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Watercolor of Washington Irving's encounter with George Washington, painted in 1854 by George Bernard Butler Jr. The Irving family settled in Manhattan, and were part of the city's merchant class. Washington was born on April 3, 1783, [ 1 ] the same week that New York City residents learned of the British ceasefire which ended the American ...
Salmagundi; or The Whim-whams and Opinions of Launcelot Langstaff, Esq. & Others, commonly referred to as Salmagundi, was a 19th-century satirical periodical created and written by American writer Washington Irving, his oldest brother William, and James Kirke Paulding.
William Irving (August 15, 1766 – November 9, 1821) was an American politician who served three terms as a United States representative from New York from 1814 to 1819. He was the eldest brother of author Washington Irving .
The following is a list of characters from the Fox supernatural drama television series Sleepy Hollow, which is loosely based on the 1820 Halloween short story "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" by Washington Irving with added concepts from "Rip Van Winkle", also by Irving. [1]
Peter Irving (October 30, 1771 - June 27, 1838) was an American physician, author, and politician who was the brother of Washington Irving, William Irving and John T. Irving. Early life [ edit ]
"Rip Van Winkle" (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈrɪp fɑŋ ˈʋɪŋkəl]) is a short story by the American author Washington Irving, first published in 1819. It follows a Dutch-American villager in colonial America named Rip Van Winkle who meets mysterious Dutchmen, imbibes their strong liquor and falls deeply asleep in the Catskill Mountains .
Max Spielberg, born June 13, 1985, in Los Angeles, California, is the son of Steven Spielberg and his first wife Amy Irving. Following in his father's footsteps, Max Spielberg has pursued a career ...
While staying with Astor, Bonneville met Washington Irving. Bonneville regaled Irving with tales of his adventures, tales that Bonneville planned to include in a book he was working on. A month or two later, Irving visited Bonneville again, at the D.C. barracks where the latter was staying. Bonneville was having difficulties writing his adventures.