WASHINGTON, June 29, 1852. Mr. Clay is dead: he expired between eleven and twelve o'clock this morning. . . . Probably no public man e...

ASHLAND, May 23, 1848. MY DEAR SIR, — I received your kind letter of the 19th instant, and I feel greatly obliged by the confidence in me ...

QUINCY, May 24, 1848. MY DEAR SIR, — On behalf of my mother and the few surviving relatives of my late father, as well as for myself, perm...

NEW YORK, June 9, 1848. MY DEAR SIR, — The mis-representatives of the Whig party have at length consummated the greatest act of national i...

NEW YORK, June, 1848. MY DEAR MR. CLAY, — I write to you in the fullness of my heart, not to condole with you, for though I feel all the p...

ASHLAND, June 22, 1848. MY DEAR SIR, — I wished much to see you, and hope soon to meet you. I got your letter from Choles' on your way...

ASHLAND, June 28, 1848. GENTLEMEN, — I received your favor adverting to certain reports in circulation in respect to me, with regard to t...

Fort Hill 6th Sept 1847 MY DEAR SIR, I agree with you, that the political condition of all western Europe is very unsettled, and especiall...

NEW YORK, January 17, 1858. MY DEAR MR. DICKINSON—Upon taking up this morning's  Herald  I was deeply pained to learn that by being th...

ASHLAND, July 4, 1848. DEAR SIR,—I comply so far with the request contained in your note of the 23d ultimo, as to acknowledge its receipt,...

ASHLAND, July 19, 1848. If I have not before written to you, my dear Miss Susan, I pray you to believe that my silence has not proceeded f...

ELIZABETHTOWN, N. J., July 19, 1848. MY DEAR MR. CLAY,—I have been most unfortunate in respect to your very kind note to me of May 30, add...

ASHLAND, August 5, 1848. MY DEAR SIR,—I received, at the Estell Springs (from which I returned yesterday), your favor transmitting a sketc...

ASHLAND, August 24, 1848. MY DEAR SIR,—I duly received, and perused with lively interest and gratitude, your friendly letter of the 27th u...

NEW YORK, February 22, 1854. MY DEAR SIR,—I was delighted this morning on taking up the  Enquirer  to see that you have taken a bold stand...

ASHLAND, September 10, 1848. MY DEAR SIR, I received your friendly letter, and beg you to be perfectly assured of my undiminished regard a...

ASHLAND, September 16, 1848. MY DEAR SIR,—I received your favor of the 9th instant, informing me of the movement of some of my friends in ...

ASHLAND, September 20, 1848. GENTLEMEN, I have received your official letter as members of the (Whig) Democratic General Committee of the ...

NEW YORK, Νον. 12, 1889. Dear Brother: . . . I was very glad to receive your full letter of November 9th, to hear that you are safely bac...

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...