The subject of advertising came up. Dennison had made inquiry and ascertained that the Intelligencer had the largest circulation. Stanton sa...

HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE UNITED STATES, ST. LOUIS, Mo., Nov. 17, 1875. Dear Brother: . . . Belknap has acted badly by me ever since he re...

To the Governor of the State of Virginia: DEAR SIR, SHERWOOD FOREST, January 31, 1861. I received your communication notifying me of...

Not a very long session of the Cabinet. Some conversation in regard to the Rebel leaders led me to inquire whether it might not be best to p...

Called on Secretary of the Treasury in behalf of Pease of Janesville for collector. He, McCulloch, defers too much to the dictates of Member...

As I went into the President's office this morning and was passing him to enter the library, he took occasion to express his satisfactio...

Met General Thomas of the Army of the Tennessee at the President's. He has a fine, soldierly appearance, and my impressions are that he ...

Have been unable to write daily. The President has released A. H. Stephens, Regan, Trenholm, and others on parole, and less dissatisfaction ...

No. 1. Report of Brig. Gen. Rufus Saxton, U. S. Army. BEAUFORT, S.C., March 14 , 1863 .  SIR: I have the honor to report that the exp...

Seward presented some matters of interest in relation to the Spanish-American States. Spain is getting in difficulty with Chili and also Per...

At my special request the President made an order restoring General Hawley to duty, who had been mustered out of service. Had some conversat...

Bright and beautiful. All quiet below, save an occasional booming from the fleet. Nothing from Georgia in the papers, save the conjectures...

There was no Cabinet-session. The President is not yet well. Seward and Speed are absent. Stanton, I hear, is sick. Captain Drayton is very ...

The Cabinet-meeting was full. Stanton submitted an application from Judge Campbell, asking to be released from imprisonment in Pulaski. Sewa...

The Pawnee left to-day for Portsmouth. Edgar went in her, though with some reluctance. Newton Case, of Hartford, wishes me to get permissi...

But little of importance at the Cabinet. Seward read a letter from Bigelow, Minister at Paris, representing that indications were that Maxim...

Last Tuesday, when on board the Pawnee with the President and Cabinet, Stanton took me aside and desired to know if the Navy could not spare...

The President to-day in Cabinet, after current business was disposed of, brought forward the subject of Jefferson Davis' trial, on which...

A very warm day. Thermometer 90 and upward. Chief subject at the Cabinet was the offense and the disposition of J. Davis. The President, it ...

The week has been one of intense heat, and I have been both busy and indolent. Incidents have passed without daily record. The President has...