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Machine readable finding aid created 2006. Description is in English Berg Coll MSS Irving Guide to the Washington Irving collection of papers, [1805]-1933 bulk (1815-1859) The Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature. The New York Public LibraryNew York, New York The Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature. New York Public Library. Room 320. Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street New York, NY 10018-2788 (212) 930-0802 brgref@nypl.org http://nypl.org/research/chss/spe/brg/berg.html Processed by: Staff Date Completed: 2006 Encoded By: Lynn Lobash and Nina Schneider Processed and encoded with the generous support of the Gladys Kreible Delmas Foundation.

Descriptive Summary Washington Irving collection of papers, [1805]-1933 bulk (1815-1859) Irving, Washington, 1783-1859. Berg Coll MSS Irving 167 items The New York Public Library. The Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature.

New York, New York

This is a synthetic collection that includes manuscripts, portraits, pictorial works, commonplace books, journals, and notebooks, a certificate, a scrapbook and correspondence. Subjects Personal Names Aspinwall, Thomas, 1786-1876. Bentley, Richard, 1794-1871. Brevoort, Henry, 1782-1848. Bryant, William Cullen, 1794-1878. D'Oubril, Catherine. Grinnell, Julie Irving. Holmes, Oliver Wendell, 1809-1894. Howe, W. T. H. (William Thomas Hildrup). Irving, Pierre Munroe, 1803-1876. Leslie, Charles Robert, 1794-1859. Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, 1807-1882. Macy, William A. Peters, John C. Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849. Prescott, William Hickling, 1796-1859. Webster, Daniel, 1782-1852. Williams, S. T. W. Berg, Albert Ashton, 1872-1950, former owner. Berg, Henry W., 1858-1938, former owner. Chandler, Adoniram, 1792?-1854, former owner. Terry, Roderick T., 1849-1933, former owner. Young, Owen D., 1874- former owner. Subjects Irving, Washington, 1783-1859. Scott, Walter, Sir, 1771-1832. Document Types Certificates. Commonplace books. Correspondence. Notebooks. Scrapbooks. Administration Information Source

This is a synthetic collection, created from materials acquired through gift and purchase from various sources.

Custodial History

The bulk of the material is from W. T. H. Howe, Owen D. Young, and Henry W. and Albert A. Berg. Nine items include the bookplate of Roderick Terry. The holograph manuscript of Legends of the conquest of Spain was presented by the author to Adoniram Chandler.

Access

Collection is restricted to qualified scholars and researchers through the Office of Special Collections, Room 316

Restrictions on Use

For permission to publish, contact the Curator, The Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of the item]. The Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature, The New York Public Library.

Biography

Washington Irving was an American author of short stories, travel literature, humorous and historical works, folklore, biographies, and essays. Born on April 3, 1783 in New York, Irving spent several years abroad in both England and Spain. He was the secretary to the American Legation in London from 1829 to 1842 when he was appointed as the U.S. Minister to Spain for four years.

Scope and Content Note

This is a synthetic collection that includes manuscripts, portraits, pictorial works, commonplace books, journals, and notebooks, a certificate, a scrapbook and correspondence by, to, and about Irving. The manuscripts include early holograph drafts and notes for The Alhambra, Communipaw, A history of New York, sections of the Life of George Washington, and notes and fragments of Mahomet and his successors. They also include fragments from the Legend of Sleepy Hollow, portions of text extracted from the Knickerbocker, two packets of holographic notes headed "Alhambra", holograph of Newstead abbey, proverbs apparently from Spanish sources, and notes and incomplete drafts for The sketchbook. The collection also includes an engraved acknowledgement from the Astor Library to William A. Macy; W. C. Bryant's Discourse on the life, genius and and writing of Washington Irving; and holograph notes by P. M. Irving relating to Washington Irving and to the history of the name "Irving." There are two holograph journals by Washington Irving and one journal by his son, Pierre, describing the author's last days. The notebooks include three consisting chiefly of memoranda towards Mahomet and his successors; one of rough drafts and incomplete essays; one of notes of a Conversation with William P. Duvall the original of Ralph Ringwood; and another of A tour on the Prairies. The collection also includes a notebook by P. M. Irving with his outline for Life and letters of Washington Irving. There is also a scrapbook of clippings and letters related to Irving gathered by J. C. Peters; and Irving's commonplace book of reading notes and observations on various subjects. The correspondence includes letters written by Irving to Colonel Thomas Aspinwall, Richard Bentley, Henry Brevoort, Catherine D'Oubril, Charles R. Leslie, John Murray, Edgar Allan Poe, William H. Prescott, Daniel Webster, and others. The collection also includes letters from Julia Irving Grinnell to her sister; P. M. Irving to Dr. John C. Peters relating to the death of Irving; Henry Wadsworth Longfellow to Dr. Peters; John C. Peters to Oliver Wendell Holmes; S. T. Williams to W. T. H. Howe, and others related to Irving. There are letters to Irving from Richard Henry Dana, Charles Dickens, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, John Murray, Philip Henry Stanhope, and others dating from 1807 to 1858.

