A Guide to the Washington Irving Letter, 27 January 1824
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Washington Irving Letter, Accession # 6256-an, Special Collections Dept., University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.
Acquisition Information
This collection was purchased from Robert Batchelder on 12 December 1995.
Scope and Content Information
Washington Irving, Paris, France, to noted English publisher John Murray, London, England, concerning the publication of his works The Sketchbook and "Arabian tales" which later became either The Conquest of Granada (1829) or Tales of the Alhambra (1832). He indicates that he has another plan proposed during which he can spend time on original writing, and mentions the new series of the Curiosities of Literature . Postmarked integral address leaf in Irving's hand.