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  47. Irving to Murray, Sheffield, 22 October 1831, Letters II, 665.

  48. McClary, 160.

  49. Irving to Murray, Granada, 9 May 1829, Letters II, 414–15.

  50. Irving to Murray, Barlborough Hall, Chesterfield, 29 October 1831, Letters II, 670.

  51. Ibid., 671.

  52. Irving to Peter Irving, n.p., 6 November 1831, Letters II, 672.

  53. See Irving to Catharine Paris, Newstead Abbey, 20 January 1832, Letters II, 683.

  54. Irving, “Newstead Abbey,” in The Crayon Miscellany, 177.

  55. Irving to Charles Leslie, Newstead Abbey, 9 January 1831, Letters II, 678–79. Emphasis in original.

  56. Irving to Peter Irving, Newstead Abbey, 20 January 1831, Letters II, 680.

  57. McClary, 167.

  58. Irving to William Cullen Bryant, Newstead Abbey, 26 January 1832, Letters II, 687.

  59. Irving to James Renwick, Newstead Abbey, 26 January 1832, Letters II, 688–89, emphasis in original; Irving to Pierre P. Irving, 6 February 1832, Letters II, 690.

  60. Irving to Bryant, London, 6 March 1832, Letters II, 694.

  61. Irving to Pierre P. Irving, London, 6 February 1832, Letters II, 689.

  62. Remini, 224–25.

  63. Irving to McLane, London, 22 February 1832, Letters II, 693.

  64. Irving to Peter Irving, London, 6 March 1832, Letters II, 696.

  65. Ibid., 695.

  66. Ibid., 696.

  CHAPTER 12: FRONTIERSMAN

  1. See Irving to Peter Irving, [New York, 30 May 1832], Letters II, 703; Irving to James Watson Webb, New York, 20 June 1832, Letters II, 706.

  2. New-York Mirror 9, no. 40 (9 June 1832): 386.

  3. STW, 2:338n76, emphasis in original; Irving, “A Tour on the Prairies,” in The Crayon Miscellany, 6–7.

  4. See Letters II, 701n1.

  5. Irving to Peter Irving, [New York, 30 May 1832], Letters II, 703.

  6. New-York Mirror 9, no. 40 (9 June 1832): 386, emphasis in original; STW, 2:33.

  7. Ibid., 2:32–33.

  8. Irving, Salmagundi, 262; Irving to Peter Irving, [New York, 30 May 1832], Letters II, 703.

  9. Henry Brevoort to Irving, Fontainebleau, 28 July 1832, LBI, 253.

  10. All quotes and accounts of the Irving dinner are taken from the 9 June 1832 edition of the New-York Mirror, pp. 386–87, 390–91.

  11. PMI, 2:492, emphasis in original; Brevoort to Irving, Fontainebleau, 28 July 1832, LBI, 253.

  12. Irving to Peter Irving, Washington City, 18 December 1832, Letters II, 736–37.

  13. These figures include the so-called outer boroughs, before the 1898 consolidation. Brevoort to Irving, New York, 19 November 1827, LBI, 167–68; STW, 2:30–31; “A Tour on the Prairies,” 8.

  14. See Irving to Peter Irving, Washington, 16 June 1832, Letters II, 705.

  15. Ibid.

  16. New-York Mirror 9 (23 June 1832): 401–3. See Aderman, 94–96.

  17. PMI, 3:20–21; Irving, The Alhambra, xxxiv.

  18. Irving to Peter Irving, Philadelphia, 21–28 June 1832, Letters II, 707.

  19. Irving to Peter Irving, New York, 9 July 1832, Letters II, 709.

  20. Irving to Peter Irving, Washington City, 18 December 1832, Letters II, 733–34.

  21. Ibid.

  22. American Journals, 1832, Journals V, 48.

  23. Irving to Catharine Paris, Independence, Missouri, 26 September 1832, Letters II, 726.

  24. Irving to Paris, St. Louis, Missouri, 13 September 1832, Letters II, 723.

  25. Irving to Paris, St. Louis, Missouri, 13 September 1832, Letters II, 723; Irving to Paris, Fort Gibson, Arkansas, 9 October 1832, Letters II, 727; American Journals, 1832, 75.

