Marshfield, April 15, 1851. GENTLEMEN,—I duly received your letter of the 11th of this month, and had fully made up my mind to comply with...

ST. LOUIS, April 3, 1886. Dear Brother: . . . I shall go to California to be in San Francisco August 3d-5th for the Encampment of the G. A...

BOSTON, May 13, 1852. MY DEAR MR. CRITTENDEN,—I received a welcome letter from you weeks ago, for which I have often thanked you in spirit...

WASHINGTON, June 10, 1852. There is no duty, sir, that I more readily perform than that of making atonement frankly and voluntarily for an...

WASHINGTON, 1852. MY DEAR SIR,—Your note of yesterday has given me relief and pleasure. It is certainly true that your remarks at the Pres...

WASHINGTON, June 19, 1852. DEAR SIR,—Conversing to-day with Mr. Clay, I gave him a brief account of my observations at Baltimore. I told h...

[Franklin, N. H., October 1850] I concur, gentlemen, in all the political principles contained in the resolutions, a copy of which has bee...

WASHINGTON, Dec. 14, 1850. C. PIERCE, Esq. MY DEAR SIR, —I am glad to hear from you, and that you think of putting on the harness again. I...

WASHINGTON, Dec. 22, 1850. MY DEAR DOWNER,  I see by the date of my letter that it is Forefathers' Day; and I cannot but ask myself w...

Washington, March 12, 1851. DEAR FLETCHER,—I understand that our neighbor, Mr. Waterman, furnishes Boston bakers, or roasters, which have ...

Washington, March 12, 1851. MY DEAR SIR,—I am tired of sitting, and Mr. Sargent writes this note, while I am acting the part of a peripate...

Washington, March 21, 1851. GENTLEMEN,—On the receipt of letter of the 14th of February, I deemed it advisable to postpone an answer until...

Washington, March 21, 1851. MY DEAR SIR,—Mr. Abbot is right. I did repeat the words. I did say, "Let it rise, let it rise, till it me...

Washington, [March 28, 1851,] Friday, two o'clock. MY DEAR SIR, —I have nothing from you to-day and am besides a little out of sorts. ...

New York, April 7, 1851. MY DEAR SIR,—I hope to arrive to-morrow evening at Boston, with Mrs. Webster, and to go to Marshfield on the afte...

Green Harbor, April 13, one o'clock. MY DEAR SIR,—The meeting is, I presume, to come off on Thursday. So I understand, although as yet...

Marshfield, April 15, 1851. MY DEAR SIR,—I was very glad to receive your letter last evening, and to learn that there was nothing occurrin...

WEST NEWTON, Nov. 15, 1850. MY DEAR MR. AND MRS. COMBE,—I received your brief note from London, dated Sept. 15; and afterwards your letter...

More than ever do I feel the importance to our cause of preventing the Commonwealth from passing into the hands of Webster Whiggery. This, o...

The field of our national politics is still shrouded in mist. Nobody can clearly discern the future. On the Whig side, Fillmore seems to me ...