washington april november american short story writer biographer historian diplomat early 19th century best known short stories legend hollow appear book sketch book historical works include biographies george_washington muhammad histories 15th century spain dealing subjects served ambassador spain literary debut series letters written pseudonym moving england family business achieved international fame publication sketch book continued publish regularly successfully life months death age new_york completed volume biography george_washington american writers earn acclaim europe encouraged american authors admired european writers including lord america genuine internationally best selling author advocated writing legitimate profession argued stronger laws protect american writers copyright infringement biography early years washington parents originally sarah née scottish english immigrants married william serving petty officer children survived adulthood sons named william died infancy fourth child john surviving children william ann peter catherine sarah washington family settled manhattan new_york_city city small vibrant merchant class born april week city residents learned british ended american revolution mother named hero revolution george_washington age help met namesake living new_york inauguration president president blessed young encounter later commemorated small painting hangs home today lived william street time birth family later moved street older brothers active new_york merchants encouraged younger brother literary aspirations supporting financially pursued writing career student preferred adventure stories drama age fourteen regularly class evenings attend theater outbreak yellow fever manhattan prompted family send dispatched stay friend new_york familiar nearby town dutch customs local ghost stories trips hudson teenager including extended visit new_york passed mountain region setting scenery hudson wrote later effect imagination year old began writing letters submitting commentaries city social theater scene purposely evoked writer employ career letters brought early fame moderate notoriety publisher chronicle impressed send pieces daughter writer trip new_york recruit literary magazine editing philadelphia concerned health brothers financed extended tour europe bypassed sites locations considered essential development mobile young man dismay brother william william wrote pleased brother health improving like choice italy leaving florence left venice right instead social skills later world demand guests endeavor things come wrote dinner suit taste endeavor taste suit dinner visiting rome struck friendship american painter nearly allowed persuaded following career painter lot life said later differently cast major writings returned europe study law legal mentor judge new_york_city admission good student barely passed bar began actively group young men dubbed collaborating brother william fellow created literary magazine january writing new_york culture politics manner similar today mad magazine moderate success spreading reputation new_york seventeenth issue dated november nickname anglo saxon word meaning goat town new_york_city late mourning death seventeen year old fiancée completed work major book history new york end dutch dynasty satire self important local history contemporary politics prior publication started hoax akin today viral marketing campaigns placed series missing person new_york newspapers seeking information dutch historian allegedly gone missing hotel new_york_city ruse placed notice allegedly hotel proprietor informing readers failed return hotel pay bill publish manuscript left readers followed story manuscript interest new_york city officials concerned missing historian considered offering reward safe return riding wave public interest created hoax adopting pseudonym dutch historian published history new_york december immediate critical popular success took public remarked gave celebrity original work remarkable uncommon america today surname fictional narrator works nickname manhattan residents general success history new_york searched job eventually editor wrote biographies naval heroes like magazine editors reprint poem defense fort later star banner national anthem united_states like merchants new originally opposed war british attack washington convinced enlist served staff governor new_york commander apart reconnaissance mission region saw real action war disastrous american merchants including family left england attempt salvage family trading company remained europe seventeen years elected member life europe sketch book spent years trying bail family firm financially eventually declare bankruptcy job prospects continued writing summer visited beginning lifelong personal professional friendship continued writing composed short story overnight staying sister sarah husband birmingham england place inspired works october brother william secured post chief clerk united_states_navy urged return home turned offer opting stay england pursue writing career spring sent brother new_york set short prose pieces asked published sketch book installment containing enormous success rest work equally successful issued seven installments new_york volumes london legend hollow appear sixth issue new_york edition second volume london edition like successful authors era struggled literary england sketches reprinted periodicals permission legal practice international copyright law time prevent piracy britain paid american installments published single volume london appealed help publisher remainder book scott referred publisher london powerhouse agreed sketch book publish concurrently united_states britain protect copyright murray english publisher choice reputation years led active social life paris britain literature american write english traveller publisher eager follow success sketch book spent travelling europe search new material reading widely dutch german folk tales hampered writer block depressed death brother william worked slowly finally delivering completed manuscript murray march book medley location based loosely hall occupied members family near sister home birmingham published june format similar sketch book series loosely connected short stories essays reviewers thought lesser imitation sketch book book received readers critics received pleasure book wrote critic think bound gratitude public relieved reception cement reputation european readers struggling writer block traveled germany settling dresden winter royal family attached american living dresden children particularly attracted foster year old daughter emily frustration hand emily finally refused offer marriage spring returned paris began collaborating playwright translations french plays english stage little success learned novelist romantically interested pursued relationship august published collection essays tales traveller including short story devil tom walker persona think best things written told sister book sold traveller dismissed critics panned traveller author public led expect better things wrote united states literary gazette pronounced hurt depressed book reception retreated paris spent year worrying finances ideas projects spanish books paris received letter january recently american minister spain urged join madrid noting number manuscripts dealing spanish conquest americas recently public left madrid enthusiastically began spanish archives colorful material access american consul massive library spanish history began working books offspring hard work history life published january book popular united_states europe editions published end century project published instead pseudonym title page invited stay palace duke gave access library containing medieval manuscripts chronicle conquest published year later followed discoveries companions columbus writings columbus mixture history fiction genre called romantic history based extensive research spanish archives added imaginative elements aimed story works source myth medieval europeans believed earth flat myth flat earth according popular book columbus proved earth round moved ancient palace determined said writings way connected place significant writing underway notified appointment secretary london worried friends family refused position left spain england july