{"id":65969,"date":"2016-04-30T08:32:54","date_gmt":"2016-04-30T13:32:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cw-chronicles.com\/blog\/?page_id=65969"},"modified":"2020-07-26T11:05:12","modified_gmt":"2020-07-26T16:05:12","slug":"correspondence1-from-a-dudley-mann-to-john-beauchamp-jones-march-26-1861","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.cw-chronicles.com\/blog\/correspondence1-from-a-dudley-mann-to-john-beauchamp-jones-march-26-1861\/","title":{"rendered":"Correspondence from A. Dudley Mann to John Beauchamp Jones March 26 1861"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"right\">Washington, March 26, 1861.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">My Dear Sir:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/exit78\/26106616654\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; float: right; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"S2SS12B2_8414\" src=\"http:\/\/www.cw-chronicles.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/S2SS12B2_8414.jpg\" alt=\"S2SS12B2_8414\" width=\"114\" height=\"141\" align=\"right\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>Yours of the 23rd did not reach me until last night.<\/p>\n<p>More than ever I cherish old friends, those whom I knew and esteemed in my early years. Of that number, now unhappily rapidly dimimishing, 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.<\/p>\n<p>I honor you for your inflexible devotion to the great cause of the South \u2014 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.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/exit78\/26646512771\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; float: right; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"S2SS12B2_8425\" src=\"http:\/\/www.cw-chronicles.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/S2SS12B2_8425.jpg\" alt=\"S2SS12B2_8425\" width=\"114\" height=\"141\" align=\"right\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>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.<\/p>\n<p>What will suit you? Inform me at London. Direct your letter to the care of Messrs. Baring Brothers &amp; Co. I leave here tomorrow.<\/p>\n<p align=\"right\">Your Friend Truly,<br \/>\nA. DudIey Mann<\/p>\n<p>John B. Jones, Esq.<br \/>\nBurlington, N.J.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>1. Mann, Abrose Dudley; <a href=\"http:\/\/digital.lib.miamioh.edu\/cdm\/ref\/collection\/richey\/id\/805\">Correspondence to John Beauchamp Jones; March 26, 1861<\/a>; Samuel W. Richey Collection of the Southern Confederacy, Miami University Libraries digital collections, Oxford, Ohio<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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 dimimishing, I include yourself. I wish I could see you before I cross the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-65969","page","type-page","status-publish"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.cw-chronicles.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/65969","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.cw-chronicles.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.cw-chronicles.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.cw-chronicles.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.cw-chronicles.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=65969"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.cw-chronicles.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/65969\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.cw-chronicles.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65969"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}