Letter from Ebenezer Irving to William Irving

Letter

Historic Hudson Valley

Name/Title

Letter from Ebenezer Irving to William Irving

Entry/Object ID

HHV 003.548

Description

Letter from Ebenezer Irving to William Irving

Subject

Offers encouragement, once the busy season ends, things will be better, hears Macao is enjoyable, Uncle Washington Irving will use his influence with merchants in China trade, discussion of venture cargo including quicksilver, cochineal and opium, shipping news, first installment of venture money sent

Subject Person/Organization

Ebenezer Irving (1776-1868), William Irving (1811-1854), Catharine Ann Irving (1816-1911), Theodore Irving (1809-1880), William H. Low, Washington Irving (1783-1859), Daniel Low, Joseph Coolidge, Jr., Nicholas Biddle

Subject Place

* Untyped Subject Place

Philadelphia, PA, Cadiz, Canton, China, Cape of Good Hope, Macao, China

Letter Details

Letter Date

May 23, 1834

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

Number Type

Former Number

Other Number

W 3207

Condition

Notes

Remarks: Chip near center right of third page of writing; staining.

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

William Irving (1811-1854)

Notes

Recipient

General Notes

Note Type

StorageNote

Note

Home Location: Historic Hudson Valley, Union Church, Storage, Shelf 31C

Note Type

Department

Note

Library