Washington sentinel. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1856, 1856-04-17

saS- We have been permitted to copy the
following letter, emitting the names, as a lite
rary curiosity:
MARCH q 1856 Michigem
Dear Sir | Want Some information as
have no acquaintance With any Man in New.
york / viii venter to Wright to the post mas.
ter in Newyork Who / think Can give me the
gratest information Of any one thare & | hope
he Will be Kind enough to grant me his ass.
lance as fur as he Can now / Will tell Won
What | Want TO find a man Of the Name Of
- | have lost his given name but | think
his given name Was Samuel Now Will tel
you Why Want to find him a CRATE While n
90 in 1907 he Card the 6rst male from Utica
to Watertown through the Black river Country
! lived in the town OF Harrisburgh Lewis Coun.
~ at that time 4 Cep tavern he useto Call
on me once Week so become some acuuan.
ted With him he Carried the male one or two
years d Was very faithful & Calld honest
4 trusty 4 bore a good name he told me they
Was Selling tickets in utica on prize of 10000
Dollars at Dolls pr ticket So / sent IS by
him he brought me a ticket a When il
Drawd he he node it q Wanted should send
the ticket out by him 10 get it Examined told
him should not send the ticket but he Could
take the Number he said he Could not pit il
examined Without the ticket finally HING
Round amost all Day & at last let him have
it TO Return Next Week and at the Same time
] sent fifty Dollars by him TO paw 10 - in
rnrin 30 milds on his Road But he Did not
Call on Hooker But Cleard Strate tbongbt
SO much of his honesty took no Reject tbare
] Was Came l had no title to follow him Nv
the best information | Can git the Ticker
Drawd l5000S all he Was Worth in the World
When he Card the male Was an old Dagan of
horse not Worth forty Dollars he Was sean
While after he Run away by an acquaintance
OF mine that knowed him in New York in a
grand Garage supposed 10 be his own By that
l think he may be In New york now sporting
on my money He is smallish man should
think about FIVE feet FIVE or Six Inches HIGH
Rather Dark Comeplection Dark hair he ia not
CRATE talker / should think If he IL n live be
Would be about rs or years old il is probable
he has family per haps boys men proan now
II you Will take hold of this inquerey q find
the Man if he is alive & By ngenus inouerey
lind he was the first male Carer through the
Black River Country he Is the man then Care.
full inquirey find We had Deal together a that
had sent money by him to paw 10 - in
turin then git him acknowledge he Brought me
a ticket from utica & If you Can pit him 10 ac.
knoledge he took the ticket to eit Examined
d if you should find him & git his acknowledge.
ment So that you Can be Witness for me
against him Wright TO me if he is man Of
Property So that Can Collect What il Due
me or one half of What he has taken from me
/ VIII Come Right Down as quick as | oft
though With him Will pay you one hundred
boilers for your trouble / have thought he
Would Change his name 10 keep Clear of me
If 50 per haps he might DO found by size and
age il he is Dead & you find the family Croud
them hard to send me the fifty Dollars sent
by him TO pay to ---- in turin a the Interest
49 years if you should find Haw ct & he is
Flch With my money after Citing all the Wit
ness out Of him you Can tell him am SO
years old Cannot Come & see him Il he
must send me that fifty Dollars sent by him
TO - d the Interest If he Does save zoos
to yourself send the Remainder If YOU have |
not time to attend to it yourself perhaps You |
have Some trusty Man about you that under. |
take il DO it with Care to my benefit If rou |
find be has moved Of Wright 10 me WHARF a
bis circumstances Do Wright to me as soon as !