Photograph of his “office” with Uncle, with Uncle’s nephew
Subject Person/Organization
William Irving Clark (1834-1925), Irving Van Wart (1808-1896)
Subject Place
* Untyped Subject Place
New York
Collection
Irving Manuscript Collection
Letter Details
Letter Date
Jul 27, 1894
Transcription
Transcription
212 PEARL STREET
W. IRVING CLARK
BOX 870, POST OFFICE.
NEW YORK July 27 1894
Dear Mrs Irving
I was very glad to hear / this morning that you had gone out / to your church _ I called to leave / a copy of the photograph of my / office which was taken in May last / I think the likeness of my Uncle / is quite a good one + I intend to / have a photograph taken from it _
I have two copies of this photograph / so I will gladly give this one to you / The gentleman sitting by his side is / his nephew Mr Irving Van Wart / You can see from the picture how / our desks were arranged & there he / has [sat] daily opposite one another /
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for the past twenty six years - So / you can imagine how much I miss / him + how the Empty chair / opposite me suggests his absence / constantly _
Very sincerely yours
W. Irving Clark
P.S. The photograph will I fear / fade if exposed very long to the / light so to preserve it you had / better keep it in the envelope _
