Washington Irving collection, 1683-1839, bulk (bulk 1753-1839)

Summary

Creators:

Hopkins, Timothy, 1859-1937, collector.

Abstract:

Collection is composed of autograph letters of prominent colonial, revolutionary, and early American figures which are interleaved in the five volume work by Washington Irving, LIFE OF GEORGE WASHINGTON. The letters were bound into the work by R. W. Smith in 1878-1879 for Timothy Hopkins.

Extent:

5 v.

Language:

English.

Preferred citation:

Washington Irving collection. M0104 / 973.41.W31IRA F. Dept. of Special Collections, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.

Background

Scope and content:

Collection is composed of autograph letters of prominent colonial, revolutionary, and early American figures which are interleaved in the five volume work by Washington Irving, LIFE OF GEORGE WASHINGTON. The letters were bound into the work by R. W. Smith in 1878-1879 for Timothy Hopkins.

Acquisition information:

Gift of Timothy Hopkins, 1936.

Indexed terms

Names:

Adams, John, 1735-1826.
Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848.
Arnold, Benedict, 1741-1801.
Boone, Daniel, 1734-1820.
Boudinot, Elias, 1740-1821.
Braddock, Edward.
Brant, Joseph, 1742-1807.
Burgoyne, John, 1722-1792.
Burr, Aaron, 1756-1836.
Cadwallader, John.
Clinton, Henry, Sir, 1738?-1795.
Clinton, James.
Cogswell, I.
Dinwiddie, Robert, 1693-1770.
Hamilton, Alexander, 1757-1804.
Hancock, John., 1737-1793.
Henry, Patrick, 1736-1799.
Howard, J. G.
Humphreys, David, 1752-1818.
Huntington, Jedediah.
Huntington, Samuel, 1731-1796.
Irving, Washington, 1783-1859.
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826.
Johnson, William, Sir, 1715-1774.
Jones, John Paul, 1747-1792.
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806.
Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier,.
Lear, Tobias.
Lee, Andrew.
Lee, Richard Henry, 1732-1794.
Lincoln, Benjamin, 1733-1810.
Livingston, Robert R., 1746-1813.
Marshall, John, 1755-1835.
Monroe, James, 1758-1831.
Morgan, Daniel.
Morris, Robert, 1734-1806.
Moultrie, William.
Paine, Thomas, 1737-1809.
Parker, Hyde.
Penn, William, 1644-1718.
Pickering, Timothy, 1745-1829.
Pinckney, Charles Cotesworth, 1746-1825.
Pinkney, William, 1764-1822.
Putnam, Israel, 1718-1790.
Randolph, Edmund, 1753-1813.
Schuyler, Philip John, 1733-1804.
Sherman, Roger, 1721-1793.
St. Clair, Anthony.
Steuben, Friedrich Wilhelm Ludolf Gerhard Augustin, Baron von,.
Tallmadge, B., General.
Thomson, Charles, 1729-1824.
Thomson, James, 1700-1748.
Trumbull, John, 1750-1831.
Washington, George, 1732-1799.
Wayne, Anthony, 1745-1796.
Weisner, Conrad.
White, William, Bishop.
Wilkinson, James, 1757-1825.
Williams, Jonathan.
Williams, O. H.
Wirt, William.
17th century--United States.
18th century--United States.

Restrictions:

None.

Terms of access:

Property rights reside with the repository. Literary rights reside with the creators of the documents or their heirs. To obtain permission to publish or reproduce, please contact the Public Services Librarian of the Dept. of Special Collections.

The photocopy of the typescript of John Paul Jone's material supplied by the New York Historical Society, which is found in the collection file for this collection, cannot be reproduced.

Preferred citation:

Washington Irving collection. M0104 / 973.41.W31IRA F. Dept. of Special Collections, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.

Location of this collection:

Stanford University, Manuscripts Division

Department of Special Collections, Green Library

557 Escondido Mall

Stanford, CA 94305-6004, US

Contact:

(650) 725-1022

specialcollections@stanford.edu

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