PUBLIC "-//University of Virginia::Library::Special Collections Dept.//TEXT (US::ViU::viu02749::Washington Irving Letter)//EN" "viu02749.xml" A Guide to the Washington Irving Letter, 2 July 1854Irving, Washington, Letter from 6256-al Special Collections Department, University of Virginia Library © 2002 By the Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia. All rights reserved.

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 Machine-readable finding aid derived from MS Word 2000, created by Peter Capuano, Description is in English Feb 20, 2004 PUBLIC "-//University of Virginia::Library::Special Collections Dept.//TEXT (US::ViU::viu02749::Washington Irving Letter)//EN" "viu02749.xml" converted from EAD 1.0 to 2002 by v1to02.xsl (sy2003-10-15). Feb 27, 2004 converted to conform to eadVIVA.dtd by vivastrict.xsl A Guide to the Washington Irving Letter, 2 July 1854 A Collection in the Clifton Waller Barrett Library The Special Collections Department 6256-al

Special Collections Department, University of Virginia Library 2002 Special Collections Department Web version of the finding aid funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Special Collections, University of Virginia Library Descriptive Summary Special Collections, University of Virginia Library Washington Irving Letter, 2 July 1854 6256-al This collection consists of 1 item, ALS, 2 pages. English Administrative Information Access Restrictions

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Washington Irving Letter, Accession # 6256-al, Special Collections Dept., University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.

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This collection was purchased on 29 January 1992.

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Washington Irving, "Sunnyside," New York, to George Henry, declines Henry's dinner invitation due to another commitment and expresses his pleasure that the artist is about to paint a set of views of the private grounds of Windsor Castle under the special sanction of Queen Victoria, "This will be sufficient to attract public attention. The truthfulness of your pencil will do all the rest."