Name/Title
Brison: Letters to Emilie Benson Welsh Pertaining to Benson Genealogy from Arthur D. Benson & Hevlyn Dirk Benson, 1934-6Entry/Object ID
2021.276.007Scope and Content
11 letters which include information and newspaper clippings about Arthur Benson's lineage from Dirck Benson, a Includes a historic marker about the Benson Mill on the Harlem River, Egbert Benson's role in initiating the Constitutional Convention, service of Abraham Benson in War of 1812, and information about Benson portraits at New York Historical Society:
a. Egbert Benson #81 & #82, one by Gilbert Stuart, 1807
b. Robert Benson #272 by John Trumbull, 1804
c. Henry Benson #273 by John Vanderlyn, painted 1823
d. Captain Hevlyn Benson #2486, Undated
e. Mrs. Hevlyn Benson #2485, UndatedCollection
Brison Collection
