Name/Title
Letter from Washington Irving (and Ebenezer Irving?) to Charlotte IrvingEntry/Object ID
HHV 003.23Description
Letter from Washington Irving (and Ebenezer Irving?) to Charlotte IrvingSubject
Charlotte “living in the west”, Christmas, Knickerbocker dinner, Washington's anklesSubject Person/Organization
Washington Irving (1783-1859), Charlotte Van Wart Irving Grinnell (1824-1911), William Grinnel, Ebenezer Irving (1776-1868)Subject Place
* Untyped Subject Place
Sunnyside, New YorkCollection
Irving Manuscript CollectionTranscription
Transcription
My dear Charlie
When are you coming home? We / begin to fear that William is playing us a / trick and means to keep you all to himself. / You have been away so long that I really / forget how you look. I was describing you / the other day to a lady as tall and rather / thin with light hair and a roman nose, / but Kate declares I am all wrong and / that if any thing you are a little [Standish?] / Perhaps you have altered since you have / been living in the west. But do come home / my dear Charlie in time for your Christmas / dinner at the Cottage
With kind remembrance to William
Your affectionate Uncle
Washington Irving
[NEW HAND]
Dec’r 5th 1847
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New York tomorrow, they have the Knickerbocker dinner tomorrow and / they want him to come down for it; he says he will go down / but does not intend to go to the dinner, his ankles have been / much better of late, and he is very busy writing for two months / I hope he will accomplish what he wants to this winter, he / said he thought he would if he kept his health, he is / going to stay at Julia’s. Eliza says they are nearly settled and / it looks very pretty and every thing is so complete about it / they occupy the room down stairs now as their parlors are / not in order yet. He asked Catharine [Creighton] today in church / to come down and spend the evening with us tomorrow and / stay all night for she has no one with her now and she could / not come in the evening alone, he intend to send for the / Livingstons tomorrow morning and Julia and Sanders are coming / we shall send for Julia immediately after breakfast so she / will spend the day and perhaps stay all night. I only hope / it will be clear, but it looks quite cloudy now. He asked / Eliza [For-?-kill] if you wanted a dregs made when you came down / if she would make it immediately she said she would, for I do / not think you will be able to get Mrs Hickson unlefs you / engage her before hand, and Eliza [Forkill?] has made our dresses / very nicely, if you conclude to have it made here you must / bring all the things up, but you must do just as you think / best and what you like yourself. [^ as we did not engage her positively to make it] You asked about going / to see Nancy. I do not think it worth while if you are / only in town a day or two, you can go when you go down to / stay longer, but you must not daily to go to see Aunt Davis,
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Kathryn AlexanderLanguage
EnglishOther Names and Numbers
Other Numbers
Number Type
Former NumberOther Number
W 3426 A-B
