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A Guide to the Washington Irving Collection Irving, Washington. 6256-a

A Guide to the Washington Irving Collection

A Collection in the
Clifton Waller Barrett Library of American Literature
Accession number 6256-a


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Funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.

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Repository
University of Virginia. Library. Special Collections Dept. Alderman Library University of Virginia Charlottesville, Virginia 22903 USA
Collection Number
6256-a
Title
Washington Irving Collection 1789-1869
Extent
312 items
Collector
Location
Language
English

Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

This collection bears no restrictions.

Use Restrictions

See the University of Virginia Library’s use policy.

Preferred Citation

Washington Irving Collection, Accession 6256-a, Special Collections Department, University of Virginia Library

Acquisition Information

Deposit 1960 Mar 19

Funding Note

Funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities

Significant Persons Associated With the Collection

  • A. Carrington
  • A[lexander] H[ill] Everett
  • Aaron Vail
  • Albert Gallatin
  • Alfred Clarke
  • Alfred Jones
  • Alonzo Chappel
  • Alvah Beebee
  • Anne Irving
  • Antoinette Irving
  • Barclay Dunham
  • Benjamin Poore
  • Catherine Paris
  • Charles Bristed
  • Charles C. Lee
  • Charles Davis
  • Charles Leslie
  • Charles W[arren] Stoddard
  • Charlotte Lennox
  • Christian Schussele
  • Christopher Hughes
  • D. Fonda
  • D. Longworth
  • Daniel Lord
  • Daniel Webster
  • David Appleton
  • David Hoffman
  • David Wilkie
  • Don Xavier Isturiz
  • Ebenezer Irving
  • Edward Everett
  • Eliza Romeyn
  • Eliza[beth] Leslie
  • Emily Foster
  • Fred[erick] S. Cozzens
  • G. S. Newton
  • G[eorge] Gibson
  • G[eorge] Washington Warren
  • Geoffrey Crayon
  • George D. Morgan
  • George Houghton
  • George Jay
  • George P. Putnam
  • George P[almer] Putnam
  • George Sumner
  • George Ticknor
  • George Wilkes
  • Georgiana Bennett
  • Gore Ouseley
  • Gore [Ouseley]
  • H. B. Hall
  • H. E. Parker
  • H. S. Smythe
  • Harmanus Bleecker
  • Henry Brevoort
  • Henry Carey
  • Henry Lee
  • Henry Van Wert
  • Herman Knickerbocker
  • I. M. Brackenburg
  • I. Prince
  • Irving Paris
  • Irving [Paris]
  • J. K. Mitchell
  • J. K. Teffts
  • Jacques Reich
  • James Bandinal
  • John Dowring
  • John Howard Payne
  • John Howard] Payne
  • John Irving
  • John Littel
  • John Murray
  • John P[endleton] Kennedy
  • John Townsend Trowbridge
  • John Wetherall
  • John [Murray]
  • Joseph Hopkins
  • Joseph Tuttle
  • Louisa Wildman
  • Lousia Wildman
  • Lucius Baldwin
  • Maria Hopkins
  • Marie Louise Irving
  • Mathew Davis
  • Moseley Danforth
  • Moses Thomas
  • Oliver Wendell Holmes
  • Osmond Tiffany
  • Peter Irving
  • Pierre Irving
  • R. Montgomery
  • R. S. Oakley
  • Richard Bently
  • Robert Forsyth
  • Robert Harry Inglis
  • Robert Sulivan
  • S. Hollyer
  • S. Ward, Jr.
  • Sarah Van Wart
  • Sarah [Paris Storrow]
  • Sophia Hyatt
  • Stanley Williams
  • Stephen Taber
  • T. Johnson
  • T. L. [Dunnall]
  • T[homas] Campbell
  • Thomas Aspinwall
  • Thomas Picton
  • Thomas Wildman
  • W. F. Smith
  • W. Greatbatch
  • W. [Hutchinson]
  • Walter Scott
  • Washington Irving
  • William Clancy
  • William Freeman
  • William H[enry] Seward
  • William H[ickling] Prescott
  • William H[ickling] Prescott
  • William Irving
  • William Langfeld
  • William Macready
  • William Shakespeare
  • William Thomas
  • William Van Ness
  • [Catherine] Paris
  • [Charles C.] Lee
  • [Charles] Latrobe
  • [Charles] Leslie
  • [Christopher] Hughes
  • [Emily] Fuller
  • [Frank] Mills
  • [G. S.] Newton
  • [George] Bancroft
  • [I. M.] Brackenburg
  • [James] Hillhouse
  • [James] Madison
  • [John Howard] Payne
  • [John Pendleton] Kennedy
  • [John] Foster
  • [John] Wetherell
  • [Joseph] Payne
  • [Thomas] Spring Rice
  • [W. S.] Wilcox
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Significant Places Associated With the Collection

  • Europe
  • Marseilles, France
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Item Listing

