; promises\n to send the electro-stories; asks if the new edition\n of \n Rudder Grange has appeared.]","[Wonders if his mail has been sent to \n Europe ; misses the June number\n of \n St. Nicholas ; reports on his illness\n in \n Florida ; finds \n Venice enchanting, urges him to\n take his bride there; mentions letter his wife\n received from \n [Mary Mapes] Dodge ; asks if he\n ought to do more for \n St. Nicholas ; requests Mr. Smith's\n address; states that letters sent to him have been\n lost.]","[Regrets that he did not write \n The Lion and the Lamb , which he\n received a request for a copy of; talks about \n David Douglas ' idea to publish\n his collected short stories; mentions a check Douglas\n sent him before he sold a single copy of \n Rudder Grange ; recalls meeting him\n in \n Florence ; mentions suggestion to\n write \"The Candid Adventurer,\" but does not feel up\n to it.]","[Talks about their travels through \n Switzerland , their 2 days on the\n Rigi , their plans a trip to the \n Rhine , \n England , and \n Scotland , and then home to \n America ; says he will write\n requested article and furnish photographs; mentions\n idea for serial story, set in \n Rome , \n Venice and various parts of \n Italy and \n Switzerland , for children, for \n St. Nicholas if the publishers want\n it; looks forward to promised letter; mentions having\n spent several days wit Mr. and Mrs. \n Roswell Smith and Dr.\n Robinson.]","[Says the \n Century Company 's request for an\n occasional story for \n The Independent cannot be complied\n with at once, because he is otherwise engaged;\n promises to write a story of 8 to 10 columns when\n time allows; asks fee of $100 for a story of that\n length.]","[Encloses \" \n A Penny Walk \" for \n The Independent ; instructs him on\n where to divide the story should it be necessary to\n publish it in 2 installments; hopes story will be\n liked.]","[Regrets not being able to meet him at this time;\n says he will be back in \n New York the following week and\n spend the winter there; promises a humorous story for\n February, if not sooner.]","[Authorizes him to deposit Stockton's vote of\n favor of admitting \n William Fayal Clarke to\n membership, as he is unable to attend the \n Author's Club meeting.]","[Expresses disappointment that an important part\n of the manuscript \n The Demon Plague was lost while in\n McClure's possession; includes attempted replacement\n which was exceedingly difficult to write; discusses\n another sketch; points out where his portrait, to\n accompany the sketch, can be obtained.]","[Asks him to send a proof to his new house in \n Madison, New Jersey and to come\n visit there when he comes that way.]","[Thanks the company for letter containing royalty\n accounts and money; refers to \n The Dusantes which appears in 3 parts\n in \n The Century ; assumes the story will\n be printed by the \n Century Company in book form in\n 1888; wishes the company luck with his books;\n acknowledges receipt of copies of his books; says he\n is pleased by their appearance.]","[Sends note to accompany paragraph for the McClure\n column.]","[Asks for the correction of a statement in a \n New York paper in regard to his\n travel intentions.]","[Informs him that he is unable to go to \n Chicago to read; promises to send\n an item for McClure syndicate; sends New Year's\n wishes.]","[Says he is unable to attend copyright meeting;\n promises to come to the next meeting on a Club-dinner\n night at the Aldine.]","[Promises to write a Christmas story for him,\n although he is very busy with \n The Squirrel Inn ; mentions \" \n The Illinois Farmer \" by\n Johnson.]","[Writes children's stories only occasionally now\n but is willing to write a ten thousand word piece for\n McClure's circular for $500; compliments him on his\n magazine for young people.]","[Congratulates him on the copyright victory; says\n that the authors of \n America owe Johnson everlasting\n gratitude; declares himself proud to be a citizen of\n the \n United States . ]","[Tells him that he has not been asked by anyone to\n take part in the reading on the 22nd; says he will be\n happy read, but only parts of \n Squirrel Inn ; says the same\n presentation was like by another audience; refers to\n European trip; congratulates him on hors received\n from \n France . ]","[Informs him that he will have to get permission\n to use \n The Great War Syndicate from Messrs. \n Dodd \u0026 Mead ; says he has\n talked to them about the matter.]","[Refers to a will, with property bequeathed to\n Stockton; explains how much he expects to get and\n what percentage should go to Johnson.]","[Discusses will of Stockton's great great great\n grandfather from \n New Jersey ; says it is\n authentic, but no possessions come with it and\n Johnson will get nothing in return for his\n endeavors.]","[Regrets not having been able to attend the\n meeting of the \n Council of the Copyright League ;\n says he is enjoying culinary and other delights of\n the Bayou country; intends to return to \n New Jersey by May 1.]","[Responds to request for his help in manning the\n Gotthold houseboat; suggests \"The Halcyon,\" and \"The\n Angler.\"]","[Sends manuscript of \" \n A Sailor's Knot \" for $850, giving\n him all the serial rights in the \n United States in \n Europe with the stipulation not\n to offer it to American monthlies; says the story had\n been written for \n Ladies Home Journal of \n Philadelphia ; says he took it\n back after a disagreement with the editor.]","[Agrees to lend a hand in the compilation of the \n New Library of Literature , provided\n the new duties will not interfere with his present\n engagements; says he cannot do any editorial work,\n only assist in choosing authors for the series.]","[Requests payment of $500 for \" \n The Conscious Armada , \" published in\n Cosmopolitan in June; reminds him of\n the terms agreed upon; says that if \" \n The Conscious Armada \" was shorter\n than average, it was evened out by \" \n The Cot and the Rill \" which was much\n longer than average; 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F.\" in regard to\n manuscripts and drawings; talks about the December\n edition; suggests insertions; feels upset about\n rumors regarding his health; says he won the\n championship-badge at the \n Archery Club ; writes with a\n quill from an eagle's wing and promises to send such\n a quill to him.]","[Says he will leave for \n Charlottesville, Virginia next\n week; gives instructions for forwarding the valise\n with manuscripts via \n Adam's Express , which is faster\n and more reliable than \n United States [mail]; feels ill;\n intends to spend time in the \n Blue Ridge Mountains ; promises\n to send the electro-stories; asks if the new edition\n of \n Rudder Grange has appeared.]","[Wonders if his mail has been sent to \n Europe ; misses the June number\n of \n St. Nicholas ; reports on his illness\n in \n Florida ; finds \n Venice enchanting, urges him to\n take his bride there; mentions letter his wife\n received from \n [Mary Mapes] Dodge ; asks if he\n ought to do more for \n St. Nicholas ; requests Mr. Smith's\n address; states that letters sent to him have been\n lost.]","[Regrets that he did not write \n The Lion and the Lamb , which he\n received a request for a copy of; talks about \n David Douglas ' idea to publish\n his collected short stories; mentions a check Douglas\n sent him before he sold a single copy of \n Rudder Grange ; recalls meeting him\n in \n Florence ; mentions suggestion to\n write \"The Candid Adventurer,\" but does not feel up\n to it.]","[Talks about their travels through \n Switzerland , their 2 days on the\n Rigi , their plans a trip to the \n Rhine , \n England , and \n Scotland , and then home to \n America ; says he will write\n requested article and furnish photographs; mentions\n idea for serial story, set in \n Rome , \n Venice and various parts of \n Italy and \n Switzerland , for children, for \n St. Nicholas if the publishers want\n it; looks forward to promised letter; mentions having\n spent several days wit Mr. and Mrs. \n Roswell Smith and Dr.