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 003.544

Description

Letter from Ebenezer Irving to William Irving

Subject

Washington Irving helps William's brother, Sanders, to get a position on a ship bound for Sumatra, Washington Irving is also helping Edgar Irving to receive a lieutenant's commission in the Marines, mentions his speaking with his "particular friend Mr. Van Buren (the V.P.)," "Your Uncle Washington having discovered in Theo a talent for writing, determined that he should improve it and…. is now under your Uncle's charge who feels confident of his success - he has been attending to his pen all summer at the "Square House" Tarrytown...Pierre… has been on a long tour throughout the state to interest teachers and our leading men in the introduction of your Uncle Washington's Life of Columbus into schools and we shall reap the benefits of his excursion. We are taking measures for introducing it throughout the Union - and our prospects of a very extensive demand are good...," Washington Irving will get "fine Italian music and a first rate master for your sister Catherine;"

Subject Person/Organization

Ebenezer Irving (1776-1868), William Irving (1811-1854), Sanders Irving (1813-1884), Jonathan Goodhue, Edgar Irving (1808-1873), Theodore Irving (1809-1880), Martin Van Buren, Irving Van Wart (1808-1896), Julia Tunis Irving (1818-1861), Catharine Ann Irving (1816-1911), Sarah Irving (1817-1900), Mary Elizabeth Irving (1820-1868), Charlotte Van Wart Irving Grinnell (1824-1911), Helen Dodge Irving (1802-1885), Clara Kip, Oscar Irving (1800-1865), Susan Anne Irving Van Wart (1811-1836), Eliza Dodge Romeyn Irving (1801-1887)

Subject Place

* Untyped Subject Place

New York, Sumatra, Boston, MA, Genoa, Italy, Gibraltar, Canton, China, Baltimore, MD, Washington, DC, Tarrytown, NY, West Point, Wilkesboro, NC

Collection

Irving Manuscript Collection

Letter Details

Letter Date

Sep 15, 1833

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

Number Type

Former Number

Other Number

W 3203

Condition

Notes

Remarks: Chipping along left side of folded page; extensive 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