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345:, that Helen had inherited from her family; they called this The Ridge, but by later custom it has come to be known as Lossing Manor. There Benson had built a fireproof library to house his collection of over five thousand books and documents associated with the American Revolution and the framing of the
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was published in 1853. To gather material for the work, Lossing traveled some 8,000 miles throughout the United States and Canada. As with his subsequent books, his pen and ink drawings served as the primary illustrations when turned into wood cuts. The book won him critical acclaim and general
294:'s first collaboration in the use of his Civil War photographs as book illustrations. In 1860 and 1861, the London Art Journal featured a series of Lossing's articles describing the history and scenery of the Hudson Valley; the illustrated articles were published in 1866 under the title
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Henderson, clock and watchmaker and silversmith. During his apprenticeship he read a number of history books, and over a period of several years pursued an independent study. He became interested in history after reading
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608:(1896) Edition De Luxe. Limited to five Hundred copies of which this is No. (?) Lossing History Company, Nineteen Hundred and Five. Over seven Hundred Illustrations by Felix O.C. Darley and other well known Artists.
353:, on June 3, 1891. A written reminiscence of the Lossing family and life in 19th century New York was assembled by his son, Thomas Sweet Lossing; edited by his great-nephew, Peter Hannaford, it was published as
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The Empire State, a Compendious History of the Commonwealth of New York
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Life of Washington: A Biography Personal, Military, Political
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Mary and Martha: The Mother and Wife of George Washington
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in 1997 (Purple Mountain Press, Fleischmanns, New York).
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Johnson, Rossiter; Brown, John Howard, eds. (1904).
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1152:— Miniature portrait (9.8 × 6.9 cm) by
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575:The Diary of George Washington, from 1789 to 1791
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1085:The pictorial field-book of the war of 1812; or
648: — archivist of early American history and
1261:Members of the Vassar College Board of Trustees
755:A Godchild of Washington: A Picture of the Past
606:Lossing's Complete History of the United States
738:American Antiquarian Society Members Directory
623:Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History
540:Lossing's School History of the United States
242:from J. A. Adams, illustrator for the paper.
902:"A Brief Guide to Vassar's Charter Trustees"
849:(11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
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893:Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography
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179:. His mother, Miriam Dorland Lossing was a
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616:The Life and Times of George Washington
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385:Outline of the History of the Fine Arts
375:Pictorial Field-Book of the War of 1812
298:. Lossing was elected a member of the
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486:Memoir of Lieut. Col. John T. Greble
480:Washington and the American Republic
238:. Lossing began to learn the art of
194:Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
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