Benson John Lossing, LL.D. (1813-1891) was born and raised in Dutchess
County, New York. A prominent engraver, illustrator, and historian, Lossing
became one of the original trustees of Vassar College in 1861. He was an active
member of the Board of Trustees until his death in 1891, taking stands on such
issues as the incorporation of the word "Female" in Vassar Female College. His
historical works include The Pictorial Field Book of
the Revolution, The American Centenary,
and Vassar College and Its Founder.
Lossing made most of the engravings in his various works himself, although in
later years he was assisted by his daughter, Helen Lossing. Lossing was married
twice, first to Alice Barritt, niece of his former employer and partner; and
then to Helen Sweet, who died in 1912.
Source: Paine, Nathaniel. A Biographical
Notice of Benson John Lossing, LL.D.. Worcester, MA: Worcester Society
of Antiquity, 1892.
The Lossing Papers consist mainly of correspondence, sketches by
Lossing, and memorabilia. The correspondence is divided into three sections,
including correspondence regarding Vassar College and correspondence to others
and from others. The bulk of the collection was purchased by Vassar College in
1948 from H. Armour Smith of the Hudson River Museum of Yonkers. Additional
items from Lossing's estate were donated by Richard Chamberlain in 1976.
This collection is open for research according to the regulations of the
Vassar College Archives and Special Collections Library without any additional
restrictions.
Encoded by Elizabeth Clarke, May 2007.
Benson J. Lossing Papers, Archives and Special Collections Library,
Vassar College Libraries.
Original processing date unknown. Guide created Febrary 1997. Updated by Elizabeth Clarke, April 2007. Updated by Laura Finkel,
April 2009.
Purchased from H. Armour Smith in 1948. Other materials donated by
Richard Chamberlain in 1976.
Greenleaf correspondence purchased in 2009 (M2009-007).
Series I. CORRESPONDENCE
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Correspondence to Benson Lossing
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Folder 1.1
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Abbott, Lyman, 1881 (1 item) |
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Folder 1.2
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Alvord, C.A., 1867 (1 item) |
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Folder 1.3
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Backus, Truman J., 1872-1879 (4 items) |
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Folder 1.4
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Beadle, Edward L., 1871 (1 item) |
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Folder 1.5
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Belknap, T., 1872 (2 items) |
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Folder 1.6
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Bessard, Blanche, 1865 (1 item) |
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Folder 1.7
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Bishop, Nathan, 1867-1872 (6 items) |
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Folder 1.8
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Bissell, George E., 1877-1880, n.d. (10 items) |
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Folder 1.9
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Boone, W.W., 1868, n.d. (2 items) |
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Folder 1.10
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Braislin, Priscilla H., 1878 (1 item) |
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Folder 1.11
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Bright, Edward, 1874 (2 items) |
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Folder 1.12
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Brown, Helen D., 1881 (1 item) |
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Folder 1.13
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Buckingham, C.J., 1871-1887 (2 items) |
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Folder 1.14
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Buckingham, Stephen M., 1870-1878 (6 items) |
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Folder 1.15
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Buckingham, Stephen M., 1881-1887 (9 items) |
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Folder 1.16
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Buttré, J.C., 1867 (2 items) |
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Folder 1.17
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Caldwell, Samuel L., 1880-1883 (3 items) |
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Folder 1.18
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Clapp, George, 1864 (1 item) |
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Folder 1.19
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Constant, Samuel, 1881 (1 item) |
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Folder 1.20
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Cook, J. Harvey, 1890 (1 item) |
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Folder 1.21
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Cooley, LeRoy C., 1875-1880 (10 items) |
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Folder 1.22
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Cowles, Augustus, 1890 (6 items) |
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Folder 1.23
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Dame, Mary, 1874-1875 (2 items) |
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Folder 1.24
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Dwight, William B., 1879-1890 (12 items) |
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Folder 1.25
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Ellis, George E., 1870 (1 item) |
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Folder 1.26
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Ely, Achsah M., 1889 (2 items) |
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Folder 1.27
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Farrar, Charles S., 1867-1879 (7 items) |
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Folder 1.28
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Fletcher, J.C., 1868 (1 item) |
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Folder 1.29
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Fuller, Samuel L., 1877 (2 items) |
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Folder 1.30
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Giraud, Jacob P. Jr., 1867 (6 items) |
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Folder 1.31
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Glover, Lewis F., 1865 (1 item) |
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Folder 1.32
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Haddock, Lorenzo K., 1864 (1 item) |
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Folder 1.33
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Hall, B.H., 1864 (1 item) |
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Folder 1.34
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Hinkel, Charles J., 1873-1890 (4 items) |
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Folder 1.35
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Hofmann, Laura S., 1867 (1 item) |
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Folder 1.36
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Homberger, William, 1867 (1 item) |
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Folder 1.37
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Howard, George W. [Lossing's response written on
opposite side], 1885 (1 item)
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Folder 1.38
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Innis, George, 1885 (1 item) |
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Folder 1.39
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Jewett, Milo P., 1861-1882, n.d. (14 items) |
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Folder 1.40
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Jones, Horatio Gates, 1867 (1 item) |
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Folder 1.41
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Knapp, William, n.d. (1 item) |
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Folder 2.1
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Lathrop, Edward, 1883-1885 (4 items) |
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Folder 2.2
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Lyman, Hannah W., 1868 (3 items) |
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Folder 2.3
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Lynch, Anne C., n.d. (1 item) |
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Folder 2.4
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McAllister, John A., 1869 (2 items) |
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Folder 2.5
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Macdonald, Wilson, 1876 (2 items) |
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Folder 2.6
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McLellan, C.H. P., 1857 (3 items) |
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Folder 2.7
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Mitchell, Maria, 1871-1888, n.d. (4 items) |
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Folder 2.8
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Moreau, Charles C., 1867 (1 item) |
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Folder 2.9
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Moreau, John B., 1867 (1 item) |
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Folder 2.10
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Morris, Ida W., 1879 (1 item) |
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Folder 2.11
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Müller, F.F., 1864 (2 items) |
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Folder 2.12
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Orton, James, 1869 (4 items) |
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Folder 2.13
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Orton, James, 1870-1875 (8 items) |
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Folder 2.14
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Pierson, H.W., 1861 (4 items) |
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Folder 2.15
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Pomeroy, Laura S., 1877-1880, n.d. (7 items) |
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Folder 2.16
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Porter and Coates, 1875 (1 item) |
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Folder 2.17
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Powell, Elizabeth M., 1867 (3 items) |
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Folder 2.18
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Putnam, G.H., 1871 (2 items) |
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Folder 2.19
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Raymond, John H., 1865-1868 (7 items) |
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Folder 2.20
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Raymond, John H., 1869 (7 items) |
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Folder 2.21
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Raymond, John H., 1871-1872 (11 items) |
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Folder 2.22
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Raymond, John H., 1873-1878 (5 items) |
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Folder 2.23
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Raymond, Mrs. John H., 1879 (1 item) |
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Folder 2.24
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Reichel, W.C., 1864 (2 items) |
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Folder 2.25
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Ripley, George, 1863 (2 items [photocopy—original at Morgan Library, New
York, NY])
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Folder 2.26
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Ritter, Frederick L., 1869-1881 (9 items) |
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Folder 2.27
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Salmon, Lucy Maynard, 1888-1890 (9 items) |
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Folder 2.28
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Sanford, Katharine S., n.d. (1 item) |
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Folder 2.29
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Sayre, John N., 1865 (1 item) |
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Folder 2.30
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Schou, James N., 1866-1869 (3 items) |
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Folder 2.31
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Schuyler, Louise Lee, 1878 (1 item) |
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Folder 2.32
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Sheldon, Smith, 1869 (1 item) |
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Folder 2.33
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Shroff, K.M., 1874 (1 item) |
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Folder 2.34
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Siddons, J. Henry, 1867 (1 item) |
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Folder 2.35
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Spencer, Cornelia, 25 May 1870 (2 items) |
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Folder 2.36
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Spencer, J.A., 1862-1863 (7 items) |
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Folder 2.37
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Spencer, J.A., 1864 (3 items) |
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Folder 3.1
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Strong, Augustus H., 1885 (1 item) |
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Folder 3.2
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Swan, Cyrus, 1861-1867 (6 items) |
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Folder 3.3
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Taylor, James Monroe, 1886-1890 (7 items) |
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Folder 3.4
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Taylor, James Monroe, 1891 (3 items) |
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Folder 3.5
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Taylor, Robert, 1891 (2 items) |
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Folder 3.6
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Tenney, Sanborn, 1867 (2 items) |
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Folder 3.7
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Van Ingen, Henry, 1867-1871 (13 items) |
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Folder 3.8
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Van Ingen, Henry, 1873-1879 (7 items) |
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Folder 3.9
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Van Ingen, Henry, n.d. (6 items) |
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Folder 3.10
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Vanni, Antonio, 1870 (1 item) |
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Folder 3.11
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Vassar, John Guy Jr., 1867 (1 item) |
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Folder 3.12
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Vassar, Matthew, 1864-1868, n.d. (8 items) |
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Folder 3.13
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Vassar, Matthew Jr., 1856-1878, n.d. (8 items) |
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Folder 3.14
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Wait, Maria, 1868 (1 item) |
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Folder 3.15
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West, Charles E., 1891 (2 items) |
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Folder 3.16
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Wight, Rezin A., 6 Nov. 1885 (2 items) |
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Folder 3.17
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Wright, J.H., 1861 (1 item) |
Correspondence from Benson Lossing
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Folder 3.18
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Benton, Judge, 1855 (3 items) |
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Folder 3.19
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Buckingham, Stephen M., 21 June 1878 (5 items) |
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Folder 3.20
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Caldwell, Samuel L., 15 Sep and 19 Sep 1881 (2 items) |
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Folder 3.39
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Greenleaf, Thomas, Jan - March 1883 (3 items) |
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Folder 3.21
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Innis, George, 1865-1881 (4 items) |
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Folder 3.22
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Jewett, Milo P., 1 March 1882 (1 item) |
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Folder 3.23
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Lathrop, Edward, 23 July 1885 (2 items) |
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Folder 3.24
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Lossing, Mrs. Benson J., 1883 (1 item) |
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Folder 3.25
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Lyman, Hannah, 4 March 1867 (1 item) |
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Folder 3.26
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Mitchell, Maria, 17 July 1870 (1 item) |
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Folder 3.27
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Mitchell, Maria, 1880-1886 (3 items [TS from letters in the files of the Library of
the Maria Mitchell Association, Nantucket])
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Folder 3.28
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Morse, Samuel F.B., 28 July 1862 (2 items) |
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Folder 3.29
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Phoenix, L. Whitney, July 1867 (1 item, photocopy) |
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Folder 3.30
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Salmon, Lucy Maynard, 2 Feb, 10 March 1888 (2 items, TS) |
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Folder 3.31
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Saunders, Frederick, 3 Dec 1889 (1 item) |
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Folder 3.32
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Sheldon, Smith, August 1882 (4 items) |
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Folder 3.33
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Strong, Augustus H., 10 Aug 1885 ( 2 items) |
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Folder 3.34
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Tyler, Moses Colt, 1872-1873 (16 items, TS and Photostats) |
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Folder 3.35
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Undated fragments in Lossing's hand, n.d. (2 items) |
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Folder 3.36
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Vassar, Matthew, 6 June-1 Sept 1864 (2 items) |
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Folder 3.37
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Vassar, Matthew, 2 Feb-29 Mar 1867 (3 items) |
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Folder 3.38
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Vassar, Matthew Jr., 1872-1879 (4 items) |
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Folder 3.39
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Wight, Rezin A., 28 Oct 1885 (1 item) |
SERIES II. CORRESPONDENCE REGARDING VASSAR COLLEGE
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Folder 4.1
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V.C. Alumnae Association, ca. 1876 (3 items) |
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Folder 4.2
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V.C. Alumnae, Boston, 1884 (11 items) |
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Folder 4.3
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V.C. Art, Department of, reports by Professor Henry Van
Ingen, 1869-1871, n.d. (8 items)
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Folder 4.4
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V.C. Art School, 1877 (1 item) |
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Folder 4.5
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V.C. Cecilia Society, 1869 (2 items) |
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Folder 4.6
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V.C. Faculty Appointments/Candidates, 1883 (1 item) |
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Folder 4.7
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V.C. Library [letters from Truman Backus, Stephen
Buckingham, G.P. Putnam, James Thorne Harper], 1868-1888 (6 items)
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Folder 4.8
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V.C. Maria Mitchell Endowment Fund, 1889 (1 item) |
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Folder 4.9
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V.C. Music, Department of, n.d. (1 item) |
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Folder 4.10
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V.C. Observatory [correspondence re: telescope defect],
1868 (6 items)
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Folder 4.11
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V.C. President. Candidates, 1878-1885 (4 items) |
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Folder 4.12
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V.C. President, Office of, 1869 (4 items) |
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Folder 4.13
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V.C. Trustees. Candidates, 1872 (2 items) |
SERIES III. CORRESPONDENCE TO OTHERS FROM OTHERS
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Folder 4.14
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Avery, Alida C. to Henry Van Ingen, 1867 (1 item) |
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Folder 4.15
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Bissell, George E. to Col. Morgan L. Smith, 1879 (2 items) |
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Folder 4.16
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Lossing, Mrs. Helen to son, 1883 (1 item) |
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Folder 4.17
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Rely, Julia A. to Mrs. Helen Lossing, 1880 (1 item) |
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Folder 4.18
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Smith, Col. Morgan L. to Matthew Vassar, 1877 (2 items) |
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Folder 4.19
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Taylor, James Monroe to Mrs. Helen Lossing, 1891 (1 item) |
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Folder 4.20
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Van Ingen, Henry to Lucy Maynard Salmon, n.d. (1 item) |
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Folder 4.21
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Van Ingen, Henry to Robert Titus, 1891 (2 items) |
SERIES IV. VASSAR COLLEGE BOARD OF TRUSTEES
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Addresses by Benson Lossing to the Board of Trustees
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Folder 4.22
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Address to Board of Trustees re: college name change,
[1866] (MS, 8 p., 1 draft)
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Folder 4.23
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Address to Executive Committee re: commissioning Laura
Hofmann to construct a bronze statue of Matthew Vassar, 1868 (MS, 6 p., 2 drafts)
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Folder 4.24
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Address to Board of Trustees re: Committee on Cabinet
and Apparatus, [1869] (MS, 5 p., 1 draft)
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Folder 4.25
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Address to Committee on Faculty and Studies of VC re:
introducing study of history into curriculum, 1872 (MS/TS, 11 p., 2 copies)
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Folder 4.26
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Address to Executive Committee re: Matthew Vassar Jr.'s
will, 1882 (MS, 20 p., 3 drafts)
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Communications of the Board of Trustees
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Folder 4.27
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Communications re: committees, 1873-1876 (2 p.) |
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Folder 4.28
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"Communications to the Board of Trustees of Vassar
College By Its Founder;" Lossing's personal, annotated copy of the booklet,
1869 (65 p.)
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Folder 4.29
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Notices of meetings, 1864-1891 (13 p.) |
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Folder 4.30
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Orders of business, [1872-1890] (3 p.) |
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Folder 4.31
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VC President's Office, 1888 (2 p.) |
Resolutions by the Board of Trustees
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Folder 4.32
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Resolutions, 1867-1890 (11 p.) |
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Folder 4.33
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Resolutions, n.d. (3 p.) |
SERIES V. MANUSCRIPTS AND NOTES BY LOSSING
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Manuscripts by or about Lossing
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Folder 5.1
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Memo by Lossing of a conversation with Samuel F.B.
Morse, 17 Jan 1857 (MS, 3 p., 1 draft)
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Folder 5.2
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"Notes of a trip to Washington, Baltimore, and back to
Poughkeepsie," 11-27 Nov 1861 (MS, 11 p., 1 draft [p.1-10, 12; p. 11 missing])
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Folder 5.3
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Vassar College and Its Founder
list of Lossing cuts in the library, Pub. 1867 (TS, 3 p.)
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Folder 5.4
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Index to Vassar College and Its
Founder, Pub. 1867 (TS, 40 p., 2 copies)
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Folder 5.5
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Biographical Sketch of Matthew Vassar, 1890 (TS, 22 p., 1 draft) |
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Folder 5.6
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An Extended Annotation of Benson J. Lossing's
"Pictorial Field-Book of the Revolution" by Lorinda Ocheltree (VC 1957) for
History 265, 1956 (TS, 27 p., 1 draft)
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Folder 5.7
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Remarks concerning some of the portraits at Vassar
College, n.d. (MS, 13 p., 1 draft)
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Folder 5.8
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Secret History of the Founding of Vassar College…
n.d. (MS, 22 p., 1 draft)
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Notes by Benson Lossing
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Folder 5.9
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References to and extracts from Walt Whitman's "Leaves
of Grass," 1856 (MS, 1 p.)
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Folder 5.10
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Notes re: Elliot's portrait of Matthew Vassar,
1862 (MS, 2 p.)
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Folder 5.11
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Clipping and notes re: opening of Vassar College,
ca. 1865 (MS, 2 p.)
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Folder 5.12
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Notes re: President's address to alumnae on conferring
degrees, ca. 1871 (MS, 1 p.)
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Folder 5.13
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Notes re: will of Matthew Vassar Jr., 1882 (MS, 2 p.) |
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Folder 5.14
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Notes re: Giraud Collection of North American Birds,
n.d. (MS, 2 p.)
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Folder 5.15
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Notes re: List of Engravings wanted by the English
Dept., n.d. (MS, 1 p.)
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Folder 5.16
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Notes re: Milo P. Jewett, n.d. (MS, 2 p.) |
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Folder 5.17
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Miscellaneous notes re: VC, n.d. (MS, 3 p.) |
SERIES VI. SKETCHES BY BENSON LOSSING
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Sketches of Buildings
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Folder 5.18
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Van Kleeck House: Photostats of sketch and accompanying
newspaper article, 1837 (4 items)
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Folder 5.19
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Van Kleeck House: small drawing with description on
back, signed by Lossing; large drawing, 1864 (2 items)
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Folder 8.1
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Van Kleeck House: description of Van Kleeck House,
written and signed by Lossing, 1864 (1 item, oversized)
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Folder 5.20
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Lossing's birthplace Beekman Ville, Dutchess County,
signed by Lossing, 1846 (1 item)
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Folder 5.21
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Tower of First Reformed Dutch Church, newspaper
clipping and description signed by Lossing on back, 1857 (1 item)
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Folder 5.22
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"Our house among the Katzberg's—Ira Scribner's,"
1861 (1 item)
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Folder 5.23
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Haight House in Chestnut Ridge, n.d. (1 item) |
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Folder 8.2
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Lossing's library, NW corner, n.d. (1 item, oversized) |
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Folder 8.3
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Lossing's library, SE corner, n.d. (1 item, oversized) |
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Folder 5.24
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Samuel Dorland's [Helen Lossing Johnson's
great-grandfather] house near Arthursburg, n.d. (1 item)
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Folder 5.25
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The Vanderburg House, Poughquag, NY, n.d. (1 item) |
Sketches of Nature Scenes
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Folder 5.26
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Interior of Dover Stone Church; flowers of may apple
and hog apple, 1857 (1 item)
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Folder 5.27
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[The Raquette], 1859 (1 item, photostat) |
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Folder 5.28
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Storm in the Donder Berg Coffer Dam, 1860 (1 item) |
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Folder 5.29
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Upper Planterkill Fall, 1861 (1 item) |
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Folder 5.30
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Rombout Patent, 1885 (1 item) |
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Folder 5.31
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Canal basin at Albany, n.d. (1 item) |
