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

A Guide to the Washington Irving Collection

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

University of Virginia Library

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

Processed by: Special Collections Department Staff

Repository

University of Virginia. Library. Special Collections Dept. Alderman Library University of Virginia Charlottesville, Virginia 22903 USA

Collection Number

6256-m

Title

Washington Irving Collection 1813-1919, n. d.

Extent

122 items

Collector

Location

Language

English

Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

Collection is open to research.

Use Restrictions

See the University of Virginia Library’s use policy.

Preferred Citation

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

Acquisition Information

Purchase 1964 Mar 19

Funding Note

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

Significant Persons Associated With the Collection

Aaron Vail
Catherine Irving
Catherine [Paris]
E. Hunn, Jr.
E. L. Cleaveland
E. R. Tucker
Ebenezer Irving
Edward Everett
Eli Perkins
Emily Fuller
Frederick Libbey
George Bancroft
George Irving
Gouverneur Kemble
H[enry] T[heodore] Tuckerman
Henry Alexander
Henry Bellows
Henry Brevoort
Henry W[adsworth] Longfellow
Irving Paris
J. D. Fish
J. Forster
J[ohn] J. McCook
James Beekman
James Edward Alexander
James Lenox
Jane [Frothingham]
John Boyd
John D. [Vahoust]
John Foster
John Frothingham
John J. McCook
John Stewart
M. Gulliam
M. R. Pryor
Marshall Field
Martin Van Buren
Melville [deLancey] Landon
Melville deLancey Landon
Oscar Irving
P[eter] Irving
Pierre Irving
Richard Winfield
Robert Winthrop
S. A. F[rothingham]
S. K. Burkholder
S. M. L[ane]
S. W. Halstead
S[amuel] Austin Allibone
Sarah Irving
T. Eames
T[homas] M[oore]
T[homas] Moore
Thomas Campbell
Thomas Longman
Thomas Moore
W. W. Sherman
W[illiam] S. Libbey
Walter Scott
Washington Frothingham
Washington Irving
William Lambert
William Libbey
William Seward
William [Alving]
[Emily Foster] Fuller
[I. W.] Newton
[John] Foster
[S. F. R.]
[Washington] Frothingham
[William] Libbey

Significant Places Associated With the Collection

New Orleans
New York
Spain

Item Listing

Manuscripts

Washington Irving 's account book
1840-1845
AMs, 16 p.
Receipt book
1836-1837
AMs, 7 p.

(includes signature of Washington Irving
"Anecdote of the Young Physician"
n. d.
AMs, 4 p.
"Literary Life"
n. d.
AMs, 1 p. (fragment)
Notes regarding "Prester John"
n. d.
AMs, 4 p.
Notes regarding Spanish politics
1842 Nov 5
AMs, 9 p.

[not in Washington Irving 's hand; possibly a translation of some of his notes]
Four unidentified leaves
n. d.
AMs, 4 p. (fragments)

including second copy of notes regarding "Adam and the Fall"

Correspondence

Sir Walter Scott to Henry Brevoort
1813 Apr 23
ALS, 2 p. w/addr (facsimile)
Thomas Campbell to P[eter] Irving
1814 Mar 1
ALS, 4 p. w/addr
Washington Irving to Henry Brevoort
1815 May 25
AL, 2 p. (copy)
Jane [Frothingham] to John Frothingham
[1816] Sep 29
ALS, 3 p. w/addr
Lady Spencer to Washington Irving
1822 Jun 15
AL, 1 p. w/addr

(in third person)
Washington Irving to [Mrs. John Foster ]
[1823] Jun 1
AL, 2 p. (copy)
Washington Irving to [Mrs. John Foster ]
[1823] Nov 8
AL, 2 p. (copy)
Washington Irving to unknown
[1823 Nov 26]
AL, 2 p. (extract)
Washington Irving to Mrs. [John] Foster
1823 May 4
AL, 2 p. (copy of excerpts)

