Wolfert’s Roost, 1855

1855 edition of Wolfert's Roost by Washington Irving generously donated by author Neil Cohen. Wolfert's Roost tells the story of Irving's home Sunnyside which began almost 200 years before he lived there with Wolfert Acker, a Dutch-American inhabitant of the region. His property, Wolfert's Roost, was part of the Manor of Philipsburg. Among other buildings, Wolfert's Roost contained...

The Old Dutch Burying Ground of Sleepy Hollow, 1953

The Old Dutch Burying Ground of Sleepy Hollow A Record of the early gravestones and their inscriptions published by The Rand Press, Boston , 1953

LSH 1889

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, 1889

LSH publication by Sleepy Hollow Press 1974

The first page of the LSH. The only existing manuscript known, property of the New York Public Library The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, copyright 1974 published by Sleepy Hollow Restorations, Inc. with Felix O.C Darley colorized illustrations. Darley was the first to illustrate The Legend of Sleepy Hollow in 1848.

The Legend Of Sleepy Hollow, First Page

The first page in the only known manuscript of "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" from the Henry W. And Albert A. Berg Collection of the New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundation