LADIES AND GENTLEMEN: Of course I do not expect—speaking from this platform, and to you— to say any thing on the vital question of the hour,...

Washington, July 12, 1850. Friday morning. MY DEAR SIR,—You will hear various rumors respecting appointments to the Cabinet, but none of t...

Washington, February 16, 1850. MY DEAR SIR,—I felt very much obliged to you for your letter of the 9th of January. I am preparing an editi...

CAMP ON BEAR CREEK, July 4, 1863. Major-General GRANT: MY DEAR GENERAL: The telegraph has just announced to me that Vicksburg is ours; its ...

Mr. Eames has returned and brings me word that O'Conor decides he will not break over his rule of trying no more jury cases. He therefor...

ASHEBORO, May 22nd, 1861 . This State is now a perfect unit as the North seems to be. No man desired or worked harder than myself to prese...

The President and exPresidents of Harvard College met at Whipple's by my request, to be photographed together for the college library. ...

Boston , Jan. 16th, 1853. My Dear Sumner : — You never yet performed the friendly office of criticizing anything of mine that I did not...

Inauguration of president at Cambridge. Heavy rain in morning. Went to Cambridge in the saddle; got to Boston from there at half past nine,...

Storm. Agreed to be at Faneuil Hall and act as an officer of the meeting. Public meeting at Faneuil Hall. A grand affair. The crowd was ver...

Thursday, 29, 1856 We have been in the most painful state of excitement relative to Kansas matters and dear Charles Sumner, whose condi...

Camp White , April 15, Evening. Dearest : — Your short business letter came this afternoon. I do not yet know about your coming here du...

I dined to-day at Wise’s with Mr. Everett. He is a very delightful old gentleman in his personal and family relations. His talk to his gran...

Nov. 18 we started from Washington to go to the consecration of the Soldiers’ Cemetery at Gettysburg. On our train were the President, Sewa...

boston , January 4th I have this day received your favor of the 2d, with an enclosed printed paper, to which my signature is requested,...

Boston , May 29, 1860. . . . We go to Lunenburg on Friday. As soon as there I shall write out my observations on binocular vision, etc....

Boston , May 17,1860. My Dear Henry ,   . . . On Friday I made my address to the Natural History Society on their thirtieth anniversary...

Ampthill, February 7, 1862. My Dear Motley : My dear wife and myself have had for weeks past a great longing to hear something about ...