Letter from John Carlin to Frederick William Seward, December 26, 1861
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Letter from John Carlin to Frederick William Seward, December 26, 1861
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Repository:Rare Books and Special Collections
Date:1861-12-26
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Letter from John Carlin to Frederick William Seward, December 26, 1861
action: sent
sender: John Carlin
Birth: 1813-06-15
Death: 1891-04-23
location: New York, NY
receiver: Frederick Seward
Birth: 1830-07-08
Death: 1915-04-25
location: Washington D.C., US
transcription: csh
revision: crb 2017-06-08
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No 120 West 25th St.
New York Dec 26, 1861
F.W. Seward Esq.
My Dear Friend
After due consideration,
I decided to address you instead of
your estimable father
Birth: 1801-05-16 Death: 1872-10-10
, for the reason of hismind being so absorbed in the foreign
affairs.—and the Trent difficulty in particular,—
as to render it improper even for his most
intimate
Inmost; inward • Near; close • Close in friendship or acquaintance • One to whom the thoughts of another are shared without reserve • To share together • To hint; to suggest obscurely; to give slight notice of •
friend to disturb it.My business as a miniature painter, which
in former days throve, has from month to
month been dying, on account of the increas
-ing popularity of photographing, which you no
doubt know monopolizes the legitimate
business of artists,—and has now met its
death. Thus, looking upon my large
family
Birth: 1858
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sustenance of life, I feel extremely
anxious to find some suitable situation
as a clerk, solely to earn bread for these
interesting members of my household.
Now, my good friend, I would like
to ascertain whether I could obtain
such a situation in any Department
at Washington City, as I have learned
from the journals, that many clerks
of doubtful loyalty have been discharged.
Pray, don’t take me for an office
seeker for, in fact, my nature revolts
at the bare idea that I am an
office hunter.
The Trent affair gives your father
a fine opportunity to develop his
statesmanship to its fullest extent; and
I trust, with God’s help and blessings
he will ultimately bring our old, stout
ship of State over to a safe port, without
any material injury done to her
timbers and reputation.
My best regards to him and his
lady
Birth: 1805-09-24 Death: 1865-06-21
.Yours, sincerely
John Carlin.