For several days have been so much engaged that I have found no time to open this book and innumerable private letters go unanswered. An a...

The Philadelphia movement is gaining strength, but at the same time encountering tremendous and violent opposition from the Radicals. I trus...

Judge Blair gave me yesterday a carefully prepared paper intended for the Philadelphia Convention. It had twelve specifications, — declarati...

Seward was not at Cabinet, having had a sudden call to Auburn. It was a dodge to avoid an open committal with the Philadelphia Convention. A...

Read Commodore Winslow's letter and correspondence relative to New Orleans riot and my reply to the President, who was pleased and appro...

Seward has run off to Auburn and left Stanbery to attend upon the Hawaiian dowager, Queen Emma. He finds it awkward and embarrassing, but do...

There are comparatively few persons here in attendance on the President or Departments. The Philadelphia Convention has drawn off most of th...

We are having, I think, as warm weather as I have ever experienced. The papers have a curt letter from Speed resigning his office. He has al...

Senator Doolittle took tea with me. He wished me to go with him to the President, where some friends were to assemble to consider and decide...

The President sent me a note this A.M. to call upon him this evening at eight. Although under the doctor's care and ordered to remain pe...

For two or three days I have been prostrated by a severe attack of indigestion, yet against the remonstrance of Dr. H. I went to the Preside...

We had not a protracted Cabinet meeting nor any specially interesting topic. I had thought the subject of the call for the convention, which...

I understand that the Democratic Members of Congress have concluded to unite in the movement for the national convention of the 14th of Augu...