. Jay Cooke, financier of the Civil War . l soonexpect a letter from Jay and frequently from Sarah. Will yoube so kind as to aid me by urging them to write often. In themeantime you must write again yourself. Tell me everything,—the sleigh rides, the deaths, the accidents, the fights, the wed-dings, the railroad news, the Ridge news, the price of flour, pork,beef, etc., the kind and quantity of wood on hand, and everythingelse you can think of. Write me a long letter and tell Jay towrite long also. If you learn well this winter, I will send youto Mt. Vernon next or bring you on with me to Wash
. Jay Cooke, financier of the Civil War . l soonexpect a letter from Jay and frequently from Sarah. Will yoube so kind as to aid me by urging them to write often. In themeantime you must write again yourself. Tell me everything,—the sleigh rides, the deaths, the accidents, the fights, the wed-dings, the railroad news, the Ridge news, the price of flour, pork,beef, etc., the kind and quantity of wood on hand, and everythingelse you can think of. Write me a long letter and tell Jay towrite long also. If you learn well this winter, I will send youto Mt. Vernon next or bring you on with me to Washington,where you will see General Jackson, Mr. Clay, Mr. Adams, andall the other great and splendid men in the nation. Let me con-jure you to be a good boy in all things, and above all to wasteno time, but devote all your leisure hours to study. The weatherthis day is colder here than it has been ever known before in 1 These letters are in the possession of Jay Cookes niece, Pitt Cookesdaughter, Mrs. T. Morrison Sloane, of Sandusky, MRS. ELEUTHEROS COOKE, JAY COOKE S MOTHERFrom a painting in possession of Jay Cooke, Jr. FINANCIER OF THE CIVIL WAR ^3 Washington. The poor are suffering and almost perishing forwood, and the Httle shivering inmates of their wretched abodesbeset our walks and beg with tears for charity. What thinkyou of this, my dear fellow? How fortunate is your situationcompared with theirs. Tell Henry D. I love him and wish hecould also write to me. Take good care of him and be kind toyour mother. Many cold and some warm months must passbefore I can see you and my old dear home again, but they willsoon roll away, and my heart will again be gladdened by thesociety of my children and my friends. I would write more buthave other letters to answer and must bid you, my dear son,adieu. Very affectionately I am your anxious father, E. Cooke. On February i6, 1832, Eleutheros Cooke wrote fromthe House of Representatives: Dear Pitt: We are now engaged in determining
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