Tarrytown, New York
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Tarrytown is a village in the town of Greenburgh in Westchester County, New York, United States, in the New York metropolitan area. It is located on the eastern bank of the Hudson River, approximately
Intersection of Broadway and Main Street in 2026.
Illustration of Tarrytown c. 1828
"The Action at Tarrytown" commemorative plaque near Tarrytown Station
Monument on the site of John André's capture in what is now Patriot's Park
Washington Irving
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Washington Irving was an American short-story writer, essayist, biographer, historian, and diplomat of the early 19th century. He wrote the short stories "Rip Van Winkle" and "The Legend of Sleepy Hol
Tarrytown, New York
…on multiple occasions, both as Commander of the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War and later as President of the United States. The writer Washington Irving first came to Tarrytown in 1798, sent there by his parents to stay with a friend during the yellow fever outbreak in New York City. He would return…
Portrait of Washington Irving in about 1820, attributed to Charles Robert Leslie
Watercolor of Washington Irving's encounter with George Washington, painted in 1854 by George Bernard Butler Jr.
The fictional "Diedrich Knickerbocker" from the frontispiece of A History of New York, a wash drawing by Felix O. C. Darley
Portrait of Washington Irving in 1809 at about 26 years old, by John Wesley Jarvis