Container List Manuscripts Commonplace Books Cased Commonplace book. Reading notes and observations on various subjects n.d. commonplace book 94 p. Vol. 2 wanting Taylor, John. Holograph commonplace books. Written in dummy copies of Taylor and Hessey, publishers Literary diary, 1811. Entries cover up to ca. 1833. Includes list of contributors to the London magazine, including Irving 1811 - 1833 commonplace book 9 v. Journals Manuscript box Journal. Holograph [1805] June 19 journal 9 p.

Manuscript box Journal. Page of holograph 1821 May 5 ms. [1 p.]

Cased Journal. Holograph 1828 Apr. 6 journal 157 p.

Cased Irving, P. M. Holograph journal, in which Pierre kept a detailed record of Irving's last days 1859 Feb. 28 - 1859 Nov. 30 journal 170 p.

Manuscripts Manuscript box Autograph material (miscellaneous): 1 signature and 1 envelope addressed to Bromhead, and 1 sheet with names signed "Knickerbocker, Crayon and Irving" n.d. ms. 3 items

Signed. H.

Manuscript box Abderahman. [Portions of text extracted from the Knickerbocker magazine, May, 1840, with holograph additions and corrections for the revised version printed in Irving's Spanish papers]. n.d. ms. (emended) 16 p.

Cased [Alhambra. Two packets of holograph notes headed "Alhambra" and "The Alhambra"; also 2 fragments and 11 p. of holograph translation apparently from B.J. Feijoo y Montenegro's Teatro critico, 10 of the pages headed "The cave of Salamanca"] n.d. ms. 44 p.; 20 p. Manuscript box [Alhambra, The]. Local traditions. Page of early holograph draft for the first chapter of v. 2 in the Philadelphia, 1832 edition n.d. ms. [1] p.

Manuscript box [Alhambra, The]. Memorials of the conquest. In an unknown hand n.d. ms. 8 p.

Cased Bracebridge Hall. Holograph of most of the introduction and of a portion of "The author's farewell" n.d. ms. 11 p.; 3 p.

Cased [Chronicle of the conquest of Granada, A]. Holograph of p. 247-257 of v. 1 of the Philadelphia, 1829 edition n.d. ms. 16 p.

Manuscript box [Chronicle of Fernando the Saint]. Holograph of Chapters 14 (beginning with paragraph 3)-16 and portion of Chapter 17 n.d. ms. 36 p.

Cased Communipaw n.d. ms. 21 p.

Signed "Hermanus VanderDonk". With the September, 1839 number of Knickerbocker magazine in which Communipaw appeared and a note of Mary E. G. Jackson, laid in, stating that the ms. was given to her on Sept., 1864 by Lewis Gaylord Clark. Y.

Manuscript box [Communipaw]. Holograph note n.d. ms. 1 leaf Manuscript box Conspiracy against Alhakin-Its terrific suppression. In Pierre Irving's hand, of Chap. 8 of an unidentified work of Irving n.d. ms. 4 p.

Manuscript box Conciergerie of the Palais de justice?, Description of the n.d. ms. 1 p.

Cased Grand prior of Minorca. n.d. ms. 36 [i.e. 34] p.

Signed with the initials "G.C."; With: [?]The Knight of Malta. B.

In: Irving, Washington. A history of the life and voyages of Christopher Columbus. New York, 1828. Copy 3, v. 1 [History of the life and voyages of Christopher Columbus, A. 10 lines of last paragrah, vol. 1, Book 1, Chap. 8 of the New York, 1828 ed.] n.d. ms. [1 item]

Manuscript box [History of the life and voyages of Christopher Columbus, A.] Scattered pages of holograph of Books 5 and 6 of Vol. 1 of the New York, 1828 ed. n.d. ms. 19 p.

