Boston , May 11, 1852. My Dear Sumner : — I have been somewhat taken up with Kossuth's matters, though I work indirectly and not pu...

New York , November 9th, 1846. My Dear Sumner : — I wrote you from the storm and bustle of New York, while you are in the midst of the ...

September, 1846. My Dear Sumner : — I want you to repeat to yourself, aloud, all your objections to speaking to-night; to challenge eac...

New York , June 12,1861. . . . My morning papers have not yet arrived. Is this delay connected with the unsuccessful fight at Newport N...

New York , May 11, 1861. I must write to you, my dear Hillard, although I have nothing to state, to give, or to ask, except, indeed, wh...