Handwritten letter from Alexander Duer Irving to "Dear Sir" (William H. Mersereau)
Entry/Object ID
HHV 009.7
Description
Handwritten letter from Alexander Duer Irving to "Dear Sir" (William H. Mersereau), March 22, 1898; no envelope; written on stationery with "Sunnyside / Irvington on Hudson " printed at center top; work at Sunnyside including delay of brick delivery for library mantel; watermark visible of a crown with " Royal Irish" at bottom of page.
Collection
Mersereau Manuscript Collection
Transcription
OBJECT NAME Letter
DATE March 22, 1898
AUTHOR Alexander Duer Irving
RECIPIENT William H. Mersereau
MEDIUM Paper, ink
PEOPLE
PLACES Sunnyside,
KEYWORDS commission on mantels not designed by Mersereau
[RIGHT SIDE]
March 22d 98
[LETTERHEAD]
Sunnyside
Irvington on Hudson
Dear Sir:
Is there any / reason for the delay in / setting the / brick in / Library mantel - / piece - the stove / has been set / for
[LEFT SIDE]
a week. -
Referring to the / matter of your / charge for / coms’n - on / Mantel bought / of you from / Jackson - you / charge 5% - on / those not designed / by you or laid / under your / supervision - do /
[END OF PAGE 1]
I understand / that coms’n / would have / been more than / 5% if you / had made made / designs?
Yours truly
AD Irving
Wm H Mersereau Esq
“
Other Names and Numbers
Other Numbers
Number Type
Former Number
Other Number
W 3409
Condition
Notes
Remarks: Vertical and horizontal folds; some surface dirt.
Relationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
William H. Mersereau, 1862-1933
Notes
Recipient
General Notes
Note Type
StorageNote
Note
Home Location: Historic Hudson Valley, Union Church, Storage, Shelf 31C