secretary american london arriving london joined staff american minister immediately assigned daily secretary work man tapped fill role aide camp worked year negotiate trade agreement united_states finally reaching deal august year awarded medal followed honorary doctorate civil law oxford following recall united_states serve secretary treasury stayed arrival president nominee british minister place resigned post concentrate writing eventually completing tales published concurrently united_states england london received word united states senate refused confirm new minister predicted senate partisan surprised said vote senate goes far presidential chair return america arrived new_york seventeen years abroad september accompanied commissioner companions count surveying mission deep known oklahoma completion western tour traveled washington baltimore acquainted politician novelist frustrated bad investments turned writing generate additional income beginning tour work related recent travels frontier book popular success book written published united_states history new_york approached fur magnate convinced write history fur trading colony american northwest known oregon quick work project shipping biographical account titled february founded saint nicholas society extended stay met explorer intrigued maps stories territories rocky_mountains met washington months later opted sell maps rough notes materials basis book adventures captain works western series books written partly response criticism time england spain european american minds critics especially turned american heritage favor english aristocracy western books particularly tour received united_states british critics accused book making purchased neglected cottage surrounding property new_york house named required constant repair renovation years costs escalating reluctantly agreed regular contributor magazine writing new essays short stories regularly approached aspiring young authors advice endorsement including sought comments fall house usher championed america literature advocating stronger copyright laws protect writers kind piracy initially plagued sketch book writing january issue openly endorsed copyright legislation pending congress young literature wrote daily wonderful energy deserves care legislation pass elected time began friendly correspondence english writer hosted author wife american tour minister spain endorsement secretary state president appointed minister spain surprised honored writing severe trial absent time dear little shall return better enabled carry comfortably hoped position minister allow plenty time write spain state perpetual political tenure number factions control year old queen maintained good relations generals politicians control spain rotated politics warfare exhausting suffering skin condition grew quickly times politics country years life passed united_states political spain dark human nature begin painful doubts fellow man look regret period literary career poor rat rich dreams world medium imagination believe men good wished political situation spain relatively settled continued closely monitor development new government fate isabella official duties spanish minister involved negotiating american trade interests cuba following spanish parliament debates slave trade pressed service american minister london assist negotiating anglo american disagreement oregon border newly elected president vowed resolve final years death returning spain took permanent residence began work author revised edition works publisher publication deal guaranteed percent retail price copies sold agreement unprecedented time death hired estate appointed chairman library forerunner revised older works continued write regularly publishing biographies writer poet work islamic prophet muhammad produced collection stories essays originally written publications began publishing intervals biography namesake george_washington work expected masterpiece volumes biography published traveled regularly washington research struck friendships presidents continued correspondence fame popularity continued don believe man country admiration given america wrote senator letter believe man popular heart author noted best known dwellings land night november months completing final volume washington biography died heart attack bedroom age legend words arrange night end buried simple hollow cemetery december grave commemorated poem churchyard concludes legacy literary reputation largely credited american man letters earn living solely pen december friend poet acknowledged role promoting american literature feel pride renown author claims gratitude adds having win country honourable position history letters perfected american short story american writer place stories firmly united_states german dutch folklore generally credited write vernacular obligation moral short stories writing stories simply entertain encouraged writers noted young literary country personally met hear words sympathy regard encouragement critics including felt given credit writing rated wrote nice distinction drawn reputation pioneer solely writer critic wrote man critics noted especially despite american british critic noted wrote england country critics inclined style refer ambassador sent old banner picked writers critics 19th 20th centuries american american writers wrote critic belonging new world flavor early critics difficulty separating man writer life led author wrote early biographer years passed celebrity personality faded background critics began review writings style substance man message said critic critics conceded despite lack sophisticated themes biographer scathing assessment work agreed wrote impact american culture popularized nickname new_york_city later batman comics movies credited expression dollar surname dutch historian generally associated new_york new seen new_york professional basketball team albeit familiar abbreviated form reading simply brooklyn neighborhood new_york_city parallel streets named avenue forms core neighborhood shopping district lasting contributions american culture way americans perceive celebrate christmas revisions history new_york inserted dream sequence featuring soaring flying wagon creation later dress christmas stories sketch book portrayed celebration old fashioned christmas customs english manor depicted warm hearted english christmas festivities experienced staying hall birmingham england largely abandoned text london old english christmas traditions journal format stories book contributed revival christmas holiday united_states biography introduced erroneous idea europeans believed world flat prior discovery new world borrowed flat earth myth taught schools fact generations americans american painter based paintings scenes works dutch new_york including paintings return memorials artwork noted portrait appeared bank notes contributed wide appeal pictured stamp dedicated washington french stands near entrance village renamed memory literature frequently mentioned novel recurring theme signed people documents military investigations municipalities ordered state chicago illinois neighborhood named indianapolis indiana neighborhood named village new_york changed popular vote honor alive time living nearby today preserved museum influential residents village prevailed reached village change train station convinced change local post office village incorporated april city texas states named local historians believe founders decided city favorite author wife graduate engineer member partial officially adopted author city namesake town texas founded named town honor uncle literary pseudonym organizations enterprises west new_york finger lakes oldest continuous student run organization named named federal currency bank issued paper institutions appealing names found certificates widely accepted portrait appeared bank notes contributed wide appeal outdoor areas structures visitors christ served years life washington home standing south bridge new_york original house surrounding property owned 18th century wrote sketch house house owned operated historic site open public tours united_states schools named places fictional works chicago named honor washington located oklahoma street birmingham england works coordinates
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