(includes following item)
Washington Irving to Mrs [John] Foster
1826 May 7
AL (copy of excerpts)

with poem, "To Miss Emily Foster on Her Birthday" (copy)
T[homas] M[oore] to Washington Irving
[1830]
ALS, 1 p. w/addr
Thomas Moore to Washington Irving
1831 Jan 31
ALS, 1 p. w/addr
Thomas Moore to Washington Irving
1831 Mar 11
ALS, 1 p. w/addr
S. M. L[ane] to Washington Irving
[1831 Sep 13]
ALS, 1 p. w/addr

w/ANS reply from Washington Irving at bottom
Thomas Moore to Washington Irving
1833 Apr 24
ALS, 3 p. w/addr
[I. W.] Newton to Washington Irving
[1835 Jul 14]
ALS, 3 p. w/addr
W[illiam] S. Libbey to Richard Winfield
[1840] Nov 29
ALS, 3 p. w/addr
James Edward Alexander to Washington Irving
1841 Nov 6
ALS, 3 p. w/addr
Ebenezer Irving to Washington Irving
1842 Mar 17
ALS, 3 p. w/addr
Aaron Vail to Washington Irving
1842 Mar 17
ALS, 4 p.
[ Washington Irving ] to Mary
1842 Aug 3
AL, 2 p. w/addr (incomplete, copy)
E. L. Cleaveland to William Libbey , et al
1844 Mar 4
ALS, 4 p. w/addr

w/trans. of ALS, 1844 Feb 6, E. R. Tucker to E. L. Cleaveland
Washington Irving to Gouverneur Kemble
1847 Jul 8
ALS, 2 p.
D. Appleton and Company to Washington Irving
1847 Sep 9
ALS, 2 p. w/dkt
S. W. Halstead to M. Gulliam
1849 Mar 17
ALS, 3 p.
James Beekman to Washington Irving
1851 Jun 19
ALS, 1 p.
Irving Paris to [ Washington Irving ]
1851 Oct 13
ALS, 2 p.
Receipt signed by John Boyd , from S. K. Burkholder
1852 Aug 12
ANS, 1 p.
[S. F. R.] Abbey to William Libbey
1854 Sep 23
ALS, 2 p.
Mr. Perrin to William Libbey
1855 May 17
ALS, 1 p.
H[enry] T[heodore] Tuckerman to Washington Irving
1856 Jan 5
ALS, 4 p.
Bill of lading goods to be shipped to William Libbey
1856 Jan 24
DS, 1 p.
Washington Irving to [Emily Foster] Fuller
1856 Jul 2
AL, 2 p. (copy)
Joseph Robertson to Pierre Irving
1856 Sep 1
AL, 6 p. (copy)
Joseph Robertson to Pierre Irving
1856 Sep 30
AL, 6 p. (copy)
Irving Van Wart to unknown
1857 Jul 19
AL, 4 p. (excerpt)
S[amuel] Austin Allibone to Washington Irving
1857 Sep 12
ALS, 2 p.
William Lambert to William [Alving]
1858 Jun 28
ALS, 1 p.
William Libbey to B. Douglass and Co.
1859 Jan 23
ALS, 1 p.
Julia to Helen
1859 Jan 30
ALS, 8 p.
B. Douglass and Co. [ New York ] to William Libbey
1859 Feb 3
ALS, 2 p.

