Monday Morning
Feb 4* 1867
Benson. J. Lossmg Esq..
My dear Sir
I have collected to-gether & send you
by the bearer such papers & Photograph views of the College build-
ings and nSpringsiden with the latters early history Architecural
Embellishments, extent of grounds, with an discriptive Map & table
of references thereon that I thought of interest.       The late A.J.
Downing was the architect of the buildings of the latter but worked
out nays elf the lines of -walks and Drives and Chritiaixr  them with
fancy names &c.
sketch
I send also a pbe-t-og-r-a-ph of the old family Farm house which
stood on the mound by the Dog Spring but torne down to make room
for new improvements commenced in 1840.^'<=d?     As regards my
own Potrait, perhaps it would be best to have a Copy of reduced sise
to suit your work from the one you saw hanging in my parlor, repre-
senting the passing the College funds at the Meeting of the hoard in 1861.
In relation to my buisness matters, you have already some
s
Memmorands-j   The sales of the company buisness throught the Eastern,
N York
part of the Northern & Western and all of southeran States including
amounted to some $250,000 per Annum,
several of the West India Islands, that bound on the sea-bord*and were the
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J.
Feb. 4,  1867                -.2
largest exporters for several years in the trade.
(unsigned)
Written in red ink, at right angles, across the face of the above
letter:
The anticedents of nSpringsideM I can go no further back than
1809 I think its owner then was Geo. B. Evertson a well known Citizen
of the Village of Po,keepsie   Afterwards by James Allen then by
"James Smilley the celebrated artist or Engraver of the City of N.
York
Several pieces of land has been added to its present proprie-
ship, bought of Henry Livingston   M    North--- (name undecipherable)
and DuBois, & others.
-^fr The sketch of the old house was taken by a pupil (young Lady) in Miss
Lydia Booths Seminary
8 lb'