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Folder 5.32
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Great Boom, 4 miles above Glen's Falls, n.d. (1 item, photostat) |
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Folder 5.33
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Hendrick Spring, n.d. (1 item) |
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Folder 5.34
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Kaaterskill Falls; Junction of Kaaterskill and Spruce
Creek, n.d. (2 items)
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Folder 5.35
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"Morning" and "Evening," n.d. (2 items) |
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Folder 5.36
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White Sulfur Spring, east side of Saratoga Lake,
n.d. (1 item)
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Miscellaneous Sketches
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Folder 5.37
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Sketch of two women [rejected for Vassar College and Its Founder; incl. letter to
Lossing from Hannah Lyman, Lady Principal], ca. 1867 (2 items)
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Folder 5.38
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"Vassar" [pen and ink drawing of a man surrounded by
women], 1886 (1 item)
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Folder 5.39
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Sketch of various unidentified people, n.d. (1 item, photostat) |
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Folder 5.40
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Sketch of Indian Pond on one side; sketches of various
headstones on reverse side, n.d. (1 item)
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Folder 5.41
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Regimental flag of Dutchess County, NY n.d. (1 item) |
SERIES VII. PHOTOGRAPHS
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Photographs of Buildings
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Folder 6.1
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Lithograph of Vassar College, ca. 1860s (1 item) |
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Folder 8.4
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Lossing's home, Chestnut Ridge, Dover Plains, NY,
ca. 1880s (1 item, oversized)
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Folder 6.2
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Lossing's home, Dover Plains, NY, 1979 (5 items, color snapshots) |
Photographs of People
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Folder 6.3
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V.C. Faculty and Trustees: Dwight, William B. Hinkel,
Charles Hinkel, Minna Leach, Abby Morse, Samuel F.B. Salmon, Lucy M. Whitney,
Mary W., ca. 1890 (7 items)
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Folder 6.4
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VC Faculty and Trustees: Vassar, John Guy Vassar,
Matthew, n.d. (4 items)
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Folder 6.5
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Colonel Larburshe, n.d. (1 item) |
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Folder 8.5
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Smith, Colonel Morgan L., n.d. (1 item, oversized) |
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Folder 6.6
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Photographs appearing in Vassar
College and Its Founder; Anne Vassar; bust of Matthew Vassar; "Battle
of Amazons," n.d. (3 items)
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SERIES VIII. MEMORABILIA
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Biographical Material
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Folder 6.7
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Biographical notes by Mrs. Lossing to Mrs. Baxter,
ca. 1891 (MS, 9 p.)
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Acknowledgements
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Folder 6.8
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Gift Acknowledgement to Lossing from Harvard College
1872 (1 item)
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Historical Society Memberships
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Folder 6.9
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Albany Institute American Antiquarian Society American
Ethnological Society American Historical Association, 1856-1884 (6 items)
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Folder 8.6
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American Institute of Civics, 1887 (1 item, oversized) |
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Folder 6.10
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Historical and Forestry Society of Rockland County
[NY]; includes 2 letters to Lossing from Henry Whittemore, recording secretary,
1879 (3 items)
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Folder 6.11
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Historical Society of Pennsylvania, 1851-1869 (2 items) |
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Folder 6.12
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Massachusetts Historical Society Minnesota Historical
Society, 1861-1869 (3 items)
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Folder 6.13
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New England Historical-Genealogical Society (see also
Folder 8.6) New Jersey Historical Society New York Historical Society Newport
[RI] Natural Historical Society, 1848-1890 (6 items)
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Folder 6.14
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Northwestern Literary and Historical Society The
Parthenian Society of the Baltimore Female College (see also Folder 8.6) Rhode
Island Historical Society State Historical Society of Iowa State Historical
Society of Wisconsin, 1856-1886 (7 items)
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Folder 6.15
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Ulster [NY] Historical Society Virginia Historical
Society Western Reserve [OH] Historical Society Worcester [MA] Society of
Antiquity, 1860-1882 (5 items)
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Degrees
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Folder 6.16
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American Institute (see Folder 8.6) Hamilton College
