Shady Hill , 30 September, 1862. Your note was most welcome. It was delightful to exchange congratulations on the Declaration, not of I...

Shady Hill, 27 May, 1861. . . . My last letter to you was written a day or two before the fall of Fort Sumter. Since then I have wishe...

Shady Hill , April 10,1861. . . . Truly this is a time when one may well be glad to be on the spot to study our public affairs. Our tro...

Shady Hill , 10 February, 1861. . . . Well, since I wrote last to you, great things have been going on here. It has been no time for wr...

Shady Hill , 11 December, 1860. . . . Confusion and alarm are the order of the day with us. The movement for the breaking-up of the Uni...

London: July 4, 1861. On coming back from abroad ten days ago I received two letters from you, one of which I had received by copy from...

Freshwater, Isle of Wight : March 10, 1861. I hope your being at home may be understood to prove that you are a good deal stronger. I a...

Council Office : December 5. We are here in a state of rifle fever, which I do not think will be allayed by the imperial smooth words. ...

Shady Hill , 6 December, 1859. . . . Have you read the accounts of John Brown's invasion of Virginia, of his capture, trial, and de...