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

WASHINGTON, March 16, 1861. Every day affords proof of the absence of any settled policy or harmonious concert of action in the administra...

ONLY, NEAR ONANCOCK, VA., April 16, 1853. MY DEAR HUNTER: I thank you for yours of the 11th. I did not expect you would be able to tell me...

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...

Saturday evening, February 9, 1861. MY DEAR SIR: I communicated to Governor Pickens what passed between us as to Mr. Holt's letter, an...

BROWN'S HOTEL, WASHINGTON, February 13, 1861. I have a moment to myself just before tea, and I may have time to write you in haste som...

TUESDAY, February 19, 1861. MY DEAR SIR: I do not believe a word of it. My last dispatch from Judge Robertson is wholly different. I am at...

WEDNESDAY, February 20, 1861. MY DEAR SIR: I dispatched the telegram at about five o'clock. No answer yet. Perhaps it was referred to ...

TWO O'CLOCK P. M., February 20, 1861. MY DEAR SIR: I have this moment received a telegram from Charleston. The Governor says: Received...

BROWN'S HOTEL, February 24, 1861. MY DEAR SIR: I think you may rely upon tranquillity at the South. Since you left me I have made part...

Rained all night; warm. A large stable burned down within sixty yards of our dwelling, last night, and not one of the family heard the upr...

FELLOW-CITIZENS: I feel impelled, by a strong sense of duty, to address to you this communication. If it shall seem to you more appropriate ...

WHEATLAND, NEAR LANCASTER, September 9, 1850. MY DEAR SIR—In examining the proceedings of the Senate on Thursday last, I find that they ha...

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...

WHEATLAND, near Lancaster, 14th June, 1850. GENTLEMEN—I have been honored by the receipt of your invitation to the public dinner to be giv...

RICHMOND, [Va.], 13th February 1851. MY DEAR SIR: Permit me to introduce to your acquaintance my esteemed friend Col[onel] Fuqua, a member...

SHERWOOD FOREST, Jan. 1, 1861. MY DEAR COLONEL: I am deeply concerned at the condition of public affairs. No ray of light yet appears to d...

To the Governor of the State of Virginia: DEAR SIR, SHERWOOD FOREