Letter from Ebenezer Irving to William Irving

Letter

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Historic Hudson Valley

Name/Title

Letter from Ebenezer Irving to William Irving

Entry/Object ID

HHV 003.554

Description

Letter from Ebenezer Irving to William Irving

Subject

Discussion of China trade, particularly of tea, cholera outbreak, family matters, Hyson tea, Young Hysontea, black tea, the Housatonic, "Leary" hat, the Mirror

Subject Person/Organization

Ebenezer Irving (1776-1868), William Irving (1811-1854), Theodore Irving (1809-1880), Catherine Irving Paris (1774-1849), Catharine Ann Irving (1816-1911), Sarah Irving (1817-1900), Edgar Irving (1808-1873), Amanda Tenant Irving (1814-1885), Emily Tenant, Julia Tunis Irving (1818-1861), Mary Elizabeth Irving (1820-1868), Charlotte Van Wart Irving Grinnell (1824-1911), Washington Irving (1835-1910), Pierre Paris Irving (1806-1878), Washington Irving (1783-1859), James Paulding, Henry Ogden Irving (1807-1869), William Irving Dodge (1790-1873), Lewis Graham Irving (1795-1879), Henry Van Wart (1783-1873), Jane Suydam, Clara Kip Van Wagoner, Jane Mary Boudinot

Subject Place

* Untyped Subject Place

New York, Saugerties, NY, Catskill Mountains, New Haven, CT, Syracuse, NY, Baltimore, MD, Birmingham, UK, Boston, MA

Collection

Irving Manuscript Collection

Letter Details

Letter Date

Sep 5, 1834

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

Number Type

Former Number

Other Number

W 3213

Condition

Notes

Remarks: Horizontal tears at folds on right side of first page of writing; holes at center folds; vertical tears at top and bottom of center fold; long horizontal tears at folds on right side of third page of writing; chip at right center of third page of writing; staining.

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

William Irving (1811-1854)

Notes

Recipient

General Notes

Note Type

General Note

Note

Dear Will: Letters from the China Trade 1833-1836 by Daniel Larkin. The addenda (inserted page) carries the following: "In a letter dated November 16, 1985, Alice Aderman pointed out to me that Henry Odgen Irving is the logical candidate for the identity of the "little Baillie." He is also sometimes referred to as "Baillie."

Note Type

StorageNote

Note

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

Note Type

Department

Note

Library