Irving, Washington 1783-1859 creator Kemble, E. W. (Edward Windsor) 1861-1933 text utu 2026 monographic en 1 online resource : multiple file formats A History of New York, subtitled From the Beginning of the World to the End of the Dutch Dynasty, is an 1809 literary parody on the early history of New York City by Washington Irving. Originally published under the pseudonym Diedrich Knickerbocker, later editions that acknowledged Irving's authorship were printed as Knickerbocker's History of New York. The book is significant as early media describing what became modern Christmas traditions in the United States. (This summary is from Wikipedia.) Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_History_of_New_York Release date is 2026-05-22 Richard Tonsing, Charlene Taylor, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) Originally published: New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1893 New York (State) -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 F106 New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1893 https://archive.org/details/knickerbockershi01irvi94/page/n11/mode/2up https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/78730 https://archive.org/details/knickerbockershi01irvi94/page/n11/mode/2up https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/78730 UtSlPG 260607 20260610134827.0 78730