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History of the United States, Privately Illustrated, vol. 2: Pictorial Field Book of the Revolution

Author Benson John Lossing American
1856
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  • Title: History of the United States, Privately Illustrated, vol. 2: Pictorial Field Book of the Revolution
  • Author: Benson John Lossing (American, Beekman, New York 1813–1891 Dover Plains, New York)
  • Date: 1856
  • Medium: Illustrations: engravings, etchings, lithographs, wood engravings
  • Dimensions: 9 5/8 × 6 3/8 × 1 1/2 in. (24.5 × 16.2 × 3.8 cm)
  • Classification: Books
  • Credit Line: Gift of Morrison H. Heckscher, 2015
  • Object Number: 2015.619.2
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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