RICHMOND, [VA.], June 16th, 1856. MY DEAR HUNTER: On my way back from Cincinnati I called to see you in Washington. I had much to say to y...

NEW YORK, [N. Y.], October 18, 1856. MY DEAR SIR: The glorious results of the elections of the 14th Inst in Pennsylvania, Indiana and even...

LAFAYETTE, INDIANA,  November  10, 1856. MY DEAR SIR: The smoke of the battle has cleared away and we are victorious. I congratulate you a...

CHARLOTTE, MECKLENBURG CO., N. C., November 11th, 1856. MY DEAR SIR: I congratulate you and all true national men on the glorious result o...

BALTIMORE, September 27, 1856. MY DEAR GOVERNOR—You and I are, I am glad to know, this time together politically, as we ever have been soc...

BINGHAMPTON, March 25, 1855. MY DEAR ROGERS— *                    *                    *                    *                    * I a...

NEW YORK, [N. Y.], December 25, 1855 . DEAR SIR: We have been applied to by gentlemen of high standing and respectability who desire to pr...

RICHMOND, [VA.], February 5th, 1856 . MY DEAR UNCLE: The Kanawha River bill passed this morning, waiving the State's lien on the tolls...

BOYDTON, VA., February 21, 1856 . DEAR HUNTER: I have just reached home safe and sound—having accomplished the journey with no other disco...

(Confidential.) WHEELING, [VA.], 15th March, 1856. MY DEAR SIR: I arrived here on Thursday morning on my way home, but resolved to spend a...

CHARLESTON, [S. C.], 17th March, 1856 . MY DEAR BUTLER: I have rec[eive]d y[ou]r letter and speech. The best speech you have made and y[ou...

ALTO, [VA.], March 18, 1856 . MY DEAR SIR: You would be amused to learn some of the manouvres which have been resorted to in our state to ...

NEW YORK, [N. Y.], June 23, 1855. MY DEAR SIR: Desirous of urging, most strongly, upon you the necessity of your coming to New York to par...

BROWNSVILLE, [PA.], August 25th, 1855. DEAR HUNTER: I received your letter of the 20th instant this morning and have just shipped the box ...

ST. JAMES, LOUISIANA, December 3rd, 1855. MY DEAR SIR: Your letter only reached me in this outside world a few days since. Its confidence ...

CHARLESTON, [S. C.], 8th June, 1855. MY DEAR HUNTER: Some weeks since I rec[eive]d y[ou]r letter and thank you for y[ou]r efforts in behal...

Wrote Gilpin, District Attorney at Philadelphia, in answer to his private letter as to prosecution for frauds in Philadelphia Navy Yard. T...

Called on the President relative to the appointment of midshipmen. After looking over the list with some care, he finally designated two so...

Steamboat Cataract aground on a bank in the Missouri River October 9, 1856 I know you would enjoy going to Kansas, for it is as gen...

Boston, December 22, 1859. Dear Sir , — I am sorry to see, by a reported speech of yours, that you are among those who have been duped...