\n Robinson.]","[Says the \n Century Company 's request for an\n occasional story for \n The Independent cannot be complied\n with at once, because he is otherwise engaged;\n promises to write a story of 8 to 10 columns when\n time allows; asks fee of $100 for a story of that\n length.]","[Encloses \" \n A Penny Walk \" for \n The Independent ; instructs him on\n where to divide the story should it be necessary to\n publish it in 2 installments; hopes story will be\n liked.]","[Regrets not being able to meet him at this time;\n says he will be back in \n New York the following week and\n spend the winter there; promises a humorous story for\n February, if not sooner.]","[Authorizes him to deposit Stockton's vote of\n favor of admitting \n William Fayal Clarke to\n membership, as he is unable to attend the \n Author's Club meeting.]","[Expresses disappointment that an important part\n of the manuscript \n The Demon Plague was lost while in\n McClure's possession; includes attempted replacement\n which was exceedingly difficult to write; discusses\n another sketch; points out where his portrait, to\n accompany the sketch, can be obtained.]","[Asks him to send a proof to his new house in \n Madison, New Jersey and to come\n visit there when he comes that way.]","[Thanks the company for letter containing royalty\n accounts and money; refers to \n The Dusantes which appears in 3 parts\n in \n The Century ; assumes the story will\n be printed by the \n Century Company in book form in\n 1888; wishes the company luck with his books;\n acknowledges receipt of copies of his books; says he\n is pleased by their appearance.]","[Sends note to accompany paragraph for the McClure\n column.]","[Asks for the correction of a statement in a \n New York paper in regard to his\n travel intentions.]","[Informs him that he is unable to go to \n Chicago to read; promises to send\n an item for McClure syndicate; sends New Year's\n wishes.]","[Says he is unable to attend copyright meeting;\n promises to come to the next meeting on a Club-dinner\n night at the Aldine.]","[Promises to write a Christmas story for him,\n although he is very busy with \n The Squirrel Inn ; mentions \" \n The Illinois Farmer \" by\n Johnson.]","[Writes children's stories only occasionally now\n but is willing to write a ten thousand word piece for\n McClure's circular for $500; compliments him on his\n magazine for young people.]","[Congratulates him on the copyright victory; says\n that the authors of \n America owe Johnson everlasting\n gratitude; declares himself proud to be a citizen of\n the \n United States . ]","[Tells him that he has not been asked by anyone to\n take part in the reading on the 22nd; says he will be\n happy read, but only parts of \n Squirrel Inn ; says the same\n presentation was like by another audience; refers to\n European trip; congratulates him on hors received\n from \n France . ]","[Informs him that he will have to get permission\n to use \n The Great War Syndicate from Messrs. \n Dodd \u0026 Mead ; says he has\n talked to them about the matter.]","[Refers to a will, with property bequeathed to\n Stockton; explains how much he expects to get and\n what percentage should go to Johnson.]","[Discusses will of Stockton's great great great\n grandfather from \n New Jersey ; says it is\n authentic, but no possessions come with it and\n Johnson will get nothing in return for his\n endeavors.]","[Regrets not having been able to attend the\n meeting of the \n Council of the Copyright League ;\n says he is enjoying culinary and other delights of\n the Bayou country; 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in slipcase.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Instructs him to have 2 Ferris blocks engraved as\n soon as they come in; suggest having 2 engravers do\n them as they must be ready in January.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Thanks him for notes and favors; instructs him\n how to forward his mail to Philadelphia; mentions\n article that will appear in the Midsummer number, a\n \"Letter-Box\" item by the daughter of \n \u003cpersname\u003eBenson John Lossing\u003c/persname\u003e, and \n \u003cpersname\u003eAmalie LaForge\u003c/persname\u003e. ]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Apologizes for sending the proofs late; points\n out that he introduced \" \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Baby Camel\u003c/bibref\u003e, \" \" \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003ePrairie-dog's Home\u003c/bibref\u003e, \" and \" \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003ePrairie Wolf\u003c/bibref\u003e\"; criticizes animal\n drawing by \n \u003cpersname\u003e[William Holbrook] Beard\u003c/persname\u003eand\n specifies 3 drawings he disagrees with, should any\n pictures have to be omitted.] (incomplete)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Says he had a delightful trip to the \n \u003cgeogname\u003eBahamas\u003c/geogname\u003eand is enjoying \n \u003cgeogname\u003eFlorida\u003c/geogname\u003e; reports on letters lost\n in forwarding; inquires about fees for \" \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eSam Clemson\u003c/bibref\u003e\" and \" \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Lion\u003c/bibref\u003e\"; asks for reading material\n to be sent to him in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eJacksonville\u003c/geogname\u003e; sends regards to\n \"immortals of 743\"; says he is anxious to see \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eSt. Nicholas\u003c/bibref\u003emagazine which he cannot\n get in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eFlorida\u003c/geogname\u003e. ]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Acknowledges receipt of manuscripts which he will\n revise; inquires about the $100 English serial he is\n to revise; declines invitation to Carnival; asks him\n to come see a permanent exhibition in \n \u003cgeogname\u003ePhiladelphia\u003c/geogname\u003e, 1905 Broad\n St.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Returns a corrected, shortened proof; refers to a\n Russian story in the possession of \n \u003cpersname\u003eMary Mapes Dodge\u003c/persname\u003e; mentions batch\n of electro-work he sent to Clarke and his need of\n money.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Includes two 1 1/2 page manuscripts requested by \n \u003cpersname\u003e[Mary Mapes] Dodge\u003c/persname\u003e; mentions\n that he has 3 Scannell pictures, but no manuscript\n yet.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Refers to revised manuscripts he has sent to \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Fayal Clarke\u003c/persname\u003e's office,\n the charge being $53; asks him to hand Clarke a\n letter when he returns from vacation.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Says he is leaving for \n \u003cgeogname\u003eEurope\u003c/geogname\u003erather suddenly without\n having revised manuscripts; advises him to repage and\n shorten them; discusses social matters.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Sends requested address; promises to write about\n schedules, etc.; wants drawing of the expression on a\n boy's face, which is to appear changed in a\n story.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Speaks about a frontispiece which he finds\n improved; leaves the execution of his ideas, by\n process or wood, to \n \u003cpersname\u003eAlexander William Drake\u003c/persname\u003e; says he\n will discuss \"schedule\" when coming in on\n Wednesday.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Talks about stories and illustrations to appear\n in \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eSt. Nicholas\u003c/bibref\u003e; agrees to some formats\n and suggests some changes; leaves decision about\n frontispiece to \n \u003cpersname\u003eAlexander Wilson Drake\u003c/persname\u003e. ]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Says he will have requested story by mid-December\n and it will be divided into 5 chapters of about 2000\n words each.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Discusses changes and omissions on proof for\n July; mentions contributors Trowbridge, Dodge,\n Richards, and Foote.] (On St. Nicholas\n stationary)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Announces his visit for July 3.] (On St. Nicholas\n stationary)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Endorses a note to \n \u003cpersname\u003e[Mary Mapes] Dodge\u003c/persname\u003e; requests to\n be sent all manuscripts that have to be read; says he\n has time for manuscript work right now.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Acknowledges receipt of proofs; says they will be\n take care of promptly.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Criticizes proof of a portrait; finds it worse\n that the photograph; makes suggestions for the\n January edition of \"A. J. F.\" in regard to\n manuscripts and drawings; talks about the December\n edition; suggests insertions; feels upset about\n rumors regarding his health; says he won the\n championship-badge at the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eArchery Club\u003c/corpname\u003e; writes with a\n quill from an eagle's wing and promises to send such\n a quill to him.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Says he will leave for \n \u003cgeogname\u003eCharlottesville, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003enext\n week; gives instructions for forwarding the valise\n with manuscripts via \n \u003ccorpname\u003eAdam's Express\u003c/corpname\u003e, which is faster\n and more reliable than \n \u003cgeogname\u003eUnited States\u003c/geogname\u003e[mail]; feels ill;\n intends to spend time in the \n \u003cgeogname\u003eBlue Ridge Mountains\u003c/geogname\u003e; promises\n to send the electro-stories; asks if the new edition\n of \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eRudder Grange\u003c/bibref\u003ehas appeared.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Wonders if his mail has been sent to \n \u003cgeogname\u003eEurope\u003c/geogname\u003e; misses the June number\n of \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eSt. Nicholas\u003c/bibref\u003e; reports on his illness\n in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eFlorida\u003c/geogname\u003e; finds \n \u003cgeogname\u003eVenice\u003c/geogname\u003eenchanting, urges him to\n take his bride there; mentions letter his wife\n received from \n \u003cpersname\u003e[Mary Mapes] Dodge\u003c/persname\u003e; asks if he\n ought to do more for \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eSt. Nicholas\u003c/bibref\u003e; requests Mr. Smith's\n address; states that letters sent to him have been\n lost.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Regrets that he did not write \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Lion and the Lamb\u003c/bibref\u003e, which he\n received a request for a copy of; talks about \n \u003cpersname\u003eDavid Douglas\u003c/persname\u003e' idea to publish\n his collected short stories; mentions a check Douglas\n sent him before he sold a single copy of \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eRudder Grange\u003c/bibref\u003e; recalls meeting him\n in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eFlorence\u003c/geogname\u003e; mentions suggestion to\n write \"The Candid Adventurer,\" but does not feel up\n to it.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Talks about their travels through \n \u003cgeogname\u003eSwitzerland\u003c/geogname\u003e, their 2 days on the\n \u003cgeogname\u003eRigi\u003c/geogname\u003e, their plans a trip to the \n \u003cgeogname\u003eRhine\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eEngland\u003c/geogname\u003e, and \n \u003cgeogname\u003eScotland\u003c/geogname\u003e, and then home to \n \u003cgeogname\u003eAmerica\u003c/geogname\u003e; says he will write\n requested article and furnish photographs; mentions\n idea for serial story, set in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eRome\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eVenice\u003c/geogname\u003eand various parts of \n \u003cgeogname\u003eItaly\u003c/geogname\u003eand \n \u003cgeogname\u003eSwitzerland\u003c/geogname\u003e, for children, for \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eSt. Nicholas\u003c/bibref\u003eif the publishers want\n it; looks forward to promised letter; mentions having\n spent several days wit Mr. and Mrs. \n \u003cpersname\u003eRoswell Smith\u003c/persname\u003eand Dr.\n Robinson.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Says the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eCentury Company\u003c/corpname\u003e's request for an\n occasional story for \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Independent\u003c/bibref\u003ecannot be complied\n with at once, because he is otherwise engaged;\n promises to write a story of 8 to 10 columns when\n time allows; asks fee of $100 for a story of that\n length.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Encloses \" \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eA Penny Walk\u003c/bibref\u003e\" for \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Independent\u003c/bibref\u003e; instructs him on\n where to divide the story should it be necessary to\n publish it in 2 installments; hopes story will be\n liked.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Regrets not being able to meet him at this time;\n says he will be back in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eNew York\u003c/geogname\u003ethe following week and\n spend the winter there; promises a humorous story for\n February, if not sooner.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Authorizes him to deposit Stockton's vote of\n favor of admitting \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Fayal Clarke\u003c/persname\u003eto\n membership, as he is unable to attend the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eAuthor's Club\u003c/corpname\u003emeeting.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Expresses disappointment that an important part\n of the manuscript \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Demon Plague\u003c/bibref\u003ewas lost while in\n McClure's possession; includes attempted replacement\n which was exceedingly difficult to write; discusses\n another sketch; points out where his portrait, to\n accompany the sketch, can be obtained.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Asks him to send a proof to his new house in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eMadison, New Jersey\u003c/geogname\u003eand to come\n visit there when he comes that way.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Thanks the company for letter containing royalty\n accounts and money; refers to \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Dusantes\u003c/bibref\u003ewhich appears in 3 parts\n in \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Century\u003c/bibref\u003e; assumes the story will\n be printed by the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eCentury Company\u003c/corpname\u003ein book form in\n 1888; wishes the company luck with his books;\n acknowledges receipt of copies of his books; says he\n is pleased by their appearance.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Sends note to accompany paragraph for the McClure\n column.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Asks for the correction of a statement in a \n \u003cgeogname\u003eNew York\u003c/geogname\u003epaper in regard to his\n travel intentions.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Informs him that he is unable to go to \n \u003cgeogname\u003eChicago\u003c/geogname\u003eto read; promises to send\n an item for McClure syndicate; sends New Year's\n wishes.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Says he is unable to attend copyright meeting;\n promises to come to the next meeting on a Club-dinner\n night at the Aldine.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Promises to write a Christmas story for him,\n although he is very busy with \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Squirrel Inn\u003c/bibref\u003e; mentions \" \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Illinois Farmer\u003c/bibref\u003e\" by\n Johnson.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Writes children's stories only occasionally now\n but is willing to write a ten thousand word piece for\n McClure's circular for $500; compliments him on his\n magazine for young people.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Congratulates him on the copyright victory; says\n that the authors of \n \u003cgeogname\u003eAmerica\u003c/geogname\u003eowe Johnson everlasting\n gratitude; declares himself proud to be a citizen of\n the \n \u003cgeogname\u003eUnited States\u003c/geogname\u003e. ]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Tells him that he has not been asked by anyone to\n take part in the reading on the 22nd; says he will be\n happy read, but only parts of \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eSquirrel Inn\u003c/bibref\u003e; says the same\n presentation was like by another audience; refers to\n European trip; congratulates him on hors received\n from \n \u003cgeogname\u003eFrance\u003c/geogname\u003e. ]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Informs him that he will have to get permission\n to use \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Great War Syndicate\u003c/bibref\u003efrom Messrs. \n \u003ccorpname\u003eDodd \u0026amp; Mead\u003c/corpname\u003e; says he has\n talked to them about the matter.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Refers to a will, with property bequeathed to\n Stockton; explains how much he expects to get and\n what percentage should go to Johnson.