{"value"=>"<p>General Correspondence is arranged alphabetically in four boxes. The majority of the correspondence is incoming. Frequent correspondents included Ferdinard de Brackeleer (Belgium artist), Thomas Chalmers (Scottish author), Charles Robert Leslie (English painter and author), George Livermore (American authority on Bibles) and J. Valence (English museum proprietor). The most frequent correspondent is Henry Stevens, Lenox's book purchasing agent whose letters date from 1846-1879 and provide detailed information on some of Lenox's most significant acquisitions.</p>"}