Letter from Mr. Gessler, Cádiz, to Washington Irving, 1828 June 17 : autograph manuscript signed.

Apologizing for his silence, but he moved to Cadiz and has fallen in love with and is getting married to Aurore Shaw (Maria Aurora Shaw de Murphy). He says that in his last letter, Irving wrote that by remaining in Seville, he was afraid of being forgotten by the rest of the world. He hopes that Irving isn't referring to him or to the d'Oubril household. He assures him of their devoted friendship. The proof of this, he says, is in a letter from Mme Constance (Dubois), who wrote that she saw a portrait of Irving by Wilkie and couldn't stop admiring it. It was a pleasure to see the face of Irving, who is so worthy of esteem. She is holding onto Irving's letters as precious memories. Since Irving writes in English and Constance doesn't speak English, she has to use a dictionary to look up all the words, because Antoinette is too busy to translate for her. Gessler's niece in Russia has read Irving's works and has loved them. When she learned that Gessler and Irving had traveled together, she asked Gessler to send him her best regards. She, and others of his Russian admirers, hopes that he will one day come to Russia. He hopes that all this news will help Irving to realize that he has friends everywhere.