It would have helped if you'd referred to "The Devil and
Tom Walker". However, the eagle-eyed Sherlock Holmes figured it
out.
Notice when this story is set: 1727, almost 50 years
before the Declaration of Independence, when America was pretty much wilderness,
inhabited by Indians and possibly anything else you wanted to imagine. This was the
"New World", named so after Columbus and others discovered this unsuspected land across
the sea.
This should give you a hint on how to find
mentions of the Devil's dealings in the new world.
But the
question, as you posed it, is about "special dealings" in the new
world.
Irving's devil was not quite the same character as
the Devil of the old world (Europe), and Irving altered some European stories to suit
his purpose. Perhaps the "special dealiings" were the ones Irving made
up?
See the reference link below for more
information.
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