Cased [History of New York, A]. Notes for Knickerbocker, 1808 1808 ms. 16 p.

H. Roderick Terry bookplate; Binding by Chambolle-Duru

Cased History of New York, A. Early holograph draft of portions of p. 196 and 199 of the 1809 ed. With marginal holograph note "draught of Knickerbocker. Washington Irving, 1838" 1838 ms. 1 leaf

Manuscript box Knight of Malta. Holograph addressed "To the editor of the Knickerbocker" n.d. ms. 4 p.

Signed "Geoffrey Crayon"; H.

Cased Legend of Sleepy Hollow. Holograph fragment, with the author's autograph additions and revisions [c. 1819] ms. (emended) 4 p. Oversize (+) Legend of the engulfed convent, by Geoffrey Crayon, gent. n.d. ms. 17 p.

H. Roderick Terry bookplate

Oversize (+) Legends of the conquest of Spain. [1829] ms. 394 p.

Presented by the author to Adoniram Chandler. Hearst; Howe.

Manuscript box (in 3 folders) Life of George Washington. Holograph notes n.d. ms. 101 p.

Manuscript box (in 10 folders) [Life of George Washington]. [Vol. 5, Chapters] XXI [i.e. XVI]- XX, XXII-XXV (Chapters XXI [i.e. XVI] XXIV and XXV incomplete) n.d. ms. 128 p.

Cased Life of George Washington. Ms. corrections in Pierre Irving's hand, for v. 1-4 1858 Feb. 1 - 1859 June 16 ms. 7 p. Cased Life of George Washington, Vol. 4, Chapter 15 n.d. ms. 18 p.

Y. Edward Walker Harden bookplate

Cased Mahomet [and his successors. Vol. 1]. Incomplete holograph, with ms. corrections in an unidentified hand; paginated 1-174, 175-558, with some gaps. n.d. ms. (emended) 156 p.; 347 p. Cased [Mahomet and his successors]. Holograph notes, unsigned, dated Madrid and Sunnyside. 1828 - 1849 ms. 101 p.

Cased [Mahomet and his successors] holograph notes. n.d. ms. 121 p.

First 5 pages consist of partial index with page numbers corresponding to v. 1 and 2 of the New York, Putnam, 1850, edition

Manuscript box [Mahomet and his successors. Vol. 1, Chap. 12] Holograph fragment n.d. ms. 1 p.

Manuscript box [Mahomet and his successors. Vol. 1, Chaps. 30 (fragment)- 31 (incomplete)] Holograph draft. n.d. ms. 5 p.

Paginated 379-383. Came with main section of holograph paginated 1-174. B.

Manuscript box [Mahomet and his successors. Vol. 2, Chaps. 35, 49,51, 53-55] Holograph drafts, fragments. n.d. ms. 16 p.

Paginated 310, 387, 419, 437-38, 445-50, 458-62

Manuscript box [Mahomet and his successors] Memoranda extracts, etc. for the Chronicle of the Caliphs, from the death of the prophet to the invasion of Spain by the Saracens. n.d. ms. 72 p.

Oversize (+) Newstead abbey. Holograph (the first 4 pages wanting) [1834?] ms. 200 p.

Presented by the author to Adoniram Chandler, Francis Chandler, Howe.

Cased Newtown the painter n.d. ms. 3 p.

Cased [Notes from Arabian historian relating to Otman and his Christian bride and the defeat of the Moslems by Euden, duke of Aquitaine. Holograph] n.d. ms. 24 p.

Cased [Notes on the Tower of London] incomplete holograph n.d. ms. 15 p.

Cased Polly Holman's wedding. Holograph notes of an unfinished story n.d. ms. 23 p.

H. Roderick Terry bookplate

Cased [Proverbs, aphorisms, etc., apparently from Spanish or Arabic sources] n.d. ms. 1 leaf

Roderick Terry, Howe

Manuscript box Quotation from one of Milton's letters to Carolo Deodati headed "Milton's meditation of Paradise lost". Holograph copy n.d. ms. 1 p.

