Finding aid created by: KM
Date: Jan 1993
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| Jan 1997 | revised (KM) |
| 6 Jun 2008 | converted to EAD (MRC) |
Overview of the Collection |
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| Creator: | Irving, Washington, 1783-1859. |
| Title: | Washington Irving Collection |
| Dates: | 1831-1832 |
| Quantity: | 1 folder (SC) |
| Abstract: | Papers of the American author. Holograph manuscript of 26 leaves from Irving's Life of George Washington (New York : Putnam, 1857. Vol. 4, chap. 37, p. [500]-515), mounted and bound in one volume; 2 letters. |
| Language: | English |
| Repository: | Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries 222 Waverly Avenue Syracuse, NY 13244-2010 https://library.syracuse.edu/special-collections-research-center |
Washington Irving (1783-1859) was an American author, essayist, biographer and historian. He was best known for his short stories "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" and "Rip Van Winkle." His non-fiction works include biographies of George Washington, Oliver Goldsmith and Muhammad, and several histories of 15th-century Spain. Irving also served as U.S. minister to Spain from 1842 to 1846.
The Washington Irving Collection comprises two letters and one manuscript of the American author. In a letter to Martin Van Buren (12 Jul 1812) Irving writes:
New York is almost deserted through the exaggerated alarm concerning the cholera, which is no more to be dreaded by decent people here than it was in London. I believe that eight cases out of ten reported as spasmodic cholera are the ordinary complaints of the country & season.
Mounted and bound in a single volume, the undated 26-page manuscript bears Irving's designation "Chapter 37." The manuscript was published in Volume 4 of Irving's The Life of George Washington, which was issued by Putnam in 1857.
Letters are arranged alphabetically by correspondent.
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Persons
Irving, Washington, 1783-1859 -- Manuscripts.
Irving, Washington, 1783-1859. -- Life of George Washington.
Washington, George, 1732-1799.
Subjects
Authors, American.
Biographers -- United States.
Genres and Forms
Correspondence.
Manuscripts for publication.
Occupations
Authors.
Biographers.
Preferred Citation
Preferred citation for this material is as follows:
Washington Irving Collection,
Special Collections Research Center,
Syracuse University Libraries
Acquisition Information
Gift of Adrian Van Sinderen.
Correspondence
Manuscript
| Correspondence | |||||||||||
| SC 123 | Storrow, Charles 7 Jun 1831 | ||||||||||
| SC 123 | Van Buren, Martin 12 Jul 1832 | ||||||||||
| Manuscript | |||||||||||
| SC 123 | "Chapter 37" | ||||||||||
| 26 leaves, mounted and bound, published in Volume 4 of The Life of George Washington (Putnam, 1857) | |||||||||||