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 003.551

Description

Letter from Ebenezer Irving to William Irving

Subject

Shipping news from brother Sanders, family news, Uncle Washington and father Ebenezer think that William should stick with the house of Russell & Co. and perhaps not start his own business just yet, green tea, black tea, coffee, sugar, Sugar Candy, pepper, powder, porpoise, Albatross, sea pie, the NY American, the Mirror

Subject Person/Organization

Ebenezer Irving (1776-1868), William Irving (1811-1854), Edgar Irving (1808-1873), Theodore Irving (1809-1880), Napoleon Bonaparte, Catherine Irving Paris (1774-1849), Pierre Paris Irving (1806-1878), Colonel Thomas Tenant, Catharine Ann Irving (1816-1911), Sarah Irving (1817-1900), Sarah Sanders Paris Storrow (1813-1885), Washington Irving (1783-1859), Barclay Livingston, Philip Kearney, Amanda Tenant Irving (1814-1885), [John] Daniel Paris (1773-1851), Julia Tunis Irving (1818-1861), Mary Elizabeth Irving (1820-1868), Charlotte Van Wart Irving Grinnell (1824-1911), Washington Irving (1835-1910), Henry Ogden Irving (1807-1869)

Subject Place

* Untyped Subject Place

New York, Canton, China, Madeira, Spain, Manila, Philippines, Sumatra, Straits of Malacca, Gibraltar, Rotterdam, Batavia, Salem, MA, Catskill Mountains, Saugerties, NY, Baltimore, MD, Syracuse, NY

Collection

Irving Manuscript Collection

Letter Details

Letter Date

Jul 22, 1834

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

Number Type

Former Number

Other Number

W 3210 a-b

Condition

Notes

Remarks: a. Staining. b.Large chip on seventh page of writing; hole from removal of seal; horizontal tear on left center side of address page; 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