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IS 2.2 Story of an Emigrant.
least for the present. I most cordially wish you a pleasant journey to the
field of your new labors, great success there, and a safe return to the land
you have served and loved so well.
" Very truly yours,
" Horace Austin, Governor."
It is true that even after the state convention the governor
did not appoint my successor, but preferred to leave the
office nominally in my hands .in charge of 1113’ very able
assistant, the Hon. Pennock Pusey, until the end of the
term, so that in fact I did not resign, but kept my office
during the whole term for which I had been elected.
In the last week of May I left for Sweden the second time,
taking my family with me. The journey passed very
pleas-antlv over England, Germany and Denmark. We arrived in
Hamburg in the morning of the day when the Hamburgian
troops returned under Prince Carl from the Franco-Prussian
war, and made a triumphant entry into the city, being
received with the greatest enthusiasm by the whole populace.
It was indeed a grand sight, as j 11 these troops marched bv
our hotel, men and horses literally covered with wreaths,
flowers and bouquets, thrown over them by the grateful
people. On this journey I carried important business letters
from leading railroad men in Minnesota to some capitalists
in Holland, who had advanced several million dollars for the
construction of railroads in our state. I mention this,
because it paved my way to very important business
connections with prominent Hollanders a few years afterward.
Shortly before entering upon this journey, a private
banking and foreign exchange business was established in St.
Paul under the linn name of II. Mattson &Co. My partners
were Consul II. Sahlgaard and A. T. Lindholm, who
successfully managed the business during my absence. A few vears
later this affair was merged into the St. Paul Savings Bank,
of which Mr. Sahlgaard became the cashier, while Mr.
Lindholm and
mvsclt both withdrew. 1 he banking firm II. Matt-
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