  26. Ibid., 86–89.

  27. Irving to Paris, Cincinnati, 2 September 1832, Letters II, 717.

  28. “A Tour on the Prairies,” 10–11; The Crayon Miscellany, xxxiii.

  29. Journals V, 127.

  30. Irving to Peter Irving, Washington City, 18 December 1832, Letters II, 735; “A Tour on the Prairies,” 63.

  31. “A Tour on the Prairies,” 102.

  32. Irving to Peter Irving, Washington City, 18 December 1832, Letters II, 735.

  33. Irving to Paris, Montgomery's Point, Mouth of the Arkansas, 16 November 1832, Letters II, 731; American Journals 1832, 136–49.

  34. Irving to Paris, Montgomery's Point, Mouth of the Arkansas, 16 November 1832, Letters II, 731–32.

  35. Remini, 195.

  36. Irving to Peter Irving, Washington City, 18 December 1832, Letters II, 736; PMI, 3:45. Emphasis in original.

  37. Remini, 241.

  38. Irving to Peter Irving, Washington City, 18 December 1832, Letters II, 736.

  39. Irving to Martin Van Buren, Washington, 2 January 1833, Letters II, 742; Irving to Gouverneur Kemble, Washington, 4 January 1833, Letters II, 744.

  40. Irving to Paris, Washington, 23 January 1833, Letters II, 750.

  41. Irving to Peter Irving, New York, 1 April 1833, Letters II, 756–57.

  42. Irving to Peter Irving, [Washington, ca. December 1832], Letters II, 740.

  43. Remini, 250.

  44. Irving to Josiah Quincy, New York, 3 April 1833, Letters II, 757.

  45. Irving to Peter Irving, New York, 1 April 1833, Letters II, 756.

  46. Irving to Peter Irving, New York, 15 April 1833, Letters II, 758.

  47. Irving to Van Buren, Washington, 5 October 1833, Letters II, 774.

  48. Irving to Peter Irving, New York, 28 October 1833, Letters II, 780.

  49. Irving to Peter Irving, n.p., 24 November 1833, Letters II, 781.

  50. Irving to Pierre M. Irving, New York, 15 September 1834, Letters II, 798.

  51. Ibid.

  52. Ibid., 799.

  53. Irving to Pierre M. Irving, New York, 29 October 1834, Letters II, 802.

  54. See Brooks, 420.

  CHAPTER 13: SUNNYSIDE

  1. Irving to Peter Irving, n.p., 24 November 1824, Letters II, 804.

  2. Irving to Colonel Thomas Aspinwall, New York, 2 February 1835, Letters II, 807; Irving to Aspinwall, New York, 8 March 1835, Letters II, 811.

  3. Irving to Peter Irving, n.p., 11 April 1835, Letters II, 818.

  4. Irving, “Introduction,” in The Crayon Miscellany, 8.

  5. Western Monthly Magazine 3 (June 1835): 329–37. See Aderman, 103–7; PMI, 3:67; Crayon Miscellany, xxxi.

  6. McClary, 171; Irving to Aspinwall, New York, 20 May 1835, Letters II, 823.

  7. Southern Literary Messenger 1 (July 1835): 646. See Aderman, 108.

  8. Irving to Peter Irving, n.p., 11 April 1835, Letters II, 818.

  9. Irving to John Pendleton Kennedy, New York, 9 June 1835, Letters II, 830.

  10. Irving to Peter Irving, New York, 8 July 1835, Letters II, 835; Johnson, 5.

  11. Irving to Aspinwall, New York, 15 July 1835, Letters II, 836–37.

  12. McClary, 172. Emphasis in original; Irving to Peter Irving, New York, 8 July 1835, Letters II, 835.

  13. Crayon Miscellany, xlvii.

  14. Irving to Peter Irving, [26 September 1835], Letters II, 842.

  15. Irving, The Adventures of Captain Bonneville, 5.

  16. See Irving to George Harvey, New York, 23 November 1835, Letters II, 844–46; Irving to Peter Irving, New York, 24 November 1835, Letters II, 846.

