John Treat Irving letters, 1807-1936.

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John Treat Irving letters, 1807-1936.

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A collection of letters to and from John Treat Irving. While there are 63 letters from Irving, the majority of the correspondence is that of his father and mother, John Treat Irving, Sr. and Abby Furman Irving, other members of the Irving family, and friends. There are no letters of Washington Irving in the collection, though there are many interesting reference to him. There are nineteen letters to John Treat Irving from his uncle, the writer Peter Irving (1771-1838), dated 1835-1837. The collection also contains 51 pages of extracts from letters dating from the period of his European travels of 1836-1837. Included are two notebooks. The earlier of the two, dating from 1828 when John Irving was a senior at Columbia College, records class notes, problems, and exercises. The second contains poems, sketches, and essays, most of which are dated 1831-1833, the period preceding his travels to the West and the writing of INDIAN SKETCHES.

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Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries

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Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries

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Columbia College (New York, N.Y.)

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Irving, Abigail Spicer Furman.

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Irving, Peter, 1771-1838

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Irving, John T. (John Treat), 1778-1838

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John Treat Irving (1778-1838), the older brother of Washington Irving (1783-1859) and the husband of Abby Spicer Furman Irving ( - ), was a New York attorney. He became a prominent lawyer and in 1821, was appointed first Judge of the New York Court of Common Pleas, a position that he held for seventeen years. From the description of Papers, 1804-1834. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 207146379 New York City lawyer, judge and author. An able lawyer, Irv...

Irving, John Treat, 1812-1906

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Epithet: author British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001295.0x0002d6 American author. John Treat Irving was a nephew of Washington Irving. From the description of John Treat Irving letters, 1807-1936. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 496102578 ...

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...