WASHINGTON IRVING•He was born in New York City in 1783.•He was named after George Washington•He was the youngest of 11 children.•He was the first American to make a living entirely from writing.•He used many pen names, but the most famous was Diedrich Knickerbocker.•A “Knickerbocker” eventually meant anyone from New York, and it became the name of the New York basketball team, today known as the New York Knicks.

He lived in Europe for many years and knew some famous literary people

Mary Shelley, the author of Frankenstein

Charles Dickens, the author of ATale of Two Cities

He is most famous for two American stories:“The Legend of Sleepy Hollow”“Rip Van Winkle

He died on November 28, 1859

He is buried in Sleepy Hollow Cemetery in Tarrytown, New York.

Hudson River Valley

Location of Tarrytown, New York

Map of Sleepy Hollow and Tarrytown, New York

HESSIAN TROOPERA Hessian trooper was a German soldier who was paid to fight for

England during the Revolutionary War. King George III of England

was from Germany. The colonists hated them.

Site of Major André's capture in Tarrytown, New York

Spindles; these were used in a spinning wheel; thread produced by the wheel was wound (spun) around the long axis.

Snipe

Weather Cock

COTTON MATHER

Cotton Mather was an influential Puritan minister in New England during the early 1700’s. He was

involved in the Salem witch trials.

ST. VITUSSaint Vitus lived in Sicily and died in 303 A.D. We know little about

him. In the 16th century, Germans would dance in front of his statue

on his feast day (June 15), and this became a mania. St. Vitus is the patron saint for dancers. St. Vius Dance is a the name of a disease

characterized by jerky, uncontrolled movements.

MAJOR ANDRĖ

Major André was a traitor in the Revolutionary War who helped

Benedict Arnold. He was arrested and hanged.

The Old North Church and its burying ground in Sleepy Hollow, New York