Washington Irving

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Soon after Knickerbocker came out, Irving went to Albany in the fruitless pursuit of a minor court appointment. There he found his name come not altogether pleasantly before him...

But this might be the modest speech of a middle-aged lover. Years later the written reminiscences of the two daughters unmistakably impute the attentions of the brilliant Americ...

A visit to Washington to clear up various odds and ends of his diplomatic experience resulted in an interview with President Jackson, which he reported in a letter to Peter Irvi...

A year later he had gained far better health and spirits. On his sixty-second birthday--"I caught myself bounding upstairs three steps at a time, to the astonishment of the port...