Enclosed in letter from Richard Chafee to H. DeVoe, 7 July 2007:
notes he made in the archives of the American Institute of Architects

from RG 803, Box 6, Book 5, p. 127:
Edgar Alonzo Josselyn, 36 East 22nd St., N.Y.C.
Date of application: 23 Aug. 1901.
I began the study of architecture in the year 1880.
I began the independent practice of architecture in the year 1897.
[He submits photos and drawings of his work; the AIA returned the
   pictures.]