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Townsend, Aurelia W., 1820-1885 to Benson John Lossing

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01836.02 Author/Creator: Townsend, Aurelia W., 1820-1885 Place Written: Oyster Bay, New York Type: Autograph letter signed Date: January 15, 1861 Pagination: 4 p. : Height: 23 cm, Width: 18 cm Order a Copy

Indicates that she is sending two engravings of General William H. Winder to Lossing. Also suggests sources for Lossing's historical research on the War of 1812 and indicates that Mrs. Winder (Gertrude Polk Winder) is forwarding contacts to Townshend's mother. Hopes to exonerate General Winder of perceived errors in his defense of retreat from Washington, D.C., when the city was captured by the British in 1814. Lossing, an historian, published 'The American revolution and the war of 1812' in 1875. Townshend was clearly Winder's kin, but the exact relation is unclear.

Townsend, Aurelia W., 1820-1885
Lossing, Benson John, 1813-1891
Winder, William Henry, 1775-1824
Winder, Gertrude Polk, 1781-1872

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