Received twenty-four boxes, saddles, bridles, halters, etc. Sent to Camp. Got a detail and put them all in a house and locked them up. We to...

John B. Gough lectured in Bemis Hall last night and was entertained by Governor Clark. I told Grandfather that I had an invitation to the le...

Dear Friend: I send the “Letter to a Young Contributor,” which will cover nine or ten pages. I am sorry to say that this household u...

Worcester, June, 1859 I got home from Pennsylvania on Friday morning. Whittier was in the same region a month before me and he said, “G...

Edgar returned from college; arrived at midnight. Greetings full, hearty, and cordial this morning. For a week preparations for the festiva...

From the Washington Chronicle. General Cameron, American minister to St. Petersburg, now in this city on official business, is known to...

St Petersburg June 26, 1862. My dear Sir, I must begin this my first letter from Russia, by thanking you for your message to Congre...

Cedarcroft, Kennett Square, Pa ., October 31,1861. I hoped to have fallen in with you when I was in New York t'other day, but my st...

Gotha , June 15, 1861. Even at this distance you are not safe from me. My wife wishes very much to get a copy of the “Confessions of a ...

Cedarcroft, Kknnett Square, Pa ., May 13, 1861. Being in New York three or four days ago, I found the package at the Tribune office, wh...

Tuesday, April 23. We are fast getting armed and organized here. An armed band of traitors has been within thirty-seven miles of us. We...

Cedarcroft , Sunday, April 21, 1861. Everything here is upside down. We live almost in a state of siege, with the rumors of war flying ...

Burlington, Iowa , February 23, 1860. Dear James : I must begin to cultivate Southern pronunciation and Southern orthography to prepare...