Letter from Beverley Robinson to Right Reverend Benjamin Onderdonk

Name/Title

Letter from Beverley Robinson to Right Reverend Benjamin Onderdonk

Entry/Object ID

HHV 003.11

Description

Letter from Beverley Robinson to Right Reverend Benjamin Onderdonk

Subject

Firm of “Irving and Livingston”, newspapers, P. Irving’s departure from, possible litigation on debt claimed to be owed

Subject Person/Organization

Right Reverend Benjamin Onderdonk, Pierre Paris Irving (1806-1878), Beverley Robinson III (1808-1876)

Subject Place

* Untyped Subject Place

Saugerties, NY, Albany, NY, New York

Collection

Irving Manuscript Collection

Letter Details

Letter Date

Jun 18, 1836

Transcription

Transcription

Right Rev’d + [Quachi?] When Mr Irving left the / firm of Irving and [Livingston?] at / Saugerties in February 1835 he adverti=/ -sed the Difsolution of the Partnership in / Papers of the County + the State Paper / at Albany - There was one dealer in / New York who says he never heard of / his [Mr. P Irving’s] withdrawal from the firm and now / calls upon Mr I. for Payment of a Debt / contracted long after the Difsolution _ Mr / Irving thinks it his duty to commu- / nicate every incident that may touch / his standing in society to you _ and / therefore mentions this _ I beg him to / take with him this note of explanation / as from my knowledge of this Circum - / stances I can without hesitation say / that Mr Irving is as innocent as any / other Individual, of blame in this trans - / action, and that no Injury can result / to him from it _ With perfect respect Your friends + humble ser’t [B. Robinson?] [END OF PAGE 1] [ADDRESS] Hon. Right Rev’d Benjamin P. Onderdonk June 18, 1836

Transcriber

Kathryn Alexander

Language

English

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Number Type

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Other Number

W 912