Charlestown, Jefferson County, Va. , Nov. 30, 1859. Mrs. Mary Gal E (or the writer of the writing). 1 Dear Friend , — I have only t...

Charlestown, Jefferson County, Va ., Nov. 21, 1859. My Dear Wife , — Your most welcome letter of the 13th instant I got yesterday. I am...

Charlestown, Jefferson County, Va ., Oct. 31, 1859. My Dear Wife And Children, Every One, — I suppose you have learned before this by ...

Chambersburg, Penn ., Oct. I, 1859. Dear Wife And Children, All , — I parted with Martha and Anne at Harrisburg, yesterday, in company ...

We have only two black men with us now; one of these has a wife and seven children in slavery. I sometimes feel as though I could not make ...