Washington, March 26, 1861.
My Dear Sir:
Yours of the 23rd did not reach me until last night.
More than ever I cherish old friends, those whom I knew and esteemed in my early years. Of that number, now unhappily rapidly diminishing, I include yourself. I wish I could see you before I cross the wide water; but in view of my present engagements I am at a loss to know how I can arrange for a meeting.
I honor you for your inflexible devotion to the great cause of the South—a cause which at last has been gloriously won. You eminently deserve remunerative public employment. and as far as my influence extends I am not only willing but anxious to assist you in obtaining it.
The Congress of the Confederate States will re-assemble at Montgomery on the second Monday in May. The permanent government will probably be inaugurated about the beginning of December. I may be back by that time. If so I will argue in person your capacity and your claims, otherwise, for such a place as you may designate. The present provisional salaries are all low. They will perhaps be increased after a while.
What will suit you? Inform me at London. Direct your letter to the care of Messrs. Baring Brothers & Co. I leave here tomorrow.
Yours of the 23rd did not reach me until last night.
More than ever I cherish old friends, those whom I knew and esteemed in my early years. Of that number, now unhappily rapidly diminishing, I include yourself. I wish I could see you before I cross the wide water; but in view of my present engagements I am at a loss to know how I can arrange for a meeting.
I honor you for your inflexible devotion to the great cause of the South—a cause which at last has been gloriously won. You eminently deserve remunerative public employment. and as far as my influence extends I am not only willing but anxious to assist you in obtaining it.
The Congress of the Confederate States will re-assemble at Montgomery on the second Monday in May. The permanent government will probably be inaugurated about the beginning of December. I may be back by that time. If so I will argue in person your capacity and your claims, otherwise, for such a place as you may designate. The present provisional salaries are all low. They will perhaps be increased after a while.
What will suit you? Inform me at London. Direct your letter to the care of Messrs. Baring Brothers & Co. I leave here tomorrow.
Your Friend Truly.
A. Dudley Mann
A. Dudley Mann
John B. Jones. Esq.
Burlington.
NJ.
Burlington.
NJ.