WASHINGTON, July 13, 1851. A Virginian told me yesterday that he saw I kept preaching; and, upon my evincing some curiosity to know what h...

WASHINGTON, December, 1851. MY DEAR MR. COMBE, — . . . In this political wrangle, I, who before was, in some respects, very popular, have ...

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5, 1851. MY DEAR FRIENDS MR. AND MRS. COMBE, — Politics in this country do not, as they should, mean a science, but a con...

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. DEAR CRITTENDEN,—If Messrs. Crittenden and Burnley, or either of them, want exercise, let them visit the sick. Here I am ensco...

I do not see our future on the Presidential question. The recent declaration of Toombs seems ominous of a break-up, in which I should rejoic...

We have before us in Massachusetts a very bitter period of political strife, to last till the Presidential election. After that the Free Soi...

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 ...

I heard of your illness, while I was in New York, with great regret. Time and distance did not allow me to see you at your suburban retreat,...

BINGHAMTON, N. Y., December 1, 1852. MY DEAR SIR—I thank you most kindly for your generous letter of the 24th inst., and feelingly appreci...

BALTIMORE, Md., October 27, 1851. MY DEAR SIR—I feel extremely anxious to obtain some authentic account as to the probable result of your ...

BINGHAMTON, May 22, 1852. MY DEAR R.—Lydia will not go to Baltimore. I took Mrs. Birdsall in 1835, before her marriage, and it cured my cu...

WASHINGTON, June 10, 1852. MY DEAR SIR—I am not going to write you a long letter, but hope it will not be an unsatisfactory one. I thank y...

[Extract.] ROCHESTER, July 2, 1852. MY DEAR SIR—One thing above all others do I most regret: that is, when you were literally buried with ...

TAPPAHANNOCK, ESSEX Co., VA., August 2nd, 1852. MY DEAR SIR: The Federal press and party are circulating a charge against Genl. Pierce, th...

MILLEDGEVILLE, GEORGIA, October 23rd, 1852. MY DEAR SIR: I have just had the pleasure of reading, your speech, delivered some time ago in ...

RICHMOND, [Va.], February 7, 1852. MY DEAR SIR: For some days past, I have been suffering serious inconvenience and confinement from my ve...

SARATOGA, [VA.], May 8th, 1852. DEAR HUNTER: I received your very able and valuable report on “a change in the coinage,” and was highly de...

ASHLAND, September 26, 1851. MY DEAR SIR,—I received your favor of the 19th instant, with the memorial inclosed. On the subject of the nex...

ASHLAND, June 14, 1851. MY DEAR SIR,—I duly received your favor of the 29th ultimo, stating that some of my friends in New York have it un...