Name/Title
Letter from Kate Irving to William IrvingEntry/Object ID
HHV 003.173Description
Letter from Kate Irving to William IrvingSubject
Opera House, dancing with Washington Irving, not shy around him now, exercise walks on the Battery, girls school, Italian lesson, singing lessonsSubject Person/Organization
Catharine Ann Irving (1816-1911), William Irving (1811-1854), Ebenezer Irving (1776-1868), Sarah Sanders Paris Storrow (1813-1885), Helen Dodge Irving (1802-1885), Washington Irving (1783-1859), Theodore Irving (1809-1880)Subject Place
* Untyped Subject Place
Providence, RI, New York, ChinaContext
Note: mouse-eaten pagesCollection
Irving Manuscript CollectionTranscription
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Saturday Jan [pages eaten away]
My dear William
Father tells me tha [pages eaten away]
for Canton tomorrow, so I have sea [pages eaten away]
Sarah Paris is writing to Helen Dodge and Sarah [pages eaten away]
To you. We are expecting to hear from your very [pages eaten away]
we have heard of a vessel that has sailed from [pages eaten away]
and feel in hopes that she may have passed you [pages eaten away]
your way there. We have had a very merry New Y [pages eaten away]
We have had some one here almost every evening / Uncle Washington has got us in the habit of danci [pages eaten away]
every evening, he dances with us with all his m [pages eaten away]
You do not know what a pet he has got to he [pages eaten away]
us all, he is very lively and is always playing [pages eaten away]
the children, he has been home ever since in [pages eaten away]
summer and we have become better acquainted [pages eaten away]
him so that we talk to him as much as [pages eaten away]
you know we used to be very still [pages eaten away]
in the room; but we are not [pages eaten away]
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taken us to the Opera five or six times since the new /
[pages eaten away] company have come out . for my part I have been perfectly /
[pages eaten away]ted with it and could go every evening. Oh! I suppose /
[pages eaten away] not heard that we have a new Opera house.
[pages eaten away] ever was in a more beautiful theatre in /
[pages eaten away] inly very beautiful . the lady’s drefs a /
[pages eaten away] house altogether looks very brilliant /
[pages eaten away] determined that I should learn to /
[pages eaten away] the pains to get me the best teacher /
[pages eaten away] ?? took all the children to the theatre [pew?] /
[pages eaten away] o see Cherry and Fair star, they enjoyed it very much /
[pages eaten away] eed. Every morning after breakfast Uncle, Theodore, /
[pages eaten away] rah Paris, and I take a walk on the Battery, we go as /
[pages eaten away] ast as we can two or three times around, sometimes /
[pages eaten away] e find it pretty cold but we wrap [^ up] well and go through /
[pages eaten away] he whole of it.
Julia and Susan board at Mrs [Streats?] in Broadway /
Just by the bowling green, we see them very often, they /
Come around and spend the evening here which makes /
[pages eaten away] very pleasant. Sarah attend Mrs [Uhill’s?] shoo /
[pages eaten away] seems to like it very much. As soon as I have /
[pages eaten away] y singing lesson I go to Theodore and take /
[pages eaten away] Italian so that I may learn to sing /
[pages eaten away] you come home again . you
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will scarcely know us we shall be so accompli [pages eaten away]
we will live in great style eat altogether in [pages eaten away]
back parlour and have fire in both of the [pages eaten away]
I suppose Sarah has told you all this [pages eaten away]
better hand at giving you the exac [pages eaten away]
bvery thing than I am, so wh [pages eaten away]
I will leave for her. I hope yo [pages eaten away]
once in a while, to be sure I can [pages eaten away]
write to me every time you write to [pages eaten away]
will have so many letters to answer, but [pages eaten away]
remember me sometimes. I suppose you ar [pages eaten away]
settled in your business before thes, I hope y [pages eaten away]
be pleased for they all seem to think it is a [pages eaten away]
thing for you. When you get rich we shall ex [pages eaten away]
to see some very elegant silks sent to us. Good bye [pages eaten away]
Mammy and all the children send a great deal of [pages eaten away]
To you
Your affectionate sister
Cathari [pages eaten away]
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[ADDRESS]
Mr. William Irving
Care of [Messr’s] Russell + Co.
Canton
China
[LABEL]
Cath Irving
January 18, 1834
ProvidenceTranscriber
Kathryn AlexanderLanguage
EnglishOther Names and Numbers
Other Numbers
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W 235
