Name/Title
Letter from Ebenezer Irving to Mrs. William (Sarah) IrvingEntry/Object ID
HHV 003.572Description
Letter from Ebenezer Irving to Mrs. William (Sarah) IrvingSubject
Employment opportunities for William Irving and Washie Irving, accident to Helen Dodge Irving, family mattersSubject Person/Organization
Ebenezer Irving (1776-1868), Sarah Mann Irving (1824-1913), William Irving (1811-1854), Washington Irving (1783-1859), Washington Irving (1835-1910), Pierre Paris Irving (1806-1878), Edgar Irving (1808-1873), Edgar Howland, Gardiner G. Howland, S. S. Howland, Pierre Munro Irving (1802-1876), Helen Dodge Irving (1802-1885)Collection
Irving Manuscript CollectionTranscription
Transcription
My dear Sarah
I reached home safely with my / case of honey; it opens beautifully and and Uncle Wash. / and all are greatly pleased with it. I presume the / cars made a favourable impression upon you though you / had but little more than a hasty look through them _ / they are certainly very comfortable and get up in / handsome style. I was truly gratified by your infor - / =mation that you had [past] [only] invited Washie to take up his / quarters in Chelsea cottage while sojuring on shore, but had I / pressed the invitation - had I been aware of it I should / have joined in urging him to avail himself of it.
Upon [noticing] the first report in the papers of the / purchase of the Tennessee by Mess’rs Howland + Aspinwall, / I suggested to Willie that if the steam ship and the [??s I-s?] / rail road were not one, but two concerns, it would be well / for him to ascertain who is the active principal, a manager / of [^ the] ship company and urge his application in person; I / believe both Pierre and Edgar know Mr Edgar Howland and / an introduction can thus be had _ or one might be obtained / through M. H. Grinnell _ I have some acquaintance with the brothers / [G.G.?] and [S.S.] Howland and that may be used if a better or more / convenient mode do not offer _ Mr Gardiner [G.H.} however / might not have anything to do or say in the / matter being a special partner. I believe, and indeed / feel sure that with a good introduction, a direct appli= / =cation, would have more promise of success than an / indirect more _ Should Willie and Washie succeed in / getting into the employ of that house I think that prospects / would be really flattering.
Pierre M. I. came up this morning and returns tomorrow / morning by the cars taking his Helen with him _ she has / quite recovered her appearance and her face no longer shows / the effects of the severe bruise in received when she was thrown / from the wagon
I enclose the money for the honey and with / love to Willie and the little ones are my dear Sarah
Thine affectionately
Eben’r Irving
Sunnyside, Tarrytown N.Y.
Sunday evening Oct 28, 1849
Mrs William Irving
Chelsea cottages
N.Y.
[END OF PAGE 1]
[PENCIL]
10/28 1849
[ADDRESS]
Mrs William Irving
29 Chelsea Cottages
N.Y.
care of Mr IRving [E-??]
Mission rooms
2 Park Place
New York
P.M. Irving
[POSTMARK - red ink, circle]
???
Oc [?] [??] [30?]
2Transcriber
Kathryn AlexanderLanguage
EnglishOther Names and Numbers
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W 3231Condition
Notes
Remarks: Large hole at center right side of address page from seal removal; holes at fold marks on address page; horizontal tear at center and on lower left side of address page; staining.Relationships
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Person or Organization
Sarah Mann Irving (1824-1913)Notes
RecipientGeneral Notes
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StorageNoteNote
Home Location: Historic Hudson Valley, Union Church, Storage, Shelf 31CNote Type
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Library
