While in Europe, Washington Irving (1783-1859) associated himself at different times with William Campbell Preston (1794-1860), Washington Allston (1779-1843) and Louis McLane (1784-1857).
Preston associated in Columbia, South Carolina, with his cousin Edward William Johnston (1799-1867).
In 1829, Harvey Mitchell (1799-1866) was in Massachusetts studying art with Washington Allston, who was originally from South Carolina. In 1832, Harvey married Jane Mary Wood Johnston (1811-1892), sister of Edward William Johnston and Joseph Eggleston Johnston and cousin of William Campbell Preston.
Joseph Eggleston Johnston married Lydia Mulligan Sims McLane (1822-1887), daughter of Louis McLane, in 1845.
In 1846, Louis McLane and Washington Irving together worked on a diplomatic mission in London, for the second time.
During the Nullification Crisis in the early 1830s, Irving "was spending so much time at the McLanes that a rumor made its way around the city [Washington City] that he was planning to marry McLane's daughter Rebecca . . .] which would have subsequently made him Joseph Eggleston Johnston's brother-in-law! (See Brian Jay Jones, Washington Irving, New York: Arcade, 2011, page 308. Originally published in 2008).
During the Nullification Crisis in the early 1830s, Irving "was spending so much time at the McLanes that a rumor made its way around the city [Washington City] that he was planning to marry McLane's daughter Rebecca . . .] which would have subsequently made him Joseph Eggleston Johnston's brother-in-law! (See Brian Jay Jones, Washington Irving, New York: Arcade, 2011, page 308. Originally published in 2008).
Instead, Rebecca Wells McLane (1810-1893) married Philip Hamilton (1802-1884), a son of Alexander Hamilton (1755-1804).
Alexander Hamilton (1816-1889), Philip Hamilton's nephew, served as Washington Irving's secretary in Spain in 1842. He "was the ideal right-hand man for Irving's Spanish adventure, filling the same role Irving had played for Louis McLane" (Jones, Washington Irving, page 349).
Alexander Hamilton (1816-1889), Philip Hamilton's nephew, served as Washington Irving's secretary in Spain in 1842. He "was the ideal right-hand man for Irving's Spanish adventure, filling the same role Irving had played for Louis McLane" (Jones, Washington Irving, page 349).
While living in Washington City, Edward William Johnston helped arrange the papers of Alexander Hamilton, which were published in 1850. This edition was The Works of Alexander Hamilton edited by John Church Hamilton (1792-1882) and published by order of the Joint Library Committee of the US Congress.
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