Cased [Sketch book, The]. Holograph notes [ca. 1817 - 1818] ms. 25 p. Manuscript box [Sketch book]. Incomplete drafts of the "Preface to the revised edition," New York, 1848. 1848 ms. 12 p.

Original of the ALS from John Murray, Albermarle [Oct. 27, 1819] which Irving used as part of his Preface. B.

Manuscript box [Spanish notes]. Includes 11 p. with English translations of Spanish words and notes regarding customs, Grandad, and the Alhambra n.d. ms. 32 p. Manuscript box [Spanish paper relating to Don Garcia Fernandez of Castile] n.d. ms. 33 p.

Oversize (+) Three kings of Bermuda and their treasure of Ambergris, The. n.d. ms. 14 p.

Portrait of Irving. H. Roderick Terry bookplate

Manuscript box Triumph of Christopher Columbus, designed by himself. Rough translation, March 2, 1843. 2 leaves of a holograph translation of an unidentified work accompanied by a page of galley proof 1843 Mar. 2 ms. 2 leaves

Manuscript box William the Conqueror. Holograph of an unfinished essay [1824] ms. 23 p.

Manuscript box (Irving, W.) Berkeley, George. Bishop Berkeley's prediction concerning America. Copy, in Irving's hand, of verse beginning "Westward the course of empire takes its way" 1856 Sept. 10 ms. 1 p.

Cased Bryant, W.C. A discourse on the life, genius, and writing of Washington Irving. Delivered before the Historical society of New York 1860 Apr. 3 ms. 56 p.

Oversize (+)(Irving) Davis, C.A. [Reminiscensces of Washington Irving, in the form of a letter to Pierre M. Irving...] [1863 June] ms. 14 p.

H. Roderick Terry bookplate

Manuscript box (Irving, W.) Document, copy in an unknown hand, comprising statement by John Murray, Jr. in support of his case against henry Bohn regarding the English copyright of Irving's works... n.d. ms. 11 p.

With ALS from Alfred Turner to John Murray relating to the same, July 26, 1850. 5 p.; B.

Manuscript box (Irving, W.) Irving, P. M. [Life and letters of Washington Irving] n.d. ms. 1 p.

Manuscript box (Irving) Irving, Pierre Munroe. Holograph note of questions and answers at a spiritualistic seance 1858 Apr. 28 ms. 1 p.

Manuscript box (Irving, W.) Irving, P. M. Holograph notes relating to the history of the name "Irving" n.d. ms. 2 p.

Manuscript box (Irving, W.) Irving, P. M. Holograph notes relating to Washington Irving n.d. ms. 7 p.

Manuscript box (Irving, W.) in folder Miscellaneous manuscripts relating to the Irving property in Springfield including 2 tax receipts to Washington Irving's nephew, diagram of the property, etc. 1842 - 1844 ms. 9 items

Manuscript box Payne, J. H. Richelieu. Holograph, including the prefatory letter in which Payne expresses his appreciation of Washington Irving's collaboration 1826 Feb. 13 ms. 71 p.

In: Peters, J. C. Scrapbook Peters, J. C. Holograph notes regarding symptoms and remedies for Washington Irving n.d. ms. 1 p.

Notebooks Cased Mahomet [and his successors]. Three holograph notebooks, chiefly memoranda concerning the Arabs, written about 1830 c. 1830 notebook 3 v.

H. Robert Hoe; Roderick Terry bookplate

Oversize (+) Miscellaneous holographs, including rough drafts of uncomplete essays and notes relating to the Sketch book and Woolfert's roost n.d. notebook 31 p.

H. Roderick Terry bookplate

Cased Notes of conversation with William P. Duvall the original of Ralph Ringwood n.d. notebook 55 p.

Cased [Tour on the Prairies, A]. Pages 1-3 of the holograph wanting and supplied with clipping from the Philadelphia, 1835(?) edition. n.d. notebook 371 p.

Two engraved portraits of the author, bound in

Oversize (+)(Irving, W.) Irving, P. M. Holograph notebook with outline for his "Life and letters of Washington Irving". n.d. notebook 94 p.

Holograph legal register Jan. 13, 1840-March 10, 1854. B.

