Name/Title
Letter from Ebenezer Irving to Sarah Mann IrvingEntry/Object ID
HHV 003.168Description
Letter from Ebenezer Irving to Sarah Mann IrvingSubject
Relief for widow of William Irving, death of William Irving, boarding house for Sarah (“boarding project”),
House of Representatives, assistance of Col. Morgan, Sarah’s sisters opinion to start a boarding house in DC, Irving sisters' opinion same, Julia Irving agrees and can advise having lived in Washington, DC beforeSubject Person/Organization
Ebenezer Irving (1776-1868), Sarah Mann Irving (1824-1913), Edgar Irving (1808-1873), Edwin Barber Morgan, Sanders Irving (1813-1884), Julia Granger Irving (1822-1897), William Irving (1811-1854)Subject Place
* Untyped Subject Place
Sunnyside, Washington, DC, New York, Cayuga County, Boston, MACollection
Irving Manuscript CollectionTranscription
Transcription
Sunny Side, Wednesday evening
March 28, 1855
My dear Sarah
I received yours of 25th ins’t with / the power fo Att’y for Doct’t Blake, this morning, / just as I was about writing to you to say that / I had come to the conclusion that no letters / of administration are necessary in your case.
I had been turning the matter in my mind / and referring to the bill as passed, but a / little while before your letter came to hand, / when it struck me that the directions / given by the Clerk of the House of Repr’s to Col. / Morgan were the correct ones _ the bill / states that it was “for the relief of the widow of / W. Irving dec’d” not his relief _ it is a / personal affair of your own, and therefore / no letters of Ad’m are be necessary. I send / to power to Edgar by this mail, requesting / him to transmit it immediately to Doc’t B. / agan asking his kind services in the / matter, suggesting that the money when received / may be remitted to him (Edgar) when it shall / be forwarded to you without delay.
You can write a letter of thanks /
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To Col. Morgan if you wish to do so, but / I do not think it necessary as I have / written to him especially on the subject, / making our acknowledgments for his / kindness and attention _ your sisters in / their letters to Charlotte, will beg her [to ??-pect] / them on your and our behalf. The Colonel’s / address is “Hon. Edwin B. Morgan, Aurora, / Cayuga County, New York.”
You spoke of coming on to New York / some time in Apl. which is close at hand / when the “boarding” project can be fairly / discussed _ Your sisters + Pierre I believe / think that Washington offers a better / chance for starting in that business, especially / for one with limited means _ your sisters / of the cottage incline to the same opinion, / as does Sanders Julia in her late letters _
Sanders and Julia you know have had / some experience of the kind in that / place. Julia thinks your prospects would /
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Be better there as she says that you / have many friends in that City _ / but as I have just said, the matter / can all be talked over. I write in haste / for your sisters are reminding me that it / is late, and high bed time _ so with / my kind regards to mother and all
I am thine my dear Sarah
Affectionately
Eben’r Irving
Mrs William Irving
At 55 [Hancock] Street
Boston
Mss’sTranscriber
Kathryn AlexanderLanguage
EnglishOther Names and Numbers
Other Numbers
Number Type
Former NumberOther Number
W 230
