Upcoming travel to Europe, request for letters of introduction,
sudden death of brother Edward [Fallon], ship Britannia
Subject Person/Organization
Washington Irving (1783-1859), J. W. Fallon, Edward Fallon
Subject Place
* Untyped Subject Place
Philadelphia, PA, Boston, MA, France, Spain, Italy, Madrid, Spain, Grenada, Spain, Paris, France, Dublin, Ireland, England, Liverpool, UK, Birmingham, UK
Collection
Irving Manuscript Collection
Letter Details
Letter Date
May 26, 1847
Transcription
Transcription
Phila May 26. 1847
Washington Irving Esq.
Dear Sir
Being about to start / from Boston in the steamer of 1st [prox’?] with / the intention of paying a visit home, and / taking a short rambling tour through / France Spain & perhaps Italy I am promp = / ted by the great kindnefs which I have been / informed you have uniformly manifested / towards different members of our family / and more particularly toward my poor Brother / Edward, to take the liberty of asking from / you such letters to Madrid Grenada / or other points on my route as are cal = / culated to make my journey agreeable / and afford me the greatest facilities for / seeing and learning.
I know not whether you have heard / of poor Edwards sudden and melancholy / death the accounts of which reached us / a few weeks since. He had just /
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Completed his studies in Paris went to / Dublin on a visit and a few days after his / arrival there was found dead in his bed / at the Hotel where he stopped. To the heart / disease the symptoms of which he appears to / have had for some time we attributed his / death
Should you have any thing to send to / your friends in England or if I can / otherwise serve you in any way, I shall / be most happy of the opportunity.
It is so late I can not expect an answer / to this in Philadelphia but would beg you / to addrefs me on board the Britannia / Boston . if you can conveniently do so in time / for June 1st otherwise letters [per] next / steamer to the care of Mefsrs Geo Wright + Co / Liverpool will reach me in time to be / equally useful to myself
Very Resply
Yr. Obt. Serv’t
[J W] Fallon
I propose doing myself the pleasure / of calling on Mrs Vanwart at Birmingham / + will be pleased to be the bearer of / any thing you may have to send
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