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Discusses will of Stockton's great great great\n grandfather from \n \u003cgeogname\u003eNew Jersey\u003c/geogname\u003e; says it is\n authentic, but no possessions come with it and\n Johnson will get nothing in return for his\n endeavors.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Regrets not having been able to attend the\n meeting of the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eCouncil of the Copyright League\u003c/corpname\u003e;\n says he is enjoying culinary and other delights of\n the Bayou country; intends to return to \n \u003cgeogname\u003eNew Jersey\u003c/geogname\u003eby May 1.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Responds to request for his help in manning the\n Gotthold houseboat; suggests \"The Halcyon,\" and \"The\n Angler.\"]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Sends manuscript of \" \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eA Sailor's Knot\u003c/bibref\u003e\" for $850, giving\n him all the serial rights in the \n \u003cgeogname\u003eUnited States\u003c/geogname\u003ein \n \u003cgeogname\u003eEurope\u003c/geogname\u003ewith the stipulation not\n to offer it to American monthlies; says the story had\n been written for \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eLadies Home Journal\u003c/bibref\u003eof \n \u003cgeogname\u003ePhiladelphia\u003c/geogname\u003e; says he took it\n back after a disagreement with the editor.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Agrees to lend a hand in the compilation of the \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eNew Library of Literature\u003c/bibref\u003e, provided\n the new duties will not interfere with his present\n engagements; says he cannot do any editorial work,\n only assist in choosing authors for the series.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Requests payment of $500 for \" \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Conscious Armada\u003c/bibref\u003e, \" published in\n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eCosmopolitan\u003c/bibref\u003ein June; reminds him of\n the terms agreed upon; says that if \" \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Conscious Armada\u003c/bibref\u003e\" was shorter\n than average, it was evened out by \" \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Cot and the Rill\u003c/bibref\u003e\" which was much\n longer than average; insists on $500 for each story\n published.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Relates a strange dream, pertaining to his\n writing of humorous stories; comments on letter from\n Johnson, received the day after the dream, in which\n Johnson requests another humorous story; says he is\n glad that Johnson liked \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003ePomona's Travels\u003c/bibref\u003e, he is pleased with\n illustrations by Mr. Steele.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Requests meeting to discuss story, ready to\n print, of about 30800 words; says it could be divided\n into 5 segments to be published in newspapers; asks\n to see a notice from the \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eCommercial Advertiser\u003c/bibref\u003e. ]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Says he is in bed \"with a ten pound boil\";\n expects to be all right soon; asks him to keep his\n mail in the office unless something looks very\n important.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Regrets not being able to come to a benefit in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eNew York\u003c/geogname\u003e; hopes to get better\n acquainted with Mr. Riggs in the future.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[\"Without the slightest hesitation . . .\"]\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_tesim":["[Includes autograph corrections; in slipcase.]","[Instructs him to have 2 Ferris blocks engraved as\n soon as they come in; suggest having 2 engravers do\n them as they must be ready in January.]","[Thanks him for notes and favors; instructs him\n how to forward his mail to Philadelphia; mentions\n article that will appear in the Midsummer number, a\n \"Letter-Box\" item by the daughter of \n Benson John Lossing , and \n Amalie LaForge . ]","[Apologizes for sending the proofs late; points\n out that he introduced \" \n The Baby Camel , \" \" \n Prairie-dog's Home , \" and \" \n Prairie Wolf \"; criticizes animal\n drawing by \n [William Holbrook] Beard and\n specifies 3 drawings he disagrees with, should any\n pictures have to be omitted.] (incomplete)","[Says he had a delightful trip to the \n Bahamas and is enjoying \n Florida ; reports on letters lost\n in forwarding; inquires about fees for \" \n Sam Clemson \" and \" \n The Lion \"; asks for reading material\n to be sent to him in \n Jacksonville ; sends regards to\n \"immortals of 743\"; says he is anxious to see \n St. Nicholas magazine which he cannot\n get in \n Florida . ]","[Acknowledges receipt of manuscripts which he will\n revise; inquires about the $100 English serial he is\n to revise; declines invitation to Carnival; asks him\n to come see a permanent exhibition in \n Philadelphia , 1905 Broad\n St.]","[Returns a corrected, shortened proof; refers to a\n Russian story in the possession of \n Mary Mapes Dodge ; mentions batch\n of electro-work he sent to Clarke and his need of\n money.]","[Includes two 1 1/2 page manuscripts requested by \n [Mary Mapes] Dodge ; mentions\n that he has 3 Scannell pictures, but no manuscript\n yet.]","[Refers to revised manuscripts he has sent to \n William Fayal Clarke 's office,\n the charge being $53; asks him to hand Clarke a\n letter when he returns from vacation.]","[Says he is leaving for \n Europe rather suddenly without\n having revised manuscripts; advises him to repage and\n shorten them; discusses social matters.]","[Sends requested address; promises to write about\n schedules, etc.; wants drawing of the expression on a\n boy's face, which is to appear changed in a\n story.]","[Speaks about a frontispiece which he finds\n improved; leaves the execution of his ideas, by\n process or wood, to \n Alexander William Drake ; says he\n will discuss \"schedule\" when coming in on\n Wednesday.]","[Talks about stories and illustrations to appear\n in \n St. Nicholas ; agrees to some formats\n and suggests some changes; leaves decision about\n frontispiece to \n Alexander Wilson Drake . ]","[Says he will have requested story by mid-December\n and it will be divided into 5 chapters of about 2000\n words each.]","[Discusses changes and omissions on proof for\n July; mentions contributors Trowbridge, Dodge,\n Richards, and Foote.] (On St. Nicholas\n stationary)","[Announces his visit for July 3.] (On St. Nicholas\n stationary)","[Endorses a note to \n [Mary Mapes] Dodge ; requests to\n be sent all manuscripts that have to be read; says he\n has time for manuscript work right now.]","[Acknowledges receipt of proofs; says they will be\n take care of promptly.]","[Criticizes proof of a portrait; finds it worse\n that the photograph; makes suggestions for the\n January edition of \"A. J. F.\" in regard to\n manuscripts and drawings; talks about the December\n edition; suggests insertions; feels upset about\n rumors regarding his health; says he won the\n championship-badge at the \n Archery Club ; writes with a\n quill from an eagle's wing and promises to send such\n a quill to him.]","[Says he will leave for \n Charlottesville, Virginia next\n week; gives instructions for forwarding the valise\n with manuscripts via \n Adam's Express , which is faster\n and more reliable than \n United States [mail]; feels ill;\n intends to spend time in the \n Blue Ridge Mountains ; promises\n to send the electro-stories; asks if the new edition\n of \n Rudder Grange has appeared.]","[Wonders if his mail has been sent to \n Europe ; misses the June number\n of \n St. Nicholas ; reports on his illness\n in \n Florida ; finds \n Venice enchanting, urges him to\n take his bride there; mentions letter his wife\n received from \n [Mary Mapes] Dodge ; asks if he\n ought to do more for \n St. Nicholas ; requests Mr. Smith's\n address; states that letters sent to him have been\n lost.]","[Regrets that he did not write \n The Lion and the Lamb , which he\n received a request for a copy of; talks about \n David Douglas ' idea to publish\n his collected short stories; mentions a check Douglas\n sent him before he sold a single copy of \n Rudder Grange ; recalls meeting him\n in \n Florence ; mentions suggestion to\n write \"The Candid Adventurer,\" but does not feel up\n to it.]","[Talks about their travels through \n Switzerland , their 2 days on the\n Rigi , their plans a trip to the \n Rhine , \n England , and \n Scotland , and then home to \n America ; says he will write\n requested article and furnish photographs; mentions\n idea for serial story, set in \n Rome , \n Venice and various parts of \n Italy and \n Switzerland , for children, for \n St. Nicholas if the publishers want\n it; looks forward to promised letter; mentions having\n spent several days wit Mr. and Mrs. \n Roswell Smith and Dr.