Letter from George D. Morgan to William Cullen Bryant
Entry/Object ID
HHV 003.130
Description
Letter from George D. Morgan to William Cullen Bryant
Subject
Account of the death of Washington Irving, funeral arrangements,
train schedules to Tarrytown
Subject Person/Organization
George D. Morgan, William Cullen Bryant
Subject Place
* Untyped Subject Place
Sunnyside, Tarrytown, NY
Collection
Irving Manuscript Collection
Letter Details
Letter Date
Nov 29, 1859
Transcription
Transcription
(illegible) 2
1859
Sunny Side
Nov 29th 1, o clock
am
Dear Sir
Washington Irving is / dead, he retired to his room / about 10 o clock feeling more / languid than usual, and / complaining of pain in his / side, but apparently m not / more unwell than he had / been for months past, Just / as he reached his room, and / while his niece was near him / he suddenly fell, and in / a moment was gone, A / Physician was soon with him / but no mortal aid could avail / to bring him back. _ I saw him within an hour from the / time he was taken, and he /
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Seemed as if in peaceful sleep
His funeral will take place / on Thursday at 1 PM at / Christ Church Tarrytown
The train that leaves / Chambers Street at 11 o / clock reaches Tarrytown at 1230 and trains leave / Tarrytown for the City at about 4 and 5 PM –
Please give this notice of / his funeral in your Paper / and oblige his family and
Yours very truly
Geo D Morgan
Mr Irving was 76 years of age / on the 13th April last,
WC Bryant Esq’r
