. Jay Cooke, financier of the Civil War . ointments. He had health and strength which inyouth were not given to his brothers Pitt and the Ma-jor, as they called Henry D., both of whom were stillat their studies. Jay was ambitious, industrious, andfaithful to each days duties. In the brokerage andbanking business, he found the calling for which he wasnaturally designed, and was not long in recognizingthe fact through the real enjoyment that the occupa-tion afforded him. Only one month after his arrival inPhiladelphia, he wrote to Pitt: I take much more pleasure in living here than I did last su
. Jay Cooke, financier of the Civil War . ointments. He had health and strength which inyouth were not given to his brothers Pitt and the Ma-jor, as they called Henry D., both of whom were stillat their studies. Jay was ambitious, industrious, andfaithful to each days duties. In the brokerage andbanking business, he found the calling for which he wasnaturally designed, and was not long in recognizingthe fact through the real enjoyment that the occupa-tion afforded him. Only one month after his arrival inPhiladelphia, he wrote to Pitt: I take much more pleasure in living here than I did last sum-mer, as my new business is much better and I find that my oldfriends have not forgotten me after my short absence. I havea number of valuable ones who may be of service to me city life, when all things conduce to your comfort and happi-ness, is really delightful. Mine is the very height of business I am engaged in is of the most respectable kind andthe house is the first in the city. Although I have been with. ENOCH W. CLARK From the otl portrait which he presented to Jay Cooke, now the property ofMrs. Charles D. Barney FINANCIER OF THE CHTL WAR 53 them only four weeks, I have now the most responsible station itaffords. I never was engaged in anything that exactly suitedme until now. Besides the duties of the office, I am privatesecretary- to John Sturdivant, Esq., and manage his money opera-tions of Sioo,ooo per annum with all ease and without interfer-ing with my necessary* rest or recreation. I have a splendidroom in connection with a young man of Mr. Sturdivants, car-peted, bureaus, mirrors, tables, wash-stands, etc., and a bed tomyself about equal to mothers in the front chamber. Bootsblacked, coats brushed, breakfast at eight, dinner at three, teaat seven, and sup at eleven p. m. \\hat do you think of this?Is it not much better tlian I could have expected? I have goton the right side of fortune in Philadelphia and if prudence,punctualit}, and
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