Certificates Manuscript box Astor Library, New York. Engraved acknowledgement, from the Trustees to William A. Macy; with label: Presented to the Authors club by Frederic Rowland Marvin 1850 Sept. 20 certificate [1 item]

Scrapbooks Cased Peters, J. C. Scrapbook containing newspaper clippings and letters addressed to Dr. Peters, most of them relating to Washington Irving's last illness and death n.d. scrapbook 1 v.

Correspondence Outgoing Correspondence Oversize (+).In case with his: ALS to M.D. Phillips (2/17/1852) Armstrong (?), Anthony. AN, in the third person, to n.d. corr. out 1 p. Manuscript box Aspinwall, Colonel [Thomas]. ALS to 1827 July 29 corr. out 2 leaves

Oversize (+) Aspinwall, Colonel Thomas. ALS to 1827 Nov. 27 corr. out 3 p.

Oversize (+) Aspinwall, Colonel Thomas. ALS to 1828 Oct. 18 corr. out 3 p.

Manuscript box Aspinwall, Col. [Thomas]. ALS to 1830 June 8 corr. out 1 p.

Inserted in: Irving, W. Wolfert's roost. New York, 1855. Copy 1 Baldwin, H. ALS to 1847 July 3 corr. out 3 p. Cased Bandinel, James. ALS to 1842 Sept. 5 corr. out 2 leaves

Cased Bentley, Richard. ALS to 1834 Jan. 7 corr. out 1 leaf

Manuscript box Bentley, Richard. ALS to 1851 July 7 corr. out 3 p.

Manuscript box Biggs, Mr. & Mrs. ANS, in the third person, to [1830] Mar. 21 corr. out 1 p.

Cased Brevoort, Henry. ALS to. Relates to Sir Walter Scott 1817 Aug. 28 corr. out 4 leaves

Cased Brevoort, Henry. ALS to 1828 Feb. 23 corr. out 2 leaves

Oversize (+) Buchanan, James. ALS to 1846 Aug. 1 corr. out 2 leaves

Cased D'Oubril, Catharine. ALS to 1828 Apr. 19 corr. out 3 leaves

Cased D'Oubril, Mlle. Catharine. ALS to 1829 Apr. 21 corr. out 2 leaves

Manuscript box Freeling, Sir Francis. ALS to. Relating to U.S. legation mail 1831 Feb. 23 corr. out 3 p.

Sir Francis Freeling's (?) and W. Critchett's ms. notes on verso. H.

Manuscript box Hall, John E. ALS to 1822 June 30 corr. out 2 leaves

Inserted in: Crowe, Eyre. With Thackeray in America. London, Paris, 1893. (Thackeray)-B Holland, Lord. ALS to 1833 Oct. 7 corr. out 1 p. Manuscript box Irving, Edgar. Copy of a letter, in Pierre Irving's hand, from Washington Irving, to his nephew, 1829 May 23 corr. out 4 p.

Manuscript box Irving, Julia. AL to. Signature removed 1854 Apr. 3 corr. out 7 p.

With postscript dated [April] 12. 1 leaf. H.

Cased Leslie, Charles R. ALS (incomplete) to 1818 Feb. 8 corr. out 2 leaves

Cased Leslie, Charles R. AL to. End of text and signature removed 1818 July 29 corr. out 3 p.

Cased Leslie, Charles R. ALS to 1819 Sept. 13 corr. out 2 leaves

Cased Leslie, Charles R. ALS to 1820 Oct. 31 corr. out 3 p.

Cased Leslie, Charles R. ALS to 1820 Nov. 30 corr. out 3 p.

Cased Leslie, Charles R. ALS to 1820 Dec. 19 corr. out 2 leaves

Cased Leslie, Charles R. AL to. End of text and signature removed 1821 Oct. 7 corr. out 3 p.

Cased Leslie, Charles R. ALS to 1821 Oct. 25 corr. out 2 leaves

With postscript to Peter Powell. H.

Cased Leslie, Charles R. AL to. End of text and signature removed 1821 Nov. 2 corr. out 3 p.

Cased Leslie, Charles R. ALS to 1821 Nov. 8 corr. out 3 p.

Cased Leslie, Charles R. AL to. Signature removed 1821 Dec. 8 corr. out 2 leaves

Cased Leslie, Charles R. AL to. Signature removed [1821] corr. out 3 p.

Cased Leslie, Charles R. ALS to 1822 Dec. 2 corr. out 3 p.

Cased Leslie, Charles R. ALS to 1823 Mar. 15 corr. out 3 p.

Cased Leslie, Charles R. ALS to 1824 Feb. 8 corr. out 2 leaves

Cased Leslie, Charles R. ALS to 1824 Dec. 8 corr. out 2 leaves

Cased Leslie, Charles R. ALS to 1825 Jan. 26 corr. out 1 p.

Cased Leslie, Charles R. AL to. Signature removed 1826 Feb. 3 corr. out 3 p.

Cased Leslie, Charles R. ALS to 1826 Feb. 23 corr. out 3 p.

Cased Leslie, Charles R. ALS to 1826 Apr. 21 corr. out 2 leaves

Cased Leslie, Charles R. ALS to 1828 Feb. 16 corr. out 3 p.

Cased Leslie, Charles R. ALS to. Incomplete 1831 Feb. 23 corr. out 1 leaf

Cased Leslie, Charles R. ALS to 1832 Jan. 9 corr. out 2 leaves

Cased Leslie, Charles R. ALS to 1833 Jan. 29 corr. out 3 p.

Cased Leslie, Charles R. ALS to 1843 Sept. 24 corr. out 1 leaf

Oversize (+) [Letterbook containing copies of 33 official letters, April 23-July 27, 1844 written by Irving from Madrid and Barcelona while ambassador to Spain. 17 of the copies in Irving's hand]. 1844 Apr. 23 - 1844 July 27 corr. out 35 p.

Manuscript box Marsh, Capen, Lyon & Webb, Messrs. Draft of ALS to 1839 Apr. 15 corr. out 1 leaf Cased Morris, General George P. ALS to 1855 Sept. 6 corr. out 1 leaf

Cased Murray, John ALS to 1819 Oct. 28 corr. out 1 p.

Cased Murray, John. Holograph copy of ALS to 1827 July 29 corr. out 3 p.

Manuscript box Murray, John. ALS to n.d. corr. out 1 p.

In: Peters, J.C. Scrapbook containing newspaper clippings and letters Peters, Dr.[John C.]. ALS to. n.d. corr. out 2 p.

With added penciled note on leaf 2 dated Friday morning. H.

Oversize (+). In case with: Irving, W. ANS, in third person, to Mrs. Story Phillips, M. D. ALS to 1852 Feb. 17 corr. out 1 leaf

Manuscript box Poe, Edgar Allan. ALS to 1839 Nov. 6 corr. out 1 leaf

With Irving's name in Poe's hand on the address leaf. Y.

Oversize (+) Prescott, William H. ALS to 1844 Oct. 15 corr. out 2 leaves

Manuscript box Prescott, William H. ALS to 1859 Jan. 12 corr. out 2 p.

Manuscript box Richard, T[--?] Addison. ALS to 1855 Dec. 15 corr. out 1 leaf Cased Richter, Nathalie. ALS to 1829 Apr. 22 corr. out 2 leaves

Manuscript box Sidmouth, Lord and Lady. ANS, in the third person, to [1829] Dec. 21 corr. out 1 p. Manuscript box Smythe, H. A. ALS to 1855 July 19 corr. out 1 leaf

Manuscript box [Storrow], [Sarah]. ALS (incomplete?) to his niece [1843? Aug.] corr. out 1 p.

Oversize (+). In case with: Irving, W. ALS to M.D. Phillips (2/17/1852) Story, Mrs. ANS, in the third person, to 1826 May 4 corr. out 1 p.

Oversize (+). In case with: Irving, W. ALS to M.D. Phillips (2/17/1852) Thomas, Moses. ANS to 1815 May 16 corr. out 1 p.

Manuscript box Tuckerman, Henry T. ALS to 1856 Jan. 8 corr. out 2 leaves

Oversize (+). In his: Miscellaneous holographs Van Wart, Mrs. Sarah. ALS (1 leaf at beginning wanting) to his sister [1840 Nov. 25] corr. out 3 p. Manuscript box Waldron, William Watson. ALS to 1854 Feb. 13 corr. out 1 leaf Manuscript box Watson, Charles M. ALS to 1855 Mar. 12 corr. out 1 leaf

Cased Webster, Daniel. ALS to 1842 Feb. 16 corr. out 3 p.

