Hon. Eli Thayer’s scheme for colonization by armed men of Southern States meets with much favor by the President, Secretary of war and other...

I have often thought that the industrious efforts to persuade the people that I have been untrue to freedom in Kansas, present the most rem...

Some talk in Cabinet of Thayer's scheme of emigration to Florida. 1 Blair read his opinion of the proposition for making a new Stat...

Worcester, April 20, 1857. John Brown , Esq. Dear Sir , — Your letter to Mr. Thayer was handed us by him with the twenty dollars, an...

April 17, 1857. Friend Brown , — I have received your letter containing twenty dollars, and have given it over with contents to Allen &...

April 4, 1857. Messrs. Allen & Wheelock , — Captain Brown wishes to get a cannon and rifle which I have given him so sighted as to ...

Springfield, Mass ., April 16, 1857. Hon. Eli Thayer . My Dear Sir , — I am advised that one of “Uncle Sam's hounds is on my trac...

Worcester , March 30, 1857. Captain Brown , — I have received your letter from Easton, Penn. Some of the men engaged in the Virginia sc...

Worcester , March 19, 1857. Friend Brown , — I have seen some of our friends to-day, and they say you had better come here next Monday....

Worcester , March 18, 1857. Friend Brown , — I have just returned from Albany, and find your favor of the 16th. I am glad you had a goo...

The President called a special meeting of the Cabinet to-day, and asked our judgments on two questions: First, as to the expediency of...