Letter from Ebenezer Irving to William Irving

Name/Title

Letter from Ebenezer Irving to William Irving

Entry/Object ID

HHV 003.552

Description

Letter from Ebenezer Irving to William Irving

Subject

Return from Baltimore where William's brother Edgar was married, discussion of wedding, sending books, China trade market improving; events mentioned: "Edgar with his bride and her sister Emily not being quite ready for their journey to New York, we had to leave them behind us. They claimed however that one of your sisters should remain to accompany them and so we left Sarah to see them safe to the family Hotel. It is probably that they will be here tomorrow afternoon or that of the next day. The party will pass a few days in Bridge Street…;", The New York American, The Mirror

Subject Person/Organization

Ebenezer Irving (1776-1868), William Irving (1811-1854), Edgar Irving (1808-1873), Amanda Tenant Irving (1814-1885), Colonel Thomas Tenant, Emily Tenant, Catharine Ann Irving (1816-1911), Sarah Irving (1817-1900), Sarah Sanders Paris Storrow (1813-1885), 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)

Subject Place

* Untyped Subject Place

New York, Baltimore, MD, Saugerties, NY

Collection

Irving Manuscript Collection

Letter Details

Letter Date

Aug 4, 1834

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

Number Type

Former Number

Other Number

W 3211

Condition

Notes

Remarks: Small holes at center fold; horizontal tears on upper and lower right side of first page of writing and on address page; large chip on center left of address page; 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