(honorary) University of Michigan (honorary) 1840-1872 (5 items)
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Invitations and Programs
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Folder 6.17
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150th Regiment, 25th anniversary Lyndon-Hall School
Commencement Programs 1887-1890 (2 items)
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Folder 6.18
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Vassar Female College Circular, ca. 1865 (8 p., 2 copies) |
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Folder 6.19
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VC Anniversaries: programs; 25th anniversary
Philaletheis 17th anniversary, 1882-1890 (3 items)
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Folder 6.20
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VC Class Dar invitations, 1874-1885 ( 6 items) |
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Folder 6.21
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VC Commencement invitations, 1874-1885 (5 items) |
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Folder 6.22
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VC Commencement programs, 1875-1890 (4 items) |
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Folder 6.23
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VC Founder's Day invitation and program, 1866-1867 (2 items) |
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Folder 6.24
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VC Music Department invitations, 1866-1868 (3 items) |
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Folder 6.25
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VC Music Department programs, 1868-1890 (10 items) |
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Folder 6.26
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VC Trustees' Dinner program (annotated by Lossing),
1861 (1 item)
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Folder 6.27
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Young Ladies' Academy, Ursuline Convent, Quebec
prospectus, n.d. (1 item)
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Newspaper Articles
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Folder 6.28
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"Early History of Dutchess County;" source: unknown
[written by Lossing?], 1854 (1 item)
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Folder 6.29
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"Death of Professor Orton" [in
Dutchess Forum], 1877 (1 item)
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Folder 6.30
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"Matthew Vassar's Will" and "The Charities of Matthew
Vassar" [sources unknown], ca. 1881 (2 items)
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Folder 6.31
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Articles re: Vassar College Presidency, ca. 1885 (3 items) |
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Folder 6.32
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"A Presentation to Vassar College;" [in
Daily Eagle ], 1888 (1 item)
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Folder 6.33
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"The Gossip Tells Some Unpublished Authentic Anecdotes
of Abraham Lincoln" [interview with Lossing in
Philadelphia Daily News ], 1890 (4 items)
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Folder 6.34
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"Lossing, Benson John" [in
Guide to American Historical Manuscripts in the Huntington Library ],
1979 (1 item)
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Folder 6.35
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"John Guy Vassar's Estate" [source unknown],
n.d. (1 item)
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Folder 6.36
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"Vassar's Start" [in Brooklyn Eagle], n.d. (1 item) |
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Folder 8.7
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"Women to Teach Women" [annotated by Lossing, source
unknown], n.d. (1 item, oversized)
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Pamphlets
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Folder 7.1
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"Vassar College: Its Foundation, Aims, Resources, and
Course of Study," 1873 (78 p.)
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Folder 7.2
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"A Memorial Paper on the Life of Nathan Bishop, LL.D."
by S.S. Constant, 1880 (24 p.)
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Folder 7.3
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Last Will and Testament of Matthew Vassar Jr.,
Signed 1881 (10 p.)
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Folder 7.4
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"Americana: the Library of the late Benson Lossing,
American Historian; Part II: Books and Letters, A-K," Anderson Auction Company,
1912 (127 p.)
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Folder 7.5
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"Americana: the Library of the late Benson Lossing,
American Historian; Part II: Books and Letters, L-Z," Anderson Auction Company,
1912 (262 p.)
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Folder 7.6
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"Americana: the Library of the late Benson Lossing,
American Historian; Part III: Autographs, Prints, Broadsides," Anderson Auction
Company, 1912 (60 p.)
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Miscellaneous Memorabilia
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Folder 7.7
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Historical material re: tax payments, etc., Lossing
family connections, 1723-1830 (4 items)
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Folder 7.8
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Administrative bond: The King vs. S. Dorland and
Jacobus Swartwout, 1770 (2 items)
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Folder 7.9
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Advertisement: Lossing and Barritt, Designers and
Engravers on Wood, n.d. (2 items)
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Folder 7.10
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Name cards; Matthew Vassar's autographs; envelopes,
n.d. (4 items)
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