June, 1865. Gerrit Smith , Esq., New York: Dear Sir, — The events which, with increasing emphasis are inscribing our national history...

I dined to-day with S. S. Cox. He spoke of Greeley’s foolish   Chase explosion the other night at Wendell Phillip’s Cooper Institute meetin...

Some talk in Cabinet of Thayer's scheme of emigration to Florida. 1 Blair read his opinion of the proposition for making a new Stat...

At the meeting last evening there were present of the committee Senators Collamer, Fessenden, Harris, Trumbull, Grimes, Howard, Sumner, and...

The Secretary of State sends me an important dispatch from Stuart, British Charg é d'Affaires during the absence of Lord Lyons, in whi...

Washington, D.C., June 18, 1861 I write to thank you, for your kindness in presiding at the meeting at Cooper Institute, and for the spe...

New York, March 20, 1864. . . . You have observed that the Fremont men have held their first meeting. Did I tell you that I was called...