Letter from Jay Gould to Edgar Mayhew Bacon

Letter

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Historic Hudson Valley

Name/Title

Letter from Jay Gould to Edgar Mayhew Bacon

Entry/Object ID

HHV 003.158

Description

Letter from Jay Gould to Edgar Mayhew Bacon

Subject

Irving rock on Gould place, in Pleasantville ran into Van War[k/t] who is son of the one who caught Arnold

Subject Person/Organization

Jay Gould, Edgar Mayhew Bacon, Washington Irving (1783-1859), General Benedict Arnold

Subject Place

* Untyped Subject Place

Sunnyside, Pleasantville, NY

Collection

Irving Manuscript Collection

Letter Details

Letter Date

n.d.

Transcription

Transcription

My Dear / Mr Bacon I did not / think to tell you _ The / Mr [Van Wark] I saw at / Pleasantville was the son / of the Mr V W who was one / of the captors of Arnold, We have on our place a rock - we call / Irving Rock - It was / blasted out to make it comfortable by a blanket / for Washington Irving to sit / on for the view Yours Resply J Gould It was blasted / by Capt Storms

Transcriber

Kathryn Alexander

Language

English

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

Number Type

Former Number

Other Number

W 214