On Communipaw
Autograph Manuscript fragment relating to the New Nederlend settlement of Communipaw, with a clipped signature pasted at the bottom of the text.
np: nd.
Price: $1,000.00
About the item
c. 90 words, with emendations. 12mo (13 x 8.75 cm). On Communipaw. Tipped onto a larger sheet.
Item #305544
"But it is not merely as the parent of the metropolis that Communipaw is to be revered. It is the last hope of the chosen people of the New Nederlend where the sceptre of ancient rule lies buried..." A fragment of an unidentified work on Communipaw, the New Nederlend community situated in present day Jersey City, which retained its Dutch character well into the 19th century, and which Irving visited frequently to draw inspiration.