  17. Ibid.

  18. See Letters II, 848n1–3.

  19. Irving to Peter Irving, New York, 25 December 1835, Letters II, 847.

  20. PMI, 3:87.

  21. Irving to Major James H. Hook, New York, 27 March 1836, Letters II, 865.

  22. Aderman, 109–10; Irving to Pierre M. Irving, Tarrytown, 12 December 1836, Letters II, 884.

  23. Ibid.; PMI, 3:91.

  24. Irving to Pierre M. Irving, Tarrytown, 12 December 1836, Letters II, 884.

  25. PMI, 3:98; Irving to Ebenezer Irving, n.p., 10 January 1837, Letters II, 889.

  26. Irving to Sarah Paris, The Roost, 11 January 1837, Letters II, 891.
r />   27. See PMI, 3:102–3.

  28. Irving to Alexander H. Everett, London, 2 October 1830, Letters II, 553.

  29. For the complete text of Irving's response to the Plaindealer, see Letters II, 891–95. For a discussion of the Plaindealer’s attack, see PMI, 3:102–11.

  30. Irving to Martin Van Buren, New York, 6 February 1837, Letters II, 896.

  31. Irving to Aspinwall, New York, 29 March 1837, Letters II, 904.

  32. Adventures of Captain Bonneville, xxvii; Monthly Review, New and Improved, ser. 2 (June 1837): 279–90. See Aderman, 110–11.

  33. Adventures of Captain Bonneville, xxvii.

  34. New York Review 1 (October 1837): 439–40. See Aderman, 111–12.

  35. Irving to Gouverneur Kemble, Greenburg, 28 September 1836, Letters II, 875; Irving to Van Buren, New York, 6 February 1837, Letters II, 896, emphasis in original.

  36. See Letters II, 921n7.

  37. Irving to Van Buren, Tarrytown, 22 August 1837, Letters II, 913–14. Emphasis in original.

  38. Irving to Kemble, New York, 10 January 1828, Letters II, 918.

  39. Ibid.

  40. Irving to Catharine Paris, Wolferts Rest, 22 March 1838, Letters II, 925; Irving to Kemble, New York, 12 March 1838, Letters II, 923; Irving to Kemble, Wolfert's Rest, 2 June 1838, Letters II, 929.

  41. PMI, 3:126–27.

  42. Irving to Van Buren, New York, 30 April 1838, Letters II, 926.

  43. Irving to Ebenezer Irving, Washington, 7 October 1833, Letters II, 774.

  44. Irving to Sarah Van Wart, Greenburgh, 22 September 1838, Letters II, 937.

  45. Irving to Van Wart, Greenburgh, 1 December 1838, Letters II, 943.

  46. PMI, 3:136.

  47. Irving to William H. Prescott, New York, 18 January 1839, Letters III, 5; Irving to Pierre M. Irving, Madrid, 24 March 1844, Letters III, 708.

  48. “Letter of ‘Geoffrey Crayon’ to the Editor of the Knickerbocker Magazine,” Knickerbocker Magazine, March 1839. See Irving, Miscellaneous Writings II, 100.

  49. STW, 2:106; Henry Wadsworth Longfellow to G. W. Greene, Cambridge, 23 July 1839. See Miscellaneous Writings I, lxix. Emphasis in original.

  50. See Irving to the Reverend Robert Bolton, Greenburg, 27 May 1839, Letters III, 16; Irving to Van Buren, Greenburgh, 2 July 1839, Letters III, 18.

  51. Irving to Edgar Allan Poe, Greenburgh, 6 November 1839, Letters III, 24–25.

  52. See The Letters of Edgar Allan Poe, 1:121, in Letters III, 25n4.

  53. Edgar Allan Poe to N. C. Brooks, Philadelphia, 4 September 1838, STW, 2:101–2.

  54. Irving to William H. Prescott, Greenburgh, 21 January 1840, Letters III, 36; Irving to Lewis G. Clark, [before 10 January 1840], Letters III, 32–33.

  55. Irving to Van Buren, Tarrytown, 13 January 1840, Letters III, 34; Irving to Kemble, 4 February 1840, Letters III, 39.

