Name/Title
Letter from Charles H. Halsey to Pierre P. IrvingEntry/Object ID
HHV 003.218Description
Letter from Charles H. Halsey to Pierre P. IrvingSubject
Trip To Providence, slow because of fog, Chauncey will not go to Geneva, Pierre not going to Canandaigua, possible invitation to Geneva, trip to Boston, will be absent from his class, “his boys”Subject Person/Organization
Charles H. Halsey, Pierre Paris Irving (1806-1878)Subject Place
* Untyped Subject Place
Providence, RI, Rye, NY, Geneva, NY, Boston, MA, New YorkCollection
Irving Manuscript CollectionTranscription
Transcription
Providence R.I. Sep’r 15th 1836
Rev’d Pierre Irving
You will observe from the date / if this my dear friend that I am in the land of / steady habits instead of on my way West as I rather / anticipated when I had the pleasure of seeing on / Monday last _ I arrive yesterday at 3 P.M. after / a tedious trip of 22 hours instead of 13, owing to dense fog we encountered in the Sound _
I found my friend Gallagher well + doing / well + apparently happy to see me _ IN the / course of conversation this morn’g, he informed / me that he rec’d a letter from Mr Chauncey yes - / terday dated at Rye, in which he states that / he has positively + conclusively declined to call / to Geneva + intends to remain for the present at / least where he is _ Mr G. states that it will / cause much regret + does not Know what the / congregation will do. _ He heard since he wrote / me to that effect that you had not been called / to Canandaigua + immediately write to a gentle - / =man of the Vestry at Geneva Respecting it _ But / this was before it was Known that Chauncey had / declined _ I thought you would probably like / to Know this _ if you already do not _ And I have / intended to write you altho’ you may deem it
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Not worth the postage _ Mr Gallagher does / not seem to KNow what will be the action of / the Church at Geneva upon receiving Mr C’s / declinature, as they almost Expected him to ac - / =cept _ I have gathered all the information / from Mr. G which he seems to possess upon this / subject, without his Knowledge of my intention / to write you _ + regret, if it would prove interest - / ing to you, that I have not more to add _ / We expect to attend a Convocation if the Clergy / of the diocese at Lansdown ab’t 15 miles from / here, tomorrow _ and I anticipate much pleasure / from the associations which I hope to form there / It is a monthly meeting which has been Establish - / =ed for some time past, for mutual intercourse / + spiritual improvement + has resulted in happy / Effects upon the Church at large _ This state / is so small that you can ride thro’ it in a day + in consequence they can meet without / much inconvenience _ On Saturday We Expect / to go to Boston, spend Sunday _ + look about / the City on Monday; return here on Tuesday + / then I shall wend my way to N. York as soon / after as I can leave _ by Wednesday or Thursday at / farthest _ I shall not in consequence be at / my post on Sunday next, to meet my class +c / If you are in the City + at leisure please inform / my boys of my absence + say to them tho’ absent / I shall remember them + that placing them on / their good behavior I hope to [^ receive] hear good accounts / when I return _ Having been absent so long
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Already from my class I can scarcely justify my / present absence, + only do so by reflecting that / it is the only opportunity that will present for / a long long time to come _ perhaps forever _
Remember me most Kindly + respectfully / to all who may enquire +c And with my / best wishes for the happiness of yourself + yours / here + hereafter _ I am
Your friend + brother +c
Chas. H. Halsey
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[ADDRESS]
Rev’d Pierre Irving
20 Bond St
New York
[POSTAGE STAMP - red ink, circle]
PROVIDENCE
SEP
15
R.I.
[POSTMARK - ink, illegible]
[LABEL]
Concerning Geneva
Sept 1836Transcriber
Kathryn AlexanderLanguage
EnglishOther Names and Numbers
Other Numbers
Number Type
Former NumberOther Number
W 923
