The life and letters of Washington Irving . de him exact a promise from me to visithim this winter. From Washington, he writes to Sarah Irving, at Sunny-side :— I am most comfortably fixed at Mr. Kennedys, with a capital room,and every thing snug about me for writing or reading or lounging. received me in her own frank, kind manner. She could not treat mebetter even if she were a niece. I understand my friend Major Jack Down-ing is in Washington with his family ; also A H^———, who is here pleading a cause before the Supreme Court. I found my darling little friend, Mrs. S , on a morning
The life and letters of Washington Irving . de him exact a promise from me to visithim this winter. From Washington, he writes to Sarah Irving, at Sunny-side :— I am most comfortably fixed at Mr. Kennedys, with a capital room,and every thing snug about me for writing or reading or lounging. received me in her own frank, kind manner. She could not treat mebetter even if she were a niece. I understand my friend Major Jack Down-ing is in Washington with his family ; also A H^———, who is here pleading a cause before the Supreme Court. I found my darling little friend, Mrs. S , on a morning visit to Mrs. K., on my arrival, so that I see I shall meet with lots of agreeable company. I wish, however, tokeep out of the whirl so long as I can, that I may get among the archivesof the State Department, before I am carried off my feet by Friday evening is the Presidents levee, which I shall attend, and thenI shall be launched. And launched he was, if not immersed, as we shall see by theletters which follow :—. ^lyA-^-i .^nin. e ^ DT-OM A r,Ai>r|l; Til if/jl IJE^ATOFK, f, GOlTr LIFE AND LETTERS OF WASHINGTON IRVING. 145 \To Miss Catherine Irving, Sunnyside.] Washington, January 23, Dear Kate :— I am in the midst of terrible dissipation, and in great danger of beingcarried away by it, in spite of all my efforts at sober life. I have threeyoung belles in the house with me, on a visit to Mrs. K. They are verypretty, very amiable, very lady-like, and one of them very musical; and Icould make myself very happy at home with them, if Tom, Dick, andHarry out-of-doors would leave me alone; but I am assailed with invita-tions of all kinds, which I find it impossible entirely to fight off. Yesterday I made a delightful excursion, with some of our householdand some of the young folks of the Presidents family, down the Potomac,in a steamer, to Mount Vernon. We began by a very pleasant breakfastat the Presidents where we
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