  56. See Irving to Kemble, New York, 5 February 1840, Letters III, 43.

  57. Irving to Van Wart, Greenburgh, 4 May 1840, Letters III, 53.

  58. Irving to Kemble, Greenburgh, 31 October 1840, Letters III, 58.

  59. Irving to Van Wart, Greenburgh, 25 November 1840, Letters III, 61–62.

  60. Irving to Van Wart, n.p., [early December 1840], Letters III, 65.

  61. Irving to Mssrs. Lea & Blanchard, New York, 25 February 1841, Letters III, 77.

  62. Irving to Van Wart, Greenburgh, 19 January 1841, Letters III, 72.

  63. Irving to Charles Storrow, Greenburgh, 8 November 1840, Letters III, 60; Irving to Sarah Storrow, n.p., [May 3, 1841], Letters III, 88.

  64. George Ticknor, Life of William Hickling Prescott (Boston, 1864), pp. 187–88. See Irving, Biography of the Late Margaret Miller Davidson, xxxvii; Irving to Sarah Storrow, Hell Gate, 11 July 1841, Letters III, 125–26.

  65. Ibid., 127, emphasis in original; Irving to Joseph C. Cabell, Sunnyside Cottage, near Tarrytown, 8 May 1841, Letters III, 90–91.

  66. Transcribed by Irving in his 25 May 1841 letter to Sarah Storrow. See Letters III, 100–101.

  67. Irving to Charles Dickens, Sunnyside Cottage, 25 May 1841, Letters III, 105–7.

  68. Irving to Sarah Storrow, New York, 3 October 1841, Letters III, 162; Irving to Storrow, Sunnyside, 19 November 1841, Letters III, 167.

  69. See Irving to Storrow, Sunnyside, 29 October 1841, Letters III, 164. Emphasis in original.

  70. PMI, 3:184–85.

  71. PMI, 3:182–85.

  72. Charles Dickens, “As the Literary Guest of America,” in The World's Famous Orations, Great Britain, Volume II, ed. William Jennings Bryan. (New York: Bartleby.com, 2004), http://www.bartleby.com/268/4/15.html.

  73. Irving to Ebenezer Irving, New York, 10 February 1842, Letters III, 180.

  74. Irving to Ebenezer Irving, n.p., 16 February 1842, Letters III, 181.

  75. Ibid., 181, 183.

  CHAPTER 14: MINISTER

  1. Irving to Ebenezer Irving, n.p., 17 February 1842, Letters III, 184.

  2. Irving to Ebenezer Irving, Washington, 16 March 1842, Letters III, 192. Emphasis in original.

  3. See Irving to Hugh S. Legaré, New York, 28 March 1842, Letters III, 199; Irving to William C. Preston, New York, 28 March 1842, Letters III, 200; Irving to William C. Rives, New York, 28 March 1842, Letters III, 200; Irving to John Tyler, New York, 28 March 1842, Letters III, 201; Irving to Daniel Webster, New York, 28 March 1842, Letters III, 202; Irving to Webster, New York, 2 April 1842, Letters III, 202–3. Emphasis in original.

  4. See Irving to Messrs. Lea & Blanchard, Sunnyside, 26 February 1842, Letters III, 186–87; Irving to Lea & Blanchard, New York, 10 March 1842, Letters III, 189–91.

  5. Kaplan, 134; Irving to Philip Hone, New York, 4 April 1842, Letters III, 206; Irving to Catharine Paris, Ship Independence, 10 April 1842, Letters III, 211.

  6. Irving to Paris, London, 3 May 1842, Letters III, 213–14; Irving to Paris, The Shrubbery, 7 May 1842, Letters III, 217.

  7. Irving to Paris, London, 3 May 1842, Letters III, 213.

  8. Irving to Paris, The Shrubbery, 7 May 1842, Letters III, 216; McClary, 179–80.

  9. Irving to Paris, The Shrubbery, 7 May 1842, Letters III, 218.

  10. Ibid., 219–20.

  11. Irving to Sarah Van Wart, Paris, 8 June 1842, Letters III, 233.

  12. Irving to Paris, Paris, 10 June 1842, Letters III, 237.

  13. Irving to Mary Irving, Madrid, 3 August 1842, Letters III, 267.

  14. Irving to Paris, Paris, 7 July 1842, Letters III, 244.

  15. Irving to Henry Brevoort, Paris, 1 July 1842, Letters III, 241–42; Irving to Paris, The Shrubbery, 7 May 1842, Letters III, 220–21; Irving to Sarah Storrow, Bordeaux, 16 July 1842, Letters III, 247.