Manuscript box Wiley & Putnam, Messrs. Draft of ALS to 1847 Jan. 30 corr. out 1 leaf

Manuscript box Williams, Charles. ALS to 1821 Apr. 13 corr. out 1 leaf

Manuscript box [--?]. ALS to 1829 Dec. 2 corr. out 1 leaf

Manuscript box [--?]. ALS to 1844 Feb. 6 corr. out 1 p.

Oversize (+) [--?]. ALS to 1852 Jan. 4 corr. out 1 leaf

With pencil sketch on leaf. H.

Incoming Correspondence Manuscript box Bancroft, George. ALS to [Washington?] Irving 1852 Nov. 8 in. corr. 1 p.

Manuscript box (Irving, W.) Bradish, Luther. ALS to Irving on behalf of the New York Historical Society, thanking Irving for his gift to the society of Jarvis' portrait of John Randolph 1858 May 19 in. corr. 2 p.

Encloses a page in the hand of the secretary Andrew Warner, "Extract from the minutes."; B.

Manuscript box (Irving, W.) Cooper, Mary Fairlie. ALS to Irving [1807] June 6 in. corr. 3 leaves

Manuscript box Dana, Richard Henry, sr. ALS to Irving. Relates to Washington Allston 1843 Aug. 28 in. corr. 3 p.

Oversize (+)(Irving) Davis, Charles Augustus. ANS to Irving. Relates to Dickens [1842] Feb. 12 in. corr. 1 p.

With: Davis, C. A. Reminiscences of Washington Irving. Holograph

Manuscript box Dickens, Charles. ALS to Irving 1842 Mar. 15 in. corr. 1 p.

Manuscript box (Irving) Hone, Philip. Holograph letter to Washington Irving inviting him to a public dinner 1842 Mar. 29 in. corr. 2 leaves

Signed by Hone and 52 other prominent citizens of New York, including: William B. Astor, W. C. Bryant, George P. Morris, Gulian C. Verplanck, and Samuel Ward

Manuscript box Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth. ALS to Irving. Mutilated 1827 Sept. 24 in. corr. 2 leaves

Manuscript box Murray, John. ALS to Irving [1819 Oct. 27] in. corr. 1 leaf

With: Irving, Washington. [Sketch book]. Incomplete drafts of the "Preface to the revised edition"

Manuscript box (Irving) Murray, John. ALS to Irving 1850 Sept. 19 in. corr. 2 leaves Manuscript box Prescott, William Hickling. ALS to Irving 1844 Feb. 29 in. corr. 1 p.

Manuscript box Rogers, Samuel. ANS to Irving [n.d.] in. corr. 1 p.

Manuscript box Stanhope, Philip Henry Stanhope, 5th earl. ALS to Washington Irving 1844 June 25 in. corr. 2 leaves

Manuscript box (Irving) Stewart, Charles Samuel. ALS to Irving 1839 Apr. 10 in. corr. 1 leaf

Manuscript box (Irving) Tauchnitz, Bernhard. ALS to Irving 1855 Aug. 4 in. corr. 3 p.

Related Correspondence Manuscript box (Irving) Grinnell, Julia Irving. ALS to her sister [Mrs. Oscar Irving?] 1859 May 23 related corr. 3 leaves

Manuscript box (Irving, W.) Irving, P. M. ALS to Dr. John C. Peters relating to the death of Washington Irving [1859 Dec.] related corr. 1 leaf

Manuscript box Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth. ALS to [Dr. J. C. Peters] relating to Washington Irving 1859 Dec. 28 related corr. 2 leaves

In his: Scrapbook Peters, John C. ALS to Oliver Wendell Holmes [1859 Jan. 5] or [1859 Jan. 6] related corr. 9 p.

Manuscript box (Irving, W.) Williams, S. T. LS to W. T. H. Howe relating to photostatic copies of Howe's Irving letters 1933 Oct. 17 related corr. 1 p.

Portraits and Pictorial Works Oversize (+) Self portrait. Pen and ink 1851 Dec. 15 portrait 1 portrait

Signed. H.

Oversize (+). In: Three kings of Bermuda and their treasure of ambergris Three kings of Bermuda and their treasure of ambergris n.d. portrait 1 portrait

H. Roderick Terry bookplate

Manuscript box Rackham, Arthur. Original pen-and-ink and wash drawing for Irving's Rip Van Winkle 1905 pictorial works 1 drawing

Signed by Rackham. H.