Benson j lossing biography death

The Winterthur Library. Creator: Lossing, Benson John, Title: Correspondence. Dates: Call No. Quantity: 2 folders. Location: 9 C 1. Benson J. Lossing was a wood engraver and editor working in New York throughout much of the 19th century.

Benson John Lossing (February 12, —.

The following year, he began a seven year apprenticeship to a watchmaker in Poughkeepsie , NY , after which he took up the study of wood engraving with Alexander Adams. At the age of 22, Lossing was named joint editor of the Poughkeepsie Telegraph newspaper and its corresponding literary magazine, The Poughkeepsie Casket. He took over as editor and illustrator of Family Magazine in , and in he teamed up with engraver William Barritt, with whom he worked until Lossing spent the remainder of his life producing illustrations and publications concerning American history, including a biography of Senator Philip Schuyler, a biography of pioneer engraver Alexander Anderson, a history of New York City , histories of the War of and the Civil War, and most notably a two volume work published in entitled, Pictorial Field Book of the Revolution.

Lossing married twice, first in to Alice Barritt, and after her death, he married Helen Sweet in This collection contains letters either to or from engraver and editor Benson J.