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Letter to Horatio Gates, Rose Hill

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Thomas Addis Emmet collection, [legacy collection]

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Series XXII. Irving's Life of Washington

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Title
Letter to Horatio Gates, Rose Hill
Names
Gates, Horatio, 1728-1806 (Recipient)
Armstrong, John (Creator)
Collection

Thomas Addis Emmet collection, [legacy collection]

Series XXII. Irving's Life of Washington

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1483 - 1876 (Approximate)
Place: Clermont, N.Y.
Date Created: 1800-01-02
Library locations
Manuscripts and Archives Division
Shelf locator: MssCol 927
Genres
Documents
Notes
Funding: Digitization was made possible by a lead gift from The Polonsky Foundation.
Citation/reference: EM13380-14457
Physical Description
A. L. S. 2 pp. Fo
Description
New York. Has withdrawn from the festivity of the parlor to present to Gates the sincerest wishes that a friendship of twenty-three years could frame; knows not that a protracted life was a more reasonable wish, or desirable object than at present, when every hour productive of some great event in the interest of mankind; to Gates and himself looking to a political millenium, (the religious they leave to John Jay), the drama is of infinite moment; but what are human hopes! their old acquaintance, Washington, was not without his, his constitution, etc., bespoke a firmness which might have carried him 15 or 20 years into the present century, -- but he was not permitted to pass its threshold; "nil nisi bonum de mortuis" has been universally adopted; good fortune has not abandoned her favorite at the grave; the dead Washington fated to be as little known and as much misrepresented as the living; has bespoken his own eulogy; it was reported that the Pliny of our Trajan is David Humphries, who had already tried his powers on the life and labors of old Putnam, [Humphrey's Essay on the Life of .... Israel Putnam, Philadelphia, 1798]; too much to expect him to quicken the dead, the choice of subject betrayed a want of judgment, the manner of execution a want of everything a biographer ought to have; understands [Charles] Lee and [Gouverneur] Morris were appointed to make the funeral orations at Philadelphia and New York; Lee might be tolerable, but let Morris study and let him write and he shall never rise above contempt; concludes with domestic details and friendly wishes.
Type of Resource
Text
Languages
English
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b11868616
MSS Unit ID: 927
Archives EAD ID: 279455
Calendar number: EM. 14285
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 8ab46dd0-002c-0130-3693-58d385a7bc34
Rights Statement
The New York Public Library believes that this item is in the public domain under the laws of the United States, but did not make a determination as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. This item may not be in the public domain under the laws of other countries. Though not required, if you want to credit us as the source, please use the following statement, "From The New York Public Library," and provide a link back to the item on our Digital Collections site. Doing so helps us track how our collection is used and helps justify freely releasing even more content in the future.

Item timeline of events

  • 1483: Created (Approximate)
  • 1728: Creator Born
  • 1800: Place
  • 1806: Creator Died
  • 2015: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

MLA Format

Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. "Letter to Horatio Gates, Rose Hill" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1483 - 1876. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/bf9cc762-78fd-8c19-e040-e00a18060263

Chicago/Turabian Format

Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. "Letter to Horatio Gates, Rose Hill" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 25, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/bf9cc762-78fd-8c19-e040-e00a18060263

APA Format

Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. (1483 - 1876). Letter to Horatio Gates, Rose Hill Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/bf9cc762-78fd-8c19-e040-e00a18060263

Wikipedia Citation

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Letter to Horatio Gates, Rose Hill