American merchant, brother of Washington Irving; born in New York City, on the 15th of August 1766. He was a fur-trader on the Mohawk River until 1793, when he settled near New York and married a sister of James Paulding, one of the authors of Salmagundi. He was elected for three terms in Congress (1814–18), when he resigned on account of failing health. His contributions to Salmagundi, if collected, would give him a distinct place among American humorists. He died in New York on the 9th of November 1821. See also “The Days of Grogram Grandames.”
