Volume 17 , Issue 39

NW Okie's Journey

As we research back through the logs of our history, October, 2015, we journey to the 19th century in discovery of Washington Irving 's and his "Sketch Book," especially "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow." The New Amsterdam (New York) history interests this NW Okie, because my mother's paternal side were family through the COUENHOVEN (probably the original form of Conover).

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Walking With Sadie

Woof! Woof! The image on the left is a photo my human friend (R. L. Wagner) sent us this October, 2015, showing a view of Mt. Irving and snowy mountain peaks, reflections in the pond.

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Committee Correspondence With Washington Irving (1832)

The Evening Post, New York, New York, dated 2 June 1832, Saturday, page 2, reported this correspondence Passed Between Committee and Mr. Irving (23 May 1832). The large room of the City Hotel was literally filled with citizens anxious about to join in rendering a tribute of respect to Washington Irving, and of manifesting the hearty pleasure with which his return to his native land was welcomed by his fellow countrymen. Four ranges of tables, running through the entire length of the spacious apartment, were covered, for the occasion, with a tastefully arranged profusion of choice viands and wines.

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Washington Irving's Ichabod Crane

In The New York Times, out of New York, New York, dated 26 March 1898, page 24, we find this concerning Washington Irving's short story, "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow," and the possible inspiration for the character Ichabod Crane and the random, suggested recollections of scenes and stories about Tarrytown.

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A Public Library Founded in 1699

In a letter to the editor of the New York Times, Mrs. Emma Maffitt, historian North Carolina Society of Colonial Dames of America, Wilmington, NC, wrote the 6th of March 1898 concerning Public Libraries: "The Acts of the General Assembly of the State of North Carolina," published by Francois Carver Martin, 1795, I find the following, which may be of inert to your readers:"

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Irving's The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

In Reading Times, Reading Pennsylvania, dated 25 October 1877, Thursday, page 1, we find this mention of Washington Irving's short story, "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow:"

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The Sketch Book by Washington Irving

Washington Irving (1783-1859) was born in New York, the eleventh child of a prosperous merchant and Deacon of the Presbyterian Church. An indulged younger son and brother, Irving's formal education was desultory;although trained for the Bar, he never practiced as a lawyer. As a young man he dabbled in popular periodical literature, publishing a series of essays on the theatre and New York society as "The Letters of Jonathan Oldstyle, Gent.", and (following a two year Grand Tour of Europe) the Salmagundi papers with his brother William and friend James K. Paulding.

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Irving And Paulding (1899)

In The New York Times, dated 14 October 1899, Saturday, page 26, we find an article concerning "Irving and Paulding" When They Were Boys - Tarrytown and Sleepy Hollow.

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