Saturday, October 11, 2014

Charles Russell Lowell to Edward Jackson, April 24, 1861

Washington, April 24, '61.

I have come down here anticipating that Lincoln's “masterly inactivity” would soon force a crisis. The Mount Savage Company owes me about $325, but could not give me any currency that would pass in Washington. I am going to buy a horse, and shall probably have to draw on you (or Mother) for the money necessary for that and for my board and lodging for a month or so — shall draw for $225 or $250 probably. If you will pay the draft, I will settle as soon as I get home. I have no position yet, but hope to get a place on the staff by and by.

SOURCE: Edward Waldo Emerson, Life and Letters of Charles Russell Lowell, p. 203

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