Conquest of Granada : a chronicle of the conquest of Granada by Fray Antonio Agapida : autograph manuscript of title page and introduction.

Folger, Charles J. (Charles James), 1818-1884

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Pruyn, John VanSchaick Lansing, 1811-1877

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Pruyn was admitted to the New York bar (1831) and practised law in Albany. He was later director of the Mohawk and Hudson Railroad Company (1835-1845), and a trustee of the Mutual Life Insurance Company. Rockwell was a graduate of Yale University (1822) and practised law in Norwich, Connecticut. He later served in the Connecticut senate (1839) and the U.S. Congress (1845-1849). From the description of Correspondence of John V.L. Pruyn and John A. Rockwell, 1833-1834. (Harvard Law Sch...

Irving, Washington, 1783-1859

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Washington Irving (b. April 3, 1783, New York City-d. November 28, 1859, Sunnyside, Tarrytown, New York), American author, wrote his first popular work, A History of New York, under the pseudonym Diedrich Knickerbocker. He continued to write stories and essays which made him the outstanding figure in American literature of his time and established his reputation abroad. In 1826 Irving went to Spain to work at the American embassy in Madrid, then at the American legation in London, before returni...