Name/Title
Newspaper Clipping with Handwritten Revisions - Irving's Manuscript Statement about "Astoria"Entry/Object ID
HHV 003.65Context
[NEWSPAPER CLIPPING - Irving’s Manuscript Statement About “Astoria”]
[ONLY HANDWRITING TRANSCRIBED]
Irving, Washington
H-[??ilegible]
1368
1/28/25
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The work was undertaken by me through / a real relish of the subject. During In the / course of visits in early life to Canada I had / been seen much of the [^ magnates of] North West company and / of the hardy conduct trappers and fur traders / in their employ, and [^ had] been excited by their / stories of adventurous expeditions into the / “Indian Country.” I was sure therefore, that / a narrative, treating of them and their / doings, could not fail to be full of stirring / interest and to lay upon regions and / races of our country, as yet but little / known.
[PENCIL]
I never asked nor Received +c.
[RIGHT SIDE]
c/ a / ( collections )
[PASTED OVER]
the amount, as reported to here, was / greatly exaggerated
[UNDERNEATH]
greatly exaggerated.
(when, having invested a part of my very / moderate means on wild leads, I was straitened / and obliged
[PENCIL]
to seek
[in] it.
[LEFT SIDE]
The only monied transaction between / us was my purchase of a share in a / town he was [founding] at Green Bay, / for this I paid cash, though he wished / the amount to stand on mortgage. The / land fell in value, and some years after / wards, when I was in Spain, Mr Astor / of his own free will, took back the share / from my agent and repaid the original / purchase money. This, I repeat, was the only monied transaction that ever took / place between us; and by thus I lost / four or five years interest of my investment. / My intimacy with Mr A +c
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Who / [+c?]
Who, like Matle Brun, regarded him / +c +cCollection
Irving Manuscript CollectionArchive Items Details
Creator
Washington Irving (1783-1859)Search Terms
John Jay Astor, Malte Brun, defense of Irving's work “Astoria”, denial of any payment by AstorOther Names and Numbers
Other Numbers
Number Type
Former NumberOther Number
W 379