  16. Bowers, 138–42; Irving to Paris, September 2, 1842, Letters III, 307–14.

  17. Ibid., 313–16.

  18. See Irving to Webster, Legation of the United States, Madrid, 2 August 1842, Letters III, 264.

  19. Irving to Paris, Madrid, 3 August 1842, Letters III, 270–71; Irving to Sarah Storrow, Madrid, 4 August 1842, Letters III, 276–77.

  20. Irving to Paris, Madrid, 3 August 1842, Letters III, 272.

  21. Ibid.

  22. Irving to Storrow, Madrid, 12 August 1842, Letters III, 282.

  23. Irving to Ebenezer Irving, [October? 1842], Letters III, 369.

  24. Irving to Charlotte Irving, Madrid, 16 September 1842, Letters III, 331.

  25. Irving to Storrow, Madrid, 10 September 1842, Letters III, 326; Irving to Storrow, Madrid, 11 September 1842, Letters III, 328.

  26. See Irving to Storrow, Madrid, 26 September 1842, Letters III, 336–39.

  27. Irving to Julia Grinnell, Madrid, 30 September 1842, Letters III, 343.

  28. Irving to Storrow, Madrid, 5 November 1842, Letters III, 372; Irving to Ebenezer Irving, [October? 1842], Letters III, 369.

  29. Irving to Storrow, Madrid, 12 November 1842, Letters III, 394; PMI, 3:251.

  30. Irving to Webster, Legation of the United States, Madrid, 5 November 1842, Le
tters III, 375.

  31. Ibid., 376–77.

  32. Irving to Pierre M. Irving, Madrid, 17 November 1842, Letters III, 403; Irving to Storrow, Madrid, 12 November 1842, Letters III, 394.

  33. Irving to Webster, Legation of the United States, Madrid, 11 November 1842, Letters III, 390.

  34. “Critical and Miscellaneous Writings of Sir Walter Scott,” Graham's Magazine 21 (October 1842): 218–19.

  35. For details, see Irving to Pierre M. Irving, Madrid, 12 November 1842, Letters III, 391–93.

  36. Irving to Pierre M. Irving, Madrid, 12 November 1842, Letters III, 393.

  37. Irving to Helen Irving, Madrid, 12 November 1842, Letters III, 391.

  38. Irving to Catharine Irving, Madrid, 15 November 1842, Letters III, 399.

  39. Irving to Paris, Madrid, 20 November 1842, Letters III, 407.

  40. Irving to Paris, Madrid, 10 December 1842, Letters III, 429; Irving to Storrow, Madrid, 12 December 1842, Letters III, 434–38.

  41. Ibid., 437.

  42. Irving to Storrow, Madrid, 5 January 1843, Letters III, 449.

  43. Irving to Storrow, Madrid, 24 February 1843, Letters III, 486; Irving to Paris, Madrid, 4 March 1843, Letters III, 488.

  44. Irving to Paris, Madrid, 25 March 1843, Letters III, 497.

  45. Irving to Webster, Legation of the United States, Madrid, 24 May 1843, Letters III, 528.

  46. Irving to Storrow, Madrid, 17 June 1843, Letters III, 539; Irving to Paris, Madrid, 21 June 1843, Letters III, 541.

  47. Irving to the Secretary of State, Legation of the United States, Madrid, 22 June 1843, Letters III, 546.

  48. Irving to Storrow, Madrid, 14 July 1843, Letters III, 556.

  49. Ibid., 557; Irving to Storrow, Madrid, 18 July 1843, Letters III, 559. See also Irving to Paris, Madrid, 10 August 1843, Letters III, 577.

  50. Irving to Legaré, Legation of the United States, Madrid, 22 July 1843, Letters III, 563.

  51. Irving to Storrow, Madrid, 23 July 1843, Letters III, 565; Irving to the U.S. Secretary of State, Legation of the United States, Madrid, August 3, 1843, Letters III, 574.

  52. Irving to Paris, Madrid, 10 August 1843, Letters III, 581.

  53. Irving to the Secretary of State, Legation of the United States, Madrid, 19 August 1843, Letters III, 591.

  54. Irving to Storrow, Madrid, 6 September 1843, Letters III, 603; Irving to Paris, Versailles, 18 September 1843, Letters III, 608–9.

 

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