Name/Title
Letter from Katrina (Kate) Irving to William IrvingEntry/Object ID
HHV 003.138Description
Letter from Katrina (Kate) Irving to William IrvingSubject
Trip to NYC to buy shoes, Uncle’s dinner party, Kate lives at Sunnyside while parents in DC, father William sickSubject Person/Organization
Katrina Van Tassel Irving Williams (1845-1915), William Irving (1811-1854), Sarah Irving (1817-1900), Catharine Ann Irving (1816-1911), Mary Elizabeth Irving (1820-1868), John Pendleton Kennedy (1795-1870), Elizabeth Gray Kennedy (1808-1889), Sarah Mann Irving (1824-1913), Washington Irving (1783-1859)Subject Place
* Untyped Subject Place
Sunnyside, New YorkCollection
Irving Manuscript CollectionTranscription
1853
Sunnyside August 31st
Mr dear Father .
I heard this morning / that you were very sick. I am / very sorry to hear it. I like it / hear very much. I go out riding / almost every day. Aunt Kate / and Aunt Sarah took me to New – / York one day to buy a pair / of shoes we went to M Aunt / Mary’s and she was not home / Uncle had a dinner party / yesterday Mr and Mrs Kennedy
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Mr and Miss [Gray] . Uncle has been / very sick but he is quite well [!] / Aunties are very sorry Mother / could not come to see them they / say I am a good girl I would like / to see Frank and Willie . give / my love t o to mother and tell / her I will write to her next time
Your affectionate daughter
KateOther Names and Numbers
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W 193