encl. ALS, same date, B. Douglass and Company [ New York ] to B. Douglass and Company [ New Orleans ]
S. A. F[rothingham] to unknown
1859 Sep
ALS, 4 p.
Pierre Irving to Henry W[adsworth] Longfellow
1859 Dec 23
ALS, 2 p.
Helen to Catherine [Paris] regarding death of Washington Irving
[1859]
ALS, 2 p. (fragment)
James Lenox to [Washington] Frothingham
1860 Jan 3
ALS, 1 p.
John D. [Vahoust] to William Libbey
1861 Feb 4
ALS, 1 p.
Kate to Abram
1862 Jul 20
ALS, 10 p.
[_____ Eurowsky] to Madame [______]
1863 Oct 25
ALS, 2 p.
E. Hunn, Jr. to Pierre Irving
1864 Apr 22
ALS, 1 p.
J. D. Fish to Pierre Irving
1864 Apr 24
ALS, 3 p.
[ William Libbey ] to [ J. Forster ]
1874 Jan 12
ALS, 1 p.
Henry Alexander to William Libbey
1874 Nov 20
ALS, 1 p.
[Sarah] to Eliza
1883 Jun 19
ALS, 4 p.
Marshall Field to William Libbey
1886 Dec 22
LS, 2 p.
W. W. Sherman to William Libbey
1890 Feb 24
ANS, 1 p.

(notice of meeting)
John Stewart to William Libbey
1893 Sep 18
ALS, 1 p.
M. R. Pryor to J[ohn] J. McCook
1895 Nov 22
ALS, 2 p.
John J. McCook to Frederick Libbey
1895 Dec 3
ALS, 1 p.
George Irving to Cousin [ Washington Frothingham ]
1904 Jun 10
ALS, 4 p.
George Irving to Washington Frothingham
1904 Jun 15
ALS, 2 p.
Henry Bellows to Oscar Irving
[Feb 17]
ALS, 3 p. w/env
Emily Fuller to [ Pierre Irving ]
Mar 10
ALS, 4 p.
Melville [deLancey] Landon (" Eli Perkins ") to [William] Libbey
Jul 12
ALS, 3 p.
Julia to Helen
Aug 24
ALS, 4 p.
unknown to [his children]
Oct 15
AL, 1 p.
T. Eames to Mrs. Irving
Oct 29
ALS, 2 p.
[ Melville deLancey Landon ] to [ William Libbey ]
n. d.
ALS, 4 p.

encl. circular for Landon's new book
Maggie to Kitty
n. d.
ALS, 4 p.
Washington Irving to unknown
n. d.
AL, 3 p. (extracts)

regarding Spain
T[homas] M[oore] to Washington Irving
n. d.
ALS, 1 p. w/addr
T[homas] M[oore] to Washington Irving
n. d.
ALS, 1 p. w/addr
Thomas Moore to Washington Irving
n. d.
AN, 1 p.

written on a calling card
T[homas] Moore to Washington Irving
n. d.
ALS, 1 p. w/addr

encl. ALS, no date, Thomas Longman to Thomas Moore

Miscellaneous

Washington Irving , head and shoulders, signed
1851
Etching,
17 postcards and printed photos showing New York City, ca. 1739-1800
n. d.
Prints,
Canadian penny token
1843
Currency,
United States ten-cent bill
1849
Currency,
Sate of Virginia $5.00
1858
Currency,
Confederate States of America $100.00
1863
Bond,
Confederate States of America $20.00
1864
Currency,
Power of Attorney, Washington Irving to Pierre Irving
1842 Apr 21
ADS, 4 p.
Assignment of copyright to Pierre Irving for Washington Irving 's Life of George Washington
1860 Feb 10
ADS, 3 p.
Release of Pierre Irving from further accounting as executor of Washington Irving 's will , by Sarah Irving and Catherine Irving
1869 Mar 30
ADS, 2 p.
Passport for Frederick Libbey (pre-printed part)
1908 Mar 18
ADS, 1 p.
Autographs of Edward Everett , George Bancroft , William Seward , Robert Winthrop , and Martin Van Buren
n. d.
ADS,
12 clippings regarding Washington Irving
1876-1919
Printed,
Translation of magazine article from the Border Magazine , regarding Irving family
1903 Sep
AM,
List of home remedies, in an unknown hand
n. d.
AM,
2 unidentified fragments
n. d.
AMs,