MANUSCRIPTS
  • Abbotsford
    1835 Apr 6
    AMsS, 1 p. (portion)
  • Address by Washington Irving upon his return from Europe
    [1832]
    AMs, 8 p. (in slipcase)
  • " Alonzo the Catholic , " [an early draft later rewritten for Spanish Papers ]
    n. d.
    AMs, 26 p.
  • " Alonzo the Chaste , " [an early draft later rewritten for Spanish Papers ]
    n. d.
    AMS, 25 p.
  • Astoria
    [1836]
    AMs, 123 p. (in slipcase)
  • Bonneville , portion incl. portion of " Rocky Mountains "
    [1837]
    AMS, 2 p.
  • Bracebridge Hall: "The Hall" (portion)
    n. d.
    AMs, 1 p.
  • Bracebridege Hall: "The Library"
    n. d.
    AMs, 5 p.
  • Bracebridge Hall: "Love Charms"
    n. d.
    AMS, 8 p.
  • Bracebridge Hall: "The Student of Salamanca"
    n. d.
    AMs, 14 p. (portion)
  • Bracebridege Hall: "The Student of Salamanca"
    n. d.
    AMs, 10 p. (portion)
  • Bracebridege Hall: "Fortune Telling"
    n. d.
    AMs, 8 p. (portion)
  • Bracebridge Hall
    n. d.
    AMs, 7 p. portion (in slipcase)
  • [" Chronicle of the Ommiades "]
    n. d.
    AMs, 1 p. (portion)
  • Preface to Life and Voyages of Columbus
    1827
    AMsS, 4 p.
  • Life and Voyages of Columbus,
    [1850]
    Pntd, 4 vols.

    1828 printed edition, as prepared for the publisher of the 1850 edition, with additions and corrections in hand of Washington Irving and a secretary, in 4 bound volumes.

  • Life and Voyages of Columbus
    n. d.
    Pntd, 3 vols

    printed edition with autograph corrections and additions for a new addition, in 3 slipcases

  • The History of the Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus , Book 6, Chapter 6 (pp. 564-571 of first edition)
    n. d.
    AMS, 8 p.
  • Life and Voyages of Columbus (portion: pp. 102-103 of Vol. III of the 1828 G & C Cavill edition)
    n. d.
    AMs, 1 p.
  • Life and Voyages of Columbus
    n. d.
    AMs, 2 p. (portion)
  • The Conquest of Granada
    n. d.
    Pntd, 44 ptnd, 16 Ms in slipcase

    printed pages with autograph corrections and additions for a new edition

  • Voyages and Discoveries of the Companions of Columbus , 24 of 36 chapters, in 2 bound volumes
    n. d.
    AMs, 465 p. (portion)
  • " A Contented Man , " signed " Geoffrey Crayon "
    n. d.
    AMsS, 10 p. (portion)
  • " Broek , " signed " Geoffrey Crayon "
    [1841]
    AMsS, 2 p. (portion)
  • " The Charming Letorieres , " signed "G.C."
    [1840]
    AMsS, 10 p.
  • " English and French Character , " signed " Geoffrey Crayon "
    [1825]
    AMsS, 8 p. in bound volume

    w/ note to the publisher, an engraving of Washington Irving , and the following two items laid in.

  • Leaf beginning "...a song from a group of sailors..."
    n. d.
    AMs, 1 p. (fragment)
  • Essay beginning "I trust I shall not be deemed irreverent..."
    n. d.
    AMs, 1 p.
  • " Guests from Gibbet Island "
    [1839 Oct]
    AMs, 8 p. (portion)
  • [" Irving's Power of Idealization "] by Oliver Wendell Holmes
    n. d.
    AMsS, 7 p.
  • Knickerbocker's History of New York
    n. d.
    AMs, 2 p. (portion)
  • Knickerbocker's History of New York
    n. d.
    Pntd, 2 p.

    printed fragment w/ autograph corrections

  • Life of Mahomet , early draft of a portion of Chapter I
    n. d.
    AMs, 16 p.
  • " Mathews Not at Home "
    n. d.
    AMs, 4 p.
  • " Milton's Account of His Motives for Writing his Paradise Lost "
    n. d.
    AMs, 6 p.
  • Newstead Abbey , notes. Originally included were transcripts of the following letters: 1825 Jun 22, Sophia Hyatt to [ Thomas Wildman ]; 1825 Jul 4, Sophia Hyatt to [Wildman]; 1825 Sep 20, Sophia Hyatt to [ Louisa Wildman ]; n.y. Jul 13, Sophia Hyatt to [Wildman]
    n. d.
    AMs, 104 p.
  • Notebook of quotation from English authors
    [1823]
    AMs, 42 p. bound, (in slipcase)

    w/ engraving of Washington Irving

  • Notebook or a journal
    [1817]
    AMs, 2 p. (portion)
  • Note book of Peter Irving , re: Arthurian Legends
    n. d.
    AMs, 39 p. in slipcase
  • " Paris at the Restoration "
    n. d.
    AMs, 14 p. (in bound volume)

    w/ engraving of Washington Irving and printed version

  • " Rocky Mountains ". Listed also as Bonneville
    [1837]
    AMs, 1 p. (portion)
  • Salmagundi , "Cocklost Hall"
    n. d.
    AMsS, 1 p. (portion)

    signed "Launcelot Langstaff." Originally included ALS, 1812 Dec 16, Washington Irving to D. Longworth

