Washington Irving Letters [manuscript], 1824-1852.

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Washington Irving Letters [manuscript], 1824-1852.

The collection contains letters from Washington Irving to Thomas Aspinwall 1824 June 19; to Sarah Storrow 1845 May 14; and to Miss Hamilton 1852 September 20.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7934457

University of Virginia. Library

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Storrow, Sarah,d

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Aspinwall, Thomas, 1786-1876

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Army officer. From the description of Thomas Aspinwall papers, 1847-1853. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79455771 A Thomas Aspinwall, 1786-1876, was an American consul. Hugh Legare ́ was Secretary of State for a short time before his death in 1843. From the description of Letter : London, England to Hugh S. Legare ́, 1843 July 3. (Haverford College Library). WorldCat record id: 708359991 Thomas Aspinwall was born in Brookline, Massachusetts, May 23, 1786...

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...