\n Robinson.]","[Says the \n Century Company 's request for an\n occasional story for \n The Independent cannot be complied\n with at once, because he is otherwise engaged;\n promises to write a story of 8 to 10 columns when\n time allows; asks fee of $100 for a story of that\n length.]","[Encloses \" \n A Penny Walk \" for \n The Independent ; instructs him on\n where to divide the story should it be necessary to\n publish it in 2 installments; hopes story will be\n liked.]","[Regrets not being able to meet him at this time;\n says he will be back in \n New York the following week and\n spend the winter there; promises a humorous story for\n February, if not sooner.]","[Authorizes him to deposit Stockton's vote of\n favor of admitting \n William Fayal Clarke to\n membership, as he is unable to attend the \n Author's Club meeting.]","[Expresses disappointment that an important part\n of the manuscript \n The Demon Plague was lost while in\n McClure's possession; includes attempted replacement\n which was exceedingly difficult to write; discusses\n another sketch; points out where his portrait, to\n accompany the sketch, can be obtained.]","[Asks him to send a proof to his new house in \n Madison, New Jersey and to come\n visit there when he comes that way.]","[Thanks the company for letter containing royalty\n accounts and money; refers to \n The Dusantes which appears in 3 parts\n in \n The Century ; assumes the story will\n be printed by the \n Century Company in book form in\n 1888; wishes the company luck with his books;\n acknowledges receipt of copies of his books; says he\n is pleased by their appearance.]","[Sends note to accompany paragraph for the McClure\n column.]","[Asks for the correction of a statement in a \n New York paper in regard to his\n travel intentions.]","[Informs him that he is unable to go to \n Chicago to read; promises to send\n an item for McClure syndicate; sends New Year's\n wishes.]","[Says he is unable to attend copyright meeting;\n promises to come to the next meeting on a Club-dinner\n night at the Aldine.]","[Promises to write a Christmas story for him,\n although he is very busy with \n The Squirrel Inn ; mentions \" \n The Illinois Farmer \" by\n Johnson.]","[Writes children's stories only occasionally now\n but is willing to write a ten thousand word piece for\n McClure's circular for $500; 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in slipcase.]","[Instructs him to have 2 Ferris blocks engraved as\n soon as they come in; suggest having 2 engravers do\n them as they must be ready in January.]","[Thanks him for notes and favors; instructs him\n how to forward his mail to Philadelphia; mentions\n article that will appear in the Midsummer number, a\n \"Letter-Box\" item by the daughter of \n Benson John Lossing , and \n Amalie LaForge . ]","[Apologizes for sending the proofs late; points\n out that he introduced \" \n The Baby Camel , \" \" \n Prairie-dog's Home , \" and \" \n Prairie Wolf \"; criticizes animal\n drawing by \n [William Holbrook] Beard and\n specifies 3 drawings he disagrees with, should any\n pictures have to be omitted.] (incomplete)","[Says he had a delightful trip to the \n Bahamas and is enjoying \n Florida ; reports on letters lost\n in forwarding; inquires about fees for \" \n Sam Clemson \" and \" \n The Lion \"; asks for reading material\n to be sent to him in \n Jacksonville ; sends regards to\n \"immortals of 743\"; 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says they will be\n take care of promptly.]","[Criticizes proof of a portrait; finds it worse\n that the photograph; makes suggestions for the\n January edition of \"A. 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F.\" in regard to\n manuscripts and drawings; talks about the December\n edition; suggests insertions; feels upset about\n rumors regarding his health; says he won the\n championship-badge at the \n Archery Club ; writes with a\n quill from an eagle's wing and promises to send such\n a quill to him.]","[Says he will leave for \n Charlottesville, Virginia next\n week; gives instructions for forwarding the valise\n with manuscripts via \n Adam's Express , which is faster\n and more reliable than \n United States [mail]; feels ill;\n intends to spend time in the \n Blue Ridge Mountains ; promises\n to send the electro-stories; asks if the new edition\n of \n Rudder Grange has appeared.]","[Wonders if his mail has been sent to \n Europe ; misses the June number\n of \n St. Nicholas ; reports on his illness\n in \n Florida ; finds \n Venice enchanting, urges him to\n take his bride there; mentions letter his wife\n received from \n [Mary Mapes] Dodge ; asks if he\n ought to do more for \n St. Nicholas ; requests Mr. Smith's\n address; states that letters sent to him have been\n lost.]","[Regrets that he did not write \n The Lion and the Lamb , which he\n received a request for a copy of; talks about \n David Douglas ' idea to publish\n his collected short stories; mentions a check Douglas\n sent him before he sold a single copy of \n Rudder Grange ; recalls meeting him\n in \n Florence ; mentions suggestion to\n write \"The Candid Adventurer,\" but does not feel up\n to it.]","[Talks about their travels through \n Switzerland , their 2 days on the\n Rigi , their plans a trip to the \n Rhine , \n England , and \n Scotland , and then home to \n America ; says he will write\n requested article and furnish photographs; mentions\n idea for serial story, set in \n Rome , \n Venice and various parts of \n Italy and \n Switzerland , for children, for \n St. Nicholas if the publishers want\n it; looks forward to promised letter; mentions having\n spent several days wit Mr. and Mrs. \n Roswell Smith and Dr.\n Robinson.]","[Says the \n Century Company 's request for an\n occasional story for \n The Independent cannot be complied\n with at once, because he is otherwise engaged;\n promises to write a story of 8 to 10 columns when\n time allows; 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compliments him on his\n magazine for young people.]","[Congratulates him on the copyright victory; says\n that the authors of \n America owe Johnson everlasting\n gratitude; declares himself proud to be a citizen of\n the \n United States . ]","[Tells him that he has not been asked by anyone to\n take part in the reading on the 22nd; says he will be\n happy read, but only parts of \n Squirrel Inn ; says the same\n presentation was like by another audience; refers to\n European trip; congratulates him on hors received\n from \n France . ]","[Informs him that he will have to get permission\n to use \n The Great War Syndicate from Messrs. \n Dodd \u0026 Mead ; says he has\n talked to them about the matter.]","[Refers to a will, with property bequeathed to\n Stockton; explains how much he expects to get and\n what percentage should go to Johnson.]","[Discusses will of Stockton's great great great\n grandfather from \n New Jersey ; says it is\n authentic, but no possessions come with it and\n Johnson will get nothing in return for his\n endeavors.]","[Regrets not having been able to attend the\n meeting of the \n Council of the Copyright League ;\n says he is enjoying culinary and other delights of\n the Bayou country; 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reports on letters lost\n in forwarding; inquires about fees for \" \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eSam Clemson\u003c/bibref\u003e\" and \" \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Lion\u003c/bibref\u003e\"; asks for reading material\n to be sent to him in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eJacksonville\u003c/geogname\u003e; sends regards to\n \"immortals of 743\"; says he is anxious to see \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eSt. Nicholas\u003c/bibref\u003emagazine which he cannot\n get in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eFlorida\u003c/geogname\u003e. ]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Acknowledges receipt of manuscripts which he will\n revise; inquires about the $100 English serial he is\n to revise; declines invitation to Carnival; asks him\n to come see a permanent exhibition in \n \u003cgeogname\u003ePhiladelphia\u003c/geogname\u003e, 1905 Broad\n St.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Returns a corrected, shortened proof; refers to a\n Russian story in the possession of \n \u003cpersname\u003eMary Mapes Dodge\u003c/persname\u003e; mentions batch\n of electro-work he sent to Clarke and his need of\n money.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Includes two 1 1/2 page manuscripts requested by \n \u003cpersname\u003e[Mary Mapes] Dodge\u003c/persname\u003e; mentions\n that he has 3 Scannell pictures, but no manuscript\n yet.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Refers to revised manuscripts he has sent to \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Fayal Clarke\u003c/persname\u003e's office,\n the charge being $53; asks him to hand Clarke a\n letter when he returns from vacation.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Says he is leaving for \n \u003cgeogname\u003eEurope\u003c/geogname\u003erather suddenly without\n having revised manuscripts; advises him to repage and\n shorten them; discusses social matters.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Sends requested address; promises to write about\n schedules, etc.; wants drawing of the expression on a\n boy's face, which is to appear changed in a\n story.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Speaks about a frontispiece which he finds\n improved; leaves the execution of his ideas, by\n process or wood, to \n \u003cpersname\u003eAlexander William Drake\u003c/persname\u003e; says he\n will discuss \"schedule\" when coming in on\n Wednesday.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Talks about stories and illustrations to appear\n in \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eSt. Nicholas\u003c/bibref\u003e; agrees to some formats\n and suggests some changes; leaves decision about\n frontispiece to \n \u003cpersname\u003eAlexander Wilson Drake\u003c/persname\u003e. ]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Says he will have requested story by mid-December\n and it will be divided into 5 chapters of about 2000\n words each.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Discusses changes and omissions on proof for\n July; mentions contributors Trowbridge, Dodge,\n Richards, and Foote.] (On St. Nicholas\n stationary)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Announces his visit for July 3.] (On St. Nicholas\n stationary)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Endorses a note to \n \u003cpersname\u003e[Mary Mapes] Dodge\u003c/persname\u003e; requests to\n be sent all manuscripts that have to be read; says he\n has time for manuscript work right now.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Acknowledges receipt of proofs; says they will be\n take care of promptly.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Criticizes proof of a portrait; finds it worse\n that the photograph; makes suggestions for the\n January edition of \"A. J. F.\" in regard to\n manuscripts and drawings; talks about the December\n edition; suggests insertions; feels upset about\n rumors regarding his health; says he won the\n championship-badge at the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eArchery Club\u003c/corpname\u003e; writes with a\n quill from an eagle's wing and promises to send such\n a quill to him.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Says he will leave for \n \u003cgeogname\u003eCharlottesville, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003enext\n week; gives instructions for forwarding the valise\n with manuscripts via \n \u003ccorpname\u003eAdam's Express\u003c/corpname\u003e, which is faster\n and more reliable than \n \u003cgeogname\u003eUnited States\u003c/geogname\u003e[mail]; feels ill;\n intends to spend time in the \n \u003cgeogname\u003eBlue Ridge Mountains\u003c/geogname\u003e; promises\n to send the electro-stories; asks if the new edition\n of \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eRudder Grange\u003c/bibref\u003ehas appeared.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Wonders if his mail has been sent to \n \u003cgeogname\u003eEurope\u003c/geogname\u003e; misses the June number\n of \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eSt. Nicholas\u003c/bibref\u003e; reports on his illness\n in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eFlorida\u003c/geogname\u003e; finds \n \u003cgeogname\u003eVenice\u003c/geogname\u003eenchanting, urges him to\n take his bride there; mentions letter his wife\n received from \n \u003cpersname\u003e[Mary Mapes] Dodge\u003c/persname\u003e; asks if he\n ought to do more for \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eSt. Nicholas\u003c/bibref\u003e; requests Mr. Smith's\n address; states that letters sent to him have been\n lost.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Regrets that he did not write \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Lion and the Lamb\u003c/bibref\u003e, which he\n received a request for a copy of; talks about \n \u003cpersname\u003eDavid Douglas\u003c/persname\u003e' idea to publish\n his collected short stories; mentions a check Douglas\n sent him before he sold a single copy of \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eRudder Grange\u003c/bibref\u003e; recalls meeting him\n in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eFlorence\u003c/geogname\u003e; mentions suggestion to\n write \"The Candid Adventurer,\" but does not feel up\n to it.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Talks about their travels through \n \u003cgeogname\u003eSwitzerland\u003c/geogname\u003e, their 2 days on the\n \u003cgeogname\u003eRigi\u003c/geogname\u003e, their plans a trip to the \n \u003cgeogname\u003eRhine\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eEngland\u003c/geogname\u003e, and \n \u003cgeogname\u003eScotland\u003c/geogname\u003e, and then home to \n \u003cgeogname\u003eAmerica\u003c/geogname\u003e; says he will write\n requested article and furnish photographs; mentions\n idea for serial story, set in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eRome\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eVenice\u003c/geogname\u003eand various parts of \n \u003cgeogname\u003eItaly\u003c/geogname\u003eand \n \u003cgeogname\u003eSwitzerland\u003c/geogname\u003e, for children, for \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eSt. Nicholas\u003c/bibref\u003eif the publishers want\n it; looks forward to promised letter; mentions having\n spent several days wit Mr. and Mrs. \n \u003cpersname\u003eRoswell Smith\u003c/persname\u003eand Dr.\n Robinson.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Says the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eCentury Company\u003c/corpname\u003e's request for an\n occasional story for \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Independent\u003c/bibref\u003ecannot be complied\n with at once, because he is otherwise engaged;\n promises to write a story of 8 to 10 columns when\n time allows; asks fee of $100 for a story of that\n length.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Encloses \" \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eA Penny Walk\u003c/bibref\u003e\" for \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Independent\u003c/bibref\u003e; instructs him on\n where to divide the story should it be necessary to\n publish it in 2 installments; hopes story will be\n liked.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Regrets not being able to meet him at this time;\n says he will be back in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eNew York\u003c/geogname\u003ethe following week and\n spend the winter there; promises a humorous story for\n February, if not sooner.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Authorizes him to deposit Stockton's vote of\n favor of admitting \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Fayal Clarke\u003c/persname\u003eto\n membership, as he is unable to attend the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eAuthor's Club\u003c/corpname\u003emeeting.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Expresses disappointment that an important part\n of the manuscript \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Demon Plague\u003c/bibref\u003ewas lost while in\n McClure's possession; includes attempted replacement\n which was exceedingly difficult to write; discusses\n another sketch; points out where his portrait, to\n accompany the sketch, can be obtained.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Asks him to send a proof to his new house in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eMadison, New Jersey\u003c/geogname\u003eand to come\n visit there when he comes that way.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Thanks the company for letter containing royalty\n accounts and money; refers to \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Dusantes\u003c/bibref\u003ewhich appears in 3 parts\n in \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Century\u003c/bibref\u003e; assumes the story will\n be printed by the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eCentury Company\u003c/corpname\u003ein book form in\n 1888; wishes the company luck with his books;\n acknowledges receipt of copies of his books; says he\n is pleased by their appearance.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Sends note to accompany paragraph for the McClure\n column.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Asks for the correction of a statement in a \n \u003cgeogname\u003eNew York\u003c/geogname\u003epaper in regard to his\n travel intentions.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Informs him that he is unable to go to \n \u003cgeogname\u003eChicago\u003c/geogname\u003eto read; promises to send\n an item for McClure syndicate; sends New Year's\n wishes.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Says he is unable to attend copyright meeting;\n promises to come to the next meeting on a Club-dinner\n night at the Aldine.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Promises to write a Christmas story for him,\n although he is very busy with \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Squirrel Inn\u003c/bibref\u003e; mentions \" \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Illinois Farmer\u003c/bibref\u003e\" by\n Johnson.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Writes children's stories only occasionally now\n but is willing to write a ten thousand word piece for\n McClure's circular for $500; compliments him on his\n magazine for young people.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Congratulates him on the copyright victory; says\n that the authors of \n \u003cgeogname\u003eAmerica\u003c/geogname\u003eowe Johnson everlasting\n gratitude; declares himself proud to be a citizen of\n the \n \u003cgeogname\u003eUnited States\u003c/geogname\u003e. ]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Tells him that he has not been asked by anyone to\n take part in the reading on the 22nd; says he will be\n happy read, but only parts of \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eSquirrel Inn\u003c/bibref\u003e; says the same\n presentation was like by another audience; refers to\n European trip; congratulates him on hors received\n from \n \u003cgeogname\u003eFrance\u003c/geogname\u003e. ]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Informs him that he will have to get permission\n to use \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Great War Syndicate\u003c/bibref\u003efrom Messrs. \n \u003ccorpname\u003eDodd \u0026amp; Mead\u003c/corpname\u003e; says he has\n talked to them about the matter.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Refers to a will, with property bequeathed to\n Stockton; explains how much he expects to get and\n what percentage should go to Johnson.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Discusses will of Stockton's great great great\n grandfather from \n \u003cgeogname\u003eNew Jersey\u003c/geogname\u003e; says it is\n authentic, but no possessions come with it and\n Johnson will get nothing in return for his\n endeavors.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Regrets not having been able to attend the\n meeting of the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eCouncil of the Copyright League\u003c/corpname\u003e;\n says he is enjoying culinary and other delights of\n the Bayou country; intends to return to \n \u003cgeogname\u003eNew Jersey\u003c/geogname\u003eby May 1.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Responds to request for his help in manning the\n Gotthold houseboat; suggests \"The Halcyon,\" and \"The\n Angler.\"]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Sends manuscript of \" \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eA Sailor's Knot\u003c/bibref\u003e\" for $850, giving\n him all the serial rights in the \n \u003cgeogname\u003eUnited States\u003c/geogname\u003ein \n \u003cgeogname\u003eEurope\u003c/geogname\u003ewith the stipulation not\n to offer it to American monthlies; says the story had\n been written for \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eLadies Home Journal\u003c/bibref\u003eof \n \u003cgeogname\u003ePhiladelphia\u003c/geogname\u003e; says he took it\n back after a disagreement with the editor.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Agrees to lend a hand in the compilation of the \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eNew Library of Literature\u003c/bibref\u003e, provided\n the new duties will not interfere with his present\n engagements; says he cannot do any editorial work,\n only assist in choosing authors for the series.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Requests payment of $500 for \" \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Conscious Armada\u003c/bibref\u003e, \" published in\n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eCosmopolitan\u003c/bibref\u003ein June; reminds him of\n the terms agreed upon; says that if \" \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Conscious Armada\u003c/bibref\u003e\" was shorter\n than average, it was evened out by \" \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Cot and the Rill\u003c/bibref\u003e\" which was much\n longer than average; insists on $500 for each story\n published.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Relates a strange dream, pertaining to his\n writing of humorous stories; comments on letter from\n Johnson, received the day after the dream, in which\n Johnson requests another humorous story; says he is\n glad that Johnson liked \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003ePomona's Travels\u003c/bibref\u003e, he is pleased with\n illustrations by Mr. Steele.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Requests meeting to discuss story, ready to\n print, of about 30800 words; says it could be divided\n into 5 segments to be published in newspapers; asks\n to see a notice from the \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eCommercial Advertiser\u003c/bibref\u003e. ]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Says he is in bed \"with a ten pound boil\";\n expects to be all right soon; asks him to keep his\n mail in the office unless something looks very\n important.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Regrets not being able to come to a benefit in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eNew York\u003c/geogname\u003e; hopes to get better\n acquainted with Mr. Riggs in the future.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[\"Without the slightest hesitation . . .\"]\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_tesim":["[Includes autograph corrections; in slipcase.]","[Instructs him to have 2 Ferris blocks engraved as\n soon as they come in; suggest having 2 engravers do\n them as they must be ready in January.]","[Thanks him for notes and favors; instructs him\n how to forward his mail to Philadelphia; mentions\n article that will appear in the Midsummer number, a\n \"Letter-Box\" item by the daughter of \n Benson John Lossing , and \n Amalie LaForge . ]","[Apologizes for sending the proofs late; points\n out that he introduced \" \n The Baby Camel , \" \" \n Prairie-dog's Home , \" and \" \n Prairie Wolf \"; criticizes animal\n drawing by \n [William Holbrook] Beard and\n specifies 3 drawings he disagrees with, should any\n pictures have to be omitted.] (incomplete)","[Says he had a delightful trip to the \n Bahamas and is enjoying \n Florida ; reports on letters lost\n in forwarding; inquires about fees for \" \n Sam Clemson \" and \" \n The Lion \"; asks for reading material\n to be sent to him in \n Jacksonville ; sends regards to\n \"immortals of 743\"; says he is anxious to see \n St. Nicholas magazine which he cannot\n get in \n Florida . ]","[Acknowledges receipt of manuscripts which he will\n revise; inquires about the $100 English serial he is\n to revise; declines invitation to Carnival; asks him\n to come see a permanent exhibition in \n Philadelphia , 1905 Broad\n St.]","[Returns a corrected, shortened proof; refers to a\n Russian story in the possession of \n Mary Mapes Dodge ; mentions batch\n of electro-work he sent to Clarke and his need of\n money.]","[Includes two 1 1/2 page manuscripts requested by \n [Mary Mapes] Dodge ; mentions\n that he has 3 Scannell pictures, but no manuscript\n yet.]","[Refers to revised manuscripts he has sent to \n William Fayal Clarke 's office,\n the charge being $53; asks him to hand Clarke a\n letter when he returns from vacation.]","[Says he is leaving for \n Europe rather suddenly without\n having revised manuscripts; advises him to repage and\n shorten them; discusses social matters.]","[Sends requested address; promises to write about\n schedules, etc.; wants drawing of the expression on a\n boy's face, which is to appear changed in a\n story.]","[Speaks about a frontispiece which he finds\n improved; leaves the execution of his ideas, by\n process or wood, to \n Alexander William Drake ; says he\n will discuss \"schedule\" when coming in on\n Wednesday.]","[Talks about stories and illustrations to appear\n in \n St. Nicholas ; agrees to some formats\n and suggests some changes; leaves decision about\n frontispiece to \n Alexander Wilson Drake . ]","[Says he will have requested story by mid-December\n and it will be divided into 5 chapters of about 2000\n words each.]","[Discusses changes and omissions on proof for\n July; mentions contributors Trowbridge, Dodge,\n Richards, and Foote.] (On St. Nicholas\n stationary)","[Announces his visit for July 3.] (On St. Nicholas\n stationary)","[Endorses a note to \n [Mary Mapes] Dodge ; requests to\n be sent all manuscripts that have to be read; says he\n has time for manuscript work right now.]","[Acknowledges receipt of proofs; says they will be\n take care of promptly.]","[Criticizes proof of a portrait; finds it worse\n that the photograph; makes suggestions for the\n January edition of \"A. J. F.\" in regard to\n manuscripts and drawings; talks about the December\n edition; suggests insertions; feels upset about\n rumors regarding his health; says he won the\n championship-badge at the \n Archery Club ; writes with a\n quill from an eagle's wing and promises to send such\n a quill to him.]","[Says he will leave for \n Charlottesville, Virginia next\n week; gives instructions for forwarding the valise\n with manuscripts via \n Adam's Express , which is faster\n and more reliable than \n United States [mail]; feels ill;\n intends to spend time in the \n Blue Ridge Mountains ; promises\n to send the electro-stories; asks if the new edition\n of \n Rudder Grange has appeared.]","[Wonders if his mail has been sent to \n Europe ; misses the June number\n of \n St. Nicholas ; reports on his illness\n in \n Florida ; finds \n Venice enchanting, urges him to\n take his bride there; mentions letter his wife\n received from \n [Mary Mapes] Dodge ; asks if he\n ought to do more for \n St. Nicholas ; requests Mr. Smith's\n address; states that letters sent to him have been\n lost.]","[Regrets that he did not write \n The Lion and the Lamb , which he\n received a request for a copy of; talks about \n David Douglas ' idea to publish\n his collected short stories; mentions a check Douglas\n sent him before he sold a single copy of \n Rudder Grange ; recalls meeting him\n in \n Florence ; mentions suggestion to\n write \"The Candid Adventurer,\" but does not feel up\n to it.]","[Talks about their travels through \n Switzerland , their 2 days on the\n Rigi , their plans a trip to the \n Rhine , \n England , and \n Scotland , and then home to \n America ; says he will write\n requested article and furnish photographs; mentions\n idea for serial story, set in \n Rome , \n Venice and various parts of \n Italy and \n Switzerland , for children, for \n St. Nicholas if the publishers want\n it; looks forward to promised letter; mentions having\n spent several days wit Mr. and Mrs. \n Roswell Smith and Dr.\n Robinson.]","[Says the \n Century Company 's request for an\n occasional story for \n The Independent cannot be complied\n with at once, because he is otherwise engaged;\n promises to write a story of 8 to 10 columns when\n time allows; asks fee of $100 for a story of that\n length.]","[Encloses \" \n A Penny Walk \" for \n The Independent ; instructs him on\n where to divide the story should it be necessary to\n publish it in 2 installments; hopes story will be\n liked.]","[Regrets not being able to meet him at this time;\n says he will be back in \n New York the following week and\n spend the winter there; promises a humorous story for\n February, if not sooner.]","[Authorizes him to deposit Stockton's vote of\n favor of admitting \n William Fayal Clarke to\n membership, as he is unable to attend the \n Author's Club meeting.]","[Expresses disappointment that an important part\n of the manuscript \n The Demon Plague was lost while in\n McClure's possession; includes attempted replacement\n which was exceedingly difficult to write; discusses\n another sketch; points out where his portrait, to\n accompany the sketch, can be obtained.]","[Asks him to send a proof to his new house in \n Madison, New Jersey and to come\n visit there when he comes that way.]","[Thanks the company for letter containing royalty\n accounts and money; refers to \n The Dusantes which appears in 3 parts\n in \n The Century ; assumes the story will\n be printed by the \n Century Company in book form in\n 1888; wishes the company luck with his books;\n acknowledges receipt of copies of his books; says he\n is pleased by their appearance.]","[Sends note to accompany paragraph for the McClure\n column.]","[Asks for the correction of a statement in a \n New York paper in regard to his\n travel intentions.]","[Informs him that he is unable to go to \n Chicago to read; promises to send\n an item for McClure syndicate; sends New Year's\n wishes.]","[Says he is unable to attend copyright meeting;\n promises to come to the next meeting on a Club-dinner\n night at the Aldine.]","[Promises to write a Christmas story for him,\n although he is very busy with \n The Squirrel Inn ; mentions \" \n The Illinois Farmer \" by\n Johnson.]","[Writes children's stories only occasionally now\n but is willing to write a ten thousand word piece for\n McClure's circular for $500; compliments him on his\n magazine for young people.]","[Congratulates him on the copyright victory; says\n that the authors of \n America owe Johnson everlasting\n gratitude; declares himself proud to be a citizen of\n the \n United States . ]","[Tells him that he has not been asked by anyone to\n take part in the reading on the 22nd; says he will be\n happy read, but only parts of \n Squirrel Inn ; says the same\n presentation was like by another audience; refers to\n European trip; congratulates him on hors received\n from \n France . ]","[Informs him that he will have to get permission\n to use \n The Great War Syndicate from Messrs. \n Dodd \u0026 Mead ; says he has\n talked to them about the matter.]","[Refers to a will, with property bequeathed to\n Stockton; explains how much he expects to get and\n what percentage should go to Johnson.]","[Discusses will of Stockton's great great great\n grandfather from \n New Jersey ; says it is\n authentic, but no possessions come with it and\n Johnson will get nothing in return for his\n endeavors.]","[Regrets not having been able to attend the\n meeting of the \n Council of the Copyright League ;\n says he is enjoying culinary and other delights of\n the Bayou country; intends to return to \n New Jersey by May 1.]","[Responds to request for his help in manning the\n Gotthold houseboat; suggests \"The Halcyon,\" and \"The\n Angler.\"]","[Sends manuscript of \" \n A Sailor's Knot \" for $850, giving\n him all the serial rights in the \n United States in \n Europe with the stipulation not\n to offer it to American monthlies; says the story had\n been written for \n Ladies Home Journal of \n Philadelphia ; says he took it\n back after a disagreement with the editor.]","[Agrees to lend a hand in the compilation of the \n New Library of Literature , provided\n the new duties will not interfere with his present\n engagements; says he cannot do any editorial work,\n only assist in choosing authors for the series.]","[Requests payment of $500 for \" \n The Conscious Armada , \" published in\n Cosmopolitan in June; reminds him of\n the terms agreed upon; says that if \" \n The Conscious Armada \" was shorter\n than average, it was evened out by \" \n The Cot and the Rill \" which was much\n longer than average; 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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 ? 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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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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. 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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. 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