  • The Sketch Book , quotation beginning "With the true poet..."
    1815 Jun 28
    AMsS, 1 p.
  • "Chronicle of Don Garcia Fernandez" [unpublished]
    n. d.
    AMs, 19 p. (in slipcase)
  • " Fernan Gonzales "
    [1866]
    AMs, 108 p. (in slipcase)
  • " Fernando the Saint " portion of early version of Chapter 1
    n. d.
    AMs, 3 p.
  • " Fernando the Saint " portion of early version of Chapter 1 (Riverside 402-403)
    n. d.
    AMs, 1 p.
  • " Fernando the Saint " portion of early version of Chapter 1 (Riverside 401-404)
    n. d.
    AMs, 7 p.
  • " Fernando the Saint " portion of early version of Chapter 1 [Apparently not used]
    n. d.
    AMs, 1 p.
  • " Fernando the Saint " ["Battle of Prince Alonzo"] portion of early version of Chapter 6 (Riverside 427-434)
    n. d.
    AMs, 10 p.
  • " Fernando the Saint " portions of early version of Chapters 7 and 8 (Riverside 435-441)
    n. d.
    AMs, 18 p.
  • " Fernando the Saint " portions of early version of Chapter 8 w/ portions of Chapters 11 and 12 and notes on verso of a page
    n. d.
    AMs, 15 p.
  • " Fernando the Saint " portions of early version of Chapter 9 w/ portions of Chapter 13
    n. d.
    AMs, 7 p.
  • " Fernando the Saint " portions of early version of Chapter 10 (Riverside 455)
    n. d.
    AMs, 4 p.
  • " Fernando the Saint " portions of early version of Chapters 10 and 11 (Riverside 454-457)
    n. d.
    Ams, 2 p.
  • " Fernando the Saint " portions of early version
    n. d.
    AMs, 16 p.
  • " Fernando the Saint " portion of final version of Chapter 17
    n. d.
    AMs, 8 p.
  • " Fernando the Saint " Chapter 18, final version
    n. d.
    AMs, 19 p.
  • " Fernando the Saint " Chapter 19, final version
    n. d.
    AMs, 9 p.
  • " Fernando the Saint " portion of final version of Chapter 20
    n. d.
    AMs, 8 p.

    w/note on verso of first leaf, later put into Chapter 21

  • " Fernando the Saint " portion of final version of Chapter 21
    n. d.
    AMs, 2 p.
  • " Fernando the Saint "
    [1866]
    AMs, 97 p. in slipcase
  • " The Legend of Pelayo "
    [1866]
    AMs, 68 p. in slipcase
  • A legend about a Spanish family feud, [unpublished]
    [1828]
    AMs, 36 p. portion (in slipcase)
  • " A Spanish Tale "
    n. d.
    AMs, 2 p. (portion)
  • " Ay Dios de Mi Alma , " poem
    1830 Sep 9
    AMsS, 2 p.
  • Poem by John Dowring , 1831 Jul 7, beginning, "O not for me..."
    1831 Jul 7
    AMsS, 1 p.
  • Tales of a Traveller , "A Practical Philosopher"
    [1828]
    AMs, 6 p.

    addressed to H. E. Parker w/ address

  • A Trip Through the West
    n. d.
    AMs, 8 p. (portion)
  • " The Vindication of Christmas "
    n. d.
    AMs, 7 p. (in slipcase)
  • Life of George Washington , notes in notebook
    n. d.
    AMs, 125 p. (in slipcase)
  • Life of George Washington , notes
    n. d.
    AMs, 18 p. (in slipcase)
  • Life of George Washington , Chapter 10
    n. d.
    AMs, 8 p.

    in bound volume with engraving of Lafayette, Washington, Mt. Vernon , and Washington Irving ; and facsimiles of ALS, 1852 Dec 27, Irving to George P. Putnam and ALS, 1856 Feb 2, Irving to Joseph Tuttle

  • Life of George Washington , Chapter 15, Volume 5
    n. d.
    AMs, 22 p.

    w/ facsimile page from this AMs marked "178."

  • Life of George Washington
    n. d.
    AMs, 2 p. (portion)
  • Life of George Washington
    n. d.
    AMs, 2 p. (portion)
  • Life of George Washington
    n. d.
    AMs, 3 p. (portions)
  • Life of George Washington
    n. d.
    AMs, 2 p. (portion)

    w/notation "Remembrances. Oct. 5, 1778"

  • Life of George Washington
    n. d.
    AMs, 1 p. (portion)
  • Life of George Washington
    n. d.
    Proof, 6 p. (portion)

    corrected page proofs w/ 3 AMs add.

  • Wolfert's Roost (portions: p. 314)
    n. d.
    AMs, 1 p.
  • Notes re: Adam and the Fall, probably first copy of MSS in 6256- m
    n. d.
    AMs, 1 p.
  • Notes re: Charlotte Lennox and William Shakespeare
    n. d.
    AMs, 2 p.
  • Page beginning, "Seeing there was no avoiding..."
    n. d.
    AMs, 1 p.
  • Page beginning, "She opened the door..."
    n. d.
    AMs, 2 p.
  • Page beginning, "What time the persons of these..."
    n. d.
    AMs, 3 p.
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CORRESPONDENCE
  • William Irving [ Washington Irving 's father] to D. Fonda , w/ addr
    1789 Jan 4
    ALS, 1 p.
  • Herman Knickerbocker to Harmanus Bleecker , w/addr
    1802 Aug 8
    ALS, 2 p.
  • Washington Irving to [ Alvah Beebee ]
    1804 Aug 24
    ALS, 8 p.
  • Washington Irving to [ Alvah Beebee ]
    1804 Sep 18
    ALS, 18 p.
  • Washington Irving to [ Alvah Beebee ]
    1805 Aug 3
    ALS, 8 p.
  • William Irving [ Washington Irving 's brother] to William Van Ness , w/addr
    1805 Feb 7
    ALS, 1 p.
  • Washington Irving to William Van Ness , w/ addr
    1811 Feb 20
    ALS, 2 p.
  • Washington Irving to Mrs. [James] Madison
    1811 Mar 10
    ALS, 2 p. (portion)
  • William Irving [ Washington Irving 's brother] to William Van Ness , w/ addr
    1811 Mar 23
    ALS, 1 p.
  • Washington Irving to D. Longworth
    1812 Dec 16
    ALS, 2 p.

    (originally in slipcase with Salmagundi )

  • John Murray to [ Washington Irving ]
    [1814 Feb]
    ALS, 1 p.
  • Washington Irving to Henry Lee w/addr
    1815 Jan 11
    ALS, 1 p.
  • William Irving [ Washington Irving 's brother] to Messrs. Tucker and Lawrie, w/ addr
    1816 Jan 29
    ALS, 1 p.
  • Washington Irving to Peter Irving , w/ addr
    1817 Sep 1
    ALS, 4 p.
  • Washington Irving to Peter Irving , w/ addr
    1817 Sep 6
    ALS, 3 p.
  • Washington Irving to Peter Irving , w/ addr
    1817 Sep 20
    ALS, 3 p.
  • Washington Irving to Peter Irving , w/ addr
    1817 Sep 22
    ALS, 3 p.
  • T[homas] Campbell to Washington Irving , w/ addr
    1818 May 11
    ALS, 1 p.
  • Washington Irving to Joseph Hopkins , w/ addr
    1818 Sep 24
    ALS, 2 p.
  • Washington Irving to Mr. Bartley, w/ addr
    1818 Sep 28
    ALS, 1 p.
  • Washington Irving to Henry Brevoort
    1818 Apr 1
    ALS, 3 p.

    in re: The Sketch Book, w/ addr

  • Washington Irving to [James] Hillhouse
    1819 May 11
    ALS, 2 p.
  • Washington Irving to John Irving , w/ addr
    1819 May 13
    ALS, 3 p.
  • Washington Irving to Henry Brevoort , w/ addr
    1819 Aug 16
    ALS, 2 p.
  • Washington Irving to G. S. Newton
    [ca. 1819]
    ALS, 1 p.
  • Washington Irving to [ John Howard] Payne , w/addr
    [1821 Jul 9]
    ALS, 1 p.
  • Washington Irving to George Jay , w/ addr
    [1821 Aug 10]
    ALS, 2 p.
  • Washington Irving to John Howard Payne , w/ addr
    1822 Mar 17
    ALS, 4 p.
  • Washington Irving to [G. S.] Newton
    [1822] Jul 5
    ALS, 1 p.
  • Washington Irving to [G. S.] Newton
    1822 Dec 2
    ALS, 1 p.
  • Washington Irving to Madame [John] Foster , w/ addr
    [1823 May 21]
    ALS, 1 p.
  • Washington Irving to W. [Hutchinson]
    [ca. 1823]
    ALS, 1 p.
  • Washington Irving to John Murray , w/ addr
    1825 Jun 1
    ALS, 1 p.
  • Sophia Hyatt to [ Thomas Wildman ]
    1825 Jun 22
    ALS, 6 p.
  • Sophia Hyatt to [ Thomas Wildman or Louisa Wildman ]
    1825 Jul 4
    ALS, 5 p.
  • Washington Irving to Emily Foster
    1825 Aug 23
    ALS, 5 p.

    w/ printed article, " Washington Irving 's Religion," by Stanley Williams , from Yale Review , Jan 1926, w/ addr

  • Sophia Hyatt to Lousia Wildman
    1825 Sep 20
    ALS, 10 p. (transcript)
  • Washington Irving to John Howard Payne , w/ addr
    1826 Feb 25
    ALS, 3 p.
  • Peter Irving to Christopher Hughes , (transcript: original in W. L. Clements Library)
    1826 Jul 28
    ALS, 6 p.
  • Washington Irving to William Macready , w/ addr
    1826 Oct 22
    ALS, 2 p.
  • Albert Gallatin to Thomas Aspinwall , re: Washington Irving 's Life of Christopher Columbus
    1827 Aug 24
    ALS, 1 p.
  • Peter Irving to [ Christopher Hughes ]
    1827 Oct 14
    ALS, 3 p. (transcript)
  • Washington Irving to [ Baring Brothers ]
    1827 Nov 17
    ALS, 1 p. (copy)
  • Washington Irving to Henry Carey , w/ addr
    1828 Aug 31
    ALS, 3 p.
  • Washington Irving to Thomas Aspinwall , w/ addr
    1828 Aug 31
    ALS, 4 p.
  • Washington Irving to Thomas Aspinwall
    1828 Sep 18
    ALS, 3 p.

    includes Introduction to Conquest of Granada , w/ addr

  • Washington Irving to Thomas Aspinwall , w/ addr
    1828 Oct 22
    ALS, 2 p.
  • Washington Irving to [ I. M. Brackenburg ]
    1829 Apr 11
    ALS, 2 p.
  • Washington Irving to David Wilkie , w/ addr
    1829 May 15
    ALS, 4 p.
  • Washington Irving to unknown, re: novel to be submitted to Murray or Longmans
    [1829] Jul 9
    ALS, 3 p.
  • Washington Irving to Henry Van Wert , w/ addr
    1829 Oct 1
    ALS, 2 p.
  • Washington Irving to Byng
    [1829] Oct 27
    ALS, 1 p.
  • Washington Irving to [Christopher] Hughes
    1829 Nov 20
    ALS, 1 p. (transcript)
  • Washington Irving to [John Howard] Payne
    [1829] Dec 7
    ALS, 3 p.
  • Washington Irving to [ John Murray ]
    [1829] Dec 15
    ALS, 1 p.
  • Washington Irving to A[lexander] H[ill] Everett , w/ addr
    [ca. 1829]
    ALS, 3 p.
  • Washington Irving to J. K. Teffts , w/ addr
    1830 Mar 13
    ALS, 1 p.
  • Washington Irving to [I. M.] Brackenburg , w/ addr
    1830 May 7
    ALS, 2 p.
  • Washington Irving to [John] Wetherell
    1830 May 13
    ALS, 4 p.

    re: Companions of Columbus and Royal Society Medal, w/ addr

  • Washington Irving to [ James Bandinal ]
    [1830] May 28
    ALS, 1 p.
  • Washington Irving to [Joseph] Payne
    [1830] Sep 4
    AL, 1 p.

    (in third person)

  • Washington Irving to Maria Hopkins , w/ addr
    1830 Oct 21
    ALS, 3 p.
  • Washington Irving to John [Murray]
    [ca. 1830]
    ALS, 1 p.

    re: A Year in Spain

  • Washington Irving to unknown
    [1830] Jan 4
    ALS, 1 p.
  • Washington Irving to unknown
    [1830] Jun 3
    ALS, 1 p.
  • Washington Irving to unknown
    [1830] Aug 22
    ALS, 1 p.
  • Washington Irving to Mr. Niles
    1831 May 31
    AL, 1 p.

    (in third person)

  • Washington Irving to John Murray
    1831 Jul 27
    ALS, 1 p.

    w/ printed drawing of Irving standing, w/ addr

  • Washington Irving to Thomas Aspinwall , w/ addr
    1831 Oct 22
    ALS, 4 p.
  • Washington Irving to Robert Sulivan , w/ addr
    1831 Nov 25
    ALS, 1 p.
  • Washington Irving to R. Montgomery , w/ addr
    1832 Apr 3
    ALS, 1 p.
  • Washington Irving to [Frank] Mills
    1832 Sep 4
    ALS, 4 p.
  • Washington Irving to [Charles] Latrobe
    [1832] Nov 16
    ALS, 2 p.
  • Washington Irving to Catherine Paris , w/ addr
    1832 Nov 16
    ALS, 4 p.
  • Washington Irving to Catherine Paris , w/ addr
    1833 Feb 27
    ALS, 3 p.
  • Washington Irving to Mathew Davis , w/ addr
    1835 Feb 4
    ALS, 3 p.
  • Washington Irving to Aaron Vail , w/ addr
    1835 May 22
    ALS, 1 p.
  • Washington Irving to Aaron Vail , w/ addr
    1835 Jun 20
    ALS, 1 p.
  • Washington Irving to unknown
    1835 Jun 23
    ALS, 1 p.
  • Washington Irving to Thomas Aspinwall , w/ addr
    1835 Jul 15
    ALS, 4 p.
  • Washington Irving to [Thomas] Spring Rice , w/ addr
    1836 Mar 21
    ALS, 1 p.
  • Washington Irving to Gouverneur Kemble, w/ addr
    1837 Mar 17
    ALS, 1 p.
  • Washington Irving to the Right Rev. William Clancy
    1837 Aug 2
    ALS, 1 p.

    with transcript of ALS, 1 p., 1837 Aug 2, Washington Irving to Thomas Wildman

  • Washington Irving to S. Ward, Jr. , w/ addr
    1837 Sep 20
    ALS, 2 p.
  • Washington Irving to Catherine Paris , w/ addr
    1838 Mar 22
    ALS, 3 p.
  • Washington Irving to George Houghton , w/ addr
    1838 Jun 24
    ALS, 1 p.
  • Washington Irving to William H[enry] Seward
    1838 Sep 22
    ALS, 2 p.

    w/ addr, w/ newspaper clipping re: Washington Irving ; and AMsS quotation, 1882 Dec 26, by John Townsend Trowbridge , pasted on back

  • Washington Irving to David Hoffman , w/ addr
    1839 Aug 22
    ALS, 4 p.
  • Washington Irving to John Littel
    1839 Oct 13
    ALS, 1 p.
  • Washington Irving to Eliza[beth] Leslie , w/ addr
    1839 Dec 20
    ALS, 1 p.
  • Washington Irving to William H[ickling] Prescott , w/ addr
    1840 Jan 21
    ALS, 3 p.
  • Washington Irving to unknown
    1840 May 20
    ALS, 1 p.
  • Washington Irving to Charles Bristed , w/ addr
    1840 Sep 28
    ALS, 1 p.
  • Washington Irving to Aaron Vail , w/ addr
    1841 May 11
    ALS, 1 p.
  • Washington Irving to Lucius Baldwin
    1842 Feb 22
    ALS, 1 p.
  • Washington Irving to Daniel Webster
    1842 Apr 2
    ALS, 3 p.
  • Washington Irving to Richard Bently , w/ addr
    1842 Apr 4
    ALS, 1 p.
  • Washington Irving to George Ticknor
    1842 Apr 6
    ALS, 1 p.
  • Washington Irving to G[eorge] Gibson
    1842 May 18
    ALS, 1 p.
  • Washington Irving to Eliza Romeyn , w/ addr
    1842 Aug 16
    ALS, 4 p.
  • Washington Irving to William Freeman
    1842 Aug 27
    ALS, 1 p.
  • Washington Irving to Edward Everett
    1842 Oct 7
    ALS, 4 p.
  • Washington Irving to Irving Paris , w/ addr
    1843 Jan 10
    ALS, 3 p.
  • Washington Irving to [ Catherine Paris ]
    1843 Jan 12
    ALS, 19 p.
  • Washington Irving to [ Catherine Paris ]
    1843 Aug 10
    ALS, 14 p.
  • Washington Irving to [ Aaron Vail ]
    1843 Sep 20
    ALS, 3 p.
  • Washington Irving to [Catherine] Paris
    1843 Oct 12
    ALS, 4 p.
  • Washington Irving to [Catherine] Paris , w/ addr
    1843 Dec 10
    ALS, 4 p.
  • Washington Irving to [Catherine] Paris , w/ addr
    1844 Jan 20
    ALS, 7 p.
  • Washington Irving to unknown
    1844 Mar 15
    ALS, 2 p. (fragment)
  • Washington Irving to [an aspiring author]
    1844 Jul 27
    ALS, 2 p.
  • Washington Irving to Catherine Paris , w/ addr
    1844 Sep 15
    ALS, 4 p.
  • Washington Irving to William H[ickling] Prescott
    1844 Oct 15
    ALS, 4 p.

    re: Conquest of Mexico

  • Pierre Irving to A. Carrington
    1845 Jun 2
    ALS, 2 p.

    w/ addr, enclosing copy of ALS, 1845 May 31, Commissioner of Pensions to Washington Irving

  • Pierre Irving to A. Carrington , w/ addr
    1845 Jun 19
    ALS, 2 p.
  • Washington Irving to Irving [Paris]
    1845 Aug 7
    ALS, 4 p.
  • Washington Irving to [ Benjamin Poore ]
    1845 Dec 20
    ALS, 2 p.

    w/ ALS, 1895 Dec 28, Barclay Dunham to Mrs. Borland, re: Irving letter

  • Washington Irving to [ Catherine Paris ]
    1846 Feb 3
    ALS, 1 p.
  • Washington Irving to Georgiana Bennett
    1846 Feb 10
    ALS, 4 p.
  • Washington Irving to [ Catherine Paris ]
    1846 Mar 16
    ALS, 8 p.
  • Washington Irving to Don Xavier Isturiz
    [1846 Jul 17]
    ALS, 12 p.

    (draft) w/ photostat of final revision of the letter

  • Pierre Irving to [W. S.] Wilcox
    1846 Jul 21
    ALS, 1 p.
  • Washington Irving to [ Catherine Paris ]
    1847 Sep 9
    ALS, 4 p.
  • Washington Irving to I. Prince
    1848 Apr 24
    ALS, 2 p.
  • Washington Irving to T. L. [Dunnall]
    1848 Aug 5
    ALS, 1 p.
  • Washington Irving to [Charles] Leslie , w/ addr
    1848 Oct 19
    ALS, 2 p.
  • Washington Irving to Thomas Picton
    1849 Jun 10
    ALS, 2 p.

    w/ typed copy of an article from the New York Evening Post , 1857 Jul 14, re: authors of Salmagundi

  • Washington Irving to Victor
    1850 Oct 9
    ALS, 1 p.
  • Washington Irving to unknown
    1950 Dec 18
    ALS, 8 p.
  • Washington Irving to unknown
    1851 Mar 31
    ALS, 1 p.
  • Washington Irving to George P[almer] Putnam
    1851 May 15
    ALS, 3 p.
  • Washington Irving to Sir Robert Harry Inglis
    1851 Nov 20
    ALS, 1 p.
  • Washington Irving to [Gouverneur] Kemble with a photograph of Irving
    1852 Feb 5
    ALS, 3 p.
  • Washington Irving to Mr. Ogden
    1852 Nov 23
    ALS, 1 p.

    re: "Dedications"

  • Washington Irving to Alfred Clarke
    1852 Dec 21
    ALS, 1 p. w/ env
  • Washington Irving to unknown
    1852 Dec 27
    ALS, 1 p.

    re: Sir Walter Scott autograph

  • Washington Irving to George P[almer] Putnam
    1852 Dec 27
    ALS, 3 p.

    (facsimile) in bound volume w/ Chapter 10 of Life of George Washington

  • Washington Irving to unknown
    [ca. 1852]
    ALS, 1 p.
  • Washington Irving to Industrial Association of New York
    1853 Jan 10
    ALS, 1 p.

    re: George Sumner

  • Washington Irving to [ Daniel Lord ]
    1853 Feb 3
    ALS, 3 p.
  • Washington Irving to Sarah [Paris Storrow]
    1853 Mar 28
    ALS, 7 p.
  • Washington Irving to [John Pendleton] Kennedy
    1853 Sep 28
    ALS, 1 p.
  • Washington Irving to Fred[erick] S. Cozzens
    1853 Dec 20
    ALS, 1 p.
  • Washington Irving to [Printers Banquet Committee]
    1854 Jan 16
    ALS, 1 p.
  • Washington Irving to Anne Irving
    1854 Mar 6
    ALS, 1 p.
  • Washington Irving to George P[almer] Putnam
    1854 Dec 27
    ALS, 3 p.
  • Washington Irving to John P[endleton] Kennedy
    1855 Apr 23
    ALS, 3 p.
  • Washington Irving to Library Committee of the New York Society Library
    1855 May 23
    ALS, 1 p.
  • Washington Irving to unknown
    1855 Jun 24
    ALS, 2 p.

    with statement re: Life of Washington

  • Washington Irving to Stephen Taber
    1855 Sep 25
    ALS, 3 p.
  • Washington Irving to Alvah Beebee
    1855 Dec 7
    ALS, 3 p.
  • Washington Irving to Moses Thomas
    1855 Dec 14
    ALS, 2 p.
  • Washington Irving to Osmond Tiffany
    1855 Dec 15
    ALS, 3 p.
  • Washington Irving to Robert Forsyth
    1855 Dec 18
    ALS, 1 p.
  • Washington Irving to H. S. Smythe
    1855 Dec 26
    ALS, 1 p. w/ env
  • Washington Irving to Joseph Tuttle
    1856 Feb 2
    ALS, 2 p.

    in bound volume w/ Chapter 10 of Life of George Washington

  • Washington Irving to [George] Bancroft
    1856 Feb 6
    ALS, 1 p.
  • Washington Irving to [Emily] Fuller
    1856 Jul 2
    ALS, 6 p.
  • Washington Irving to William Thomas
    1856 Jul 31
    ALS, 1 p.
  • Washington Irving to [Charles C.] Lee
    1856 May 6
    ALS, 3 p. w/ env
  • Washington Irving to Alfred Jones
    1857 May 10
    ALS, 3 p.
  • Washington Irving to W. F. Smith
    1857 May 12
    ALS, 2 p.

    re: organizing a literary society

  • Washington Irving to David Appleton
    1857 May 14
    ALS, 2 p.

    w/ photo of "Sunnyside" and a photo of a painting of Irving

  • Washington Irving to G[eorge] Washington Warren
    1857 May 29
    ALS, 1 p.
  • Washington Irving to Charles C. Lee
    1857 Jul 31
    ALS, 4 p. w/ env
  • Washington Irving to George Wilkes
    1857 Nov 4
    ALS, 1 p.
  • Washington Irving to [ Irving Association Committee ]
    1857 Dec 27
    ALS, 2 p.
  • Washington Irving to Appleton and Company
    1858 Jan 6
    ALS, 2 p.
  • Washington Irving to Mr. McHenry
    1858 Sep 27
    ALS, 1 p.
  • Washington Irving to Charles Davis
    1859 Jan 12
    ALS, 4 p.
  • Washington Irving to Charles Davis
    1859 Feb 22
    ALS, 3 p.
  • Washington Irving to R. S. Oakley
    1859 Aug 22
    ALS, 1 p.

    w/ clipping and AMs copy of parts of poem, " Washington Irving " by Oakley

  • George D. Morgan to [his mother], re: death of Washington Irving
    1859 Nov 29
    ALS, 1 p.
  • Pierre Irving to Charles W[arren] Stoddard
    1869 Nov 2
    ALS, 2 p.
  • Marie Louise Irving to Helen
    1886 Dec 27
    ALS, 4 p.
  • Washington Irving to Lady Ashburton
    Jan 12
    ALS, 2 p.
  • Washington Irving to J. K. Mitchell
    Feb 28
    ALS, 1 p.

    (in third person), w/ addr

  • Washington Irving to unknown
    Feb 29
    ALS, 1 p.
  • Washington Irving to Sir Gore Ouseley , w/ addr
    May 2
    ALS, 1 p.
  • Washington Irving to Lady Brydges
    May 3
    AL, 1 p.

    (in third person), w/ addr

  • Washington Irving to unknown
    May 11
    ALS, 1 p.
  • Washington Irving to Sir Gore [Ouseley]
    May 25
    ALS, 1 p.
  • Sophia Hyatt to [ Thomas Wildman ]
    Jul 13
    ALS, 4 p. (transcript?)
  • Washington Irving to [ Sarah Van Wart ]
    Sep 2
    ALS, 4 p.

    (portion; may be second part of letter dated 1847 Aug 29)

  • Washington Irving to Mrs. Stuyvesant
    Dec 31
    AL, 1 p.

    (in third person)

  • Washington Irving to John Wetherall , w/ addr
    n. d.
    ALS, 1 p.
  • Washington Irving to Under-Secretary of the French Embassy
    n. d.
    AL, 2 p.

    (in third person), w/ addr

  • Washington Irving to unknown
    n. d.
    ANS, 1 p. (fragment)

    re: Voyages and Discoveries of the Companions of Columbus

  • Washington Irving to [ Thomas Aspinwall ], w/ addr
    n. d.
    ALS, 1 p.
  • Washington Irving to [G. S.] Newton
    n. d.
    ALS, 2 p. (portion)
  • Washington Irving to [ Catherine Paris ], w/ addr
    n. d.
    ALS, 1 p.
  • Antoinette Irving to William Langfeld
    n. d.
    ALS, 2 p.
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PHOTOGRAPHS AND PRINTS
  • Washington Irving , as a young man, seated
    1823
    Engr
  • Washington Irving , as a young man, head and shoulders
    1832
    Engr
  • Washington Irving , as a young man, head and shoulders (by Moseley Danforth )
    1833
    Engr
  • Washington Irving , as a young man, seated, (by W. Greatbatch )
    1839
    Engr

    w/ autograph of Washington Irving attached

  • Washington Irving , as a young man, profile (by H. B. Hall )
    n. d.
    Engr
  • Washington Irving , as a young man, head and shoulders
    n. d.
    Engr
  • Washington Irving , as a young man, head and shoulders
    n. d.
    Engr
  • Washington Irving , as a young man, standing
    n. d.
    Engr
  • Washington Irving , as a young man, head and shoulders
    n. d.
    Engr
  • Washington Irving , as a young man, head and shoulders
    n. d.
    Engr
  • Washington Irving , as a young man, head and shoulders, (original pen and ink drawing by Jacques Reich )
    n. d.
    Port
  • Washington Irving , as an older man, head and shoulders
    1896
    Engr
  • Washington Irving , as and older man, seated (by Alonzo Chappel )
    n. d.
    Engr three copies
  • Washington Irving , as an older man, head and shoulders (by S. Hollyer )
    n. d.
    Etch
  • Washington Irving , as an older man, head and shoulders (by T. Johnson )
    n. d.
    Engr facsimile
  • Washington Irving , as an older man, head and shoulders
    n. d.
    Photo
  • Washington Irving , from portrait as older man, seated
    n. d.
    Photo
  • " Washington Irving and his Friends at Sunnyside " (from painting by Christian Schussele )
    [1863]
    Photo
  • Grave of Washington Irving
    n. d.
    Photo
  • Sunnyside , close
    n. d.
    Photo
  • Sunnyside , far away
    n. d.
    Photo
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MISCELLANEOUS
  • The Commissioner-General of Police of Marseilles, France to the American Consul
    [1804]
    ALS, 2 p.

    w/ addr, re: Washington Irving 's passport

  • Washington Irving to a sister
    n. d.
    ALS, 1 p. (fragment)
  • Charles Leslie to Washington Irving
    [1817 Dec 22]
    ALS, 1 p. (fragment)
  • Requests for books at the British Museum
    1819
    ANS, 1 p.
  • Agreement of Washington Irving with Messrs. Galignani and Didot to edit a collection of English Literature
    1824 Mar 14
    AD, 2 p.
  • Three lines in Washington Irving 's hand
    1837 Aug 15
    AMs, 1 p.
  • Washington Irving 's autograph
    1851 Dec 10
    S
  • Washington Irving 's autograph, along with others
    n. d.
    S
  • to Washington Irving : 7 invitations, 1 envelope and 2 calling cards
    n. d.
    Misc, 2 p.
  • List of Spanish Manuscripts [possibly for Life of Columbus ] in Washington Irving 's hand
    n. d.
    AMs, 1 p.
  • Regimental orders, 97th Regiment, 44th Brigade, N.Y.S. Infantry , signed by Ebenezer Irving
    1818 May 19
    printed broadside 1 p.
  • From National Cyclopaedia of American Biography , re: Washington Irving
    n. d.
    printed article, 2 p.
  • Article, "Irving Relics on Exhibition"
    1869 Sep 13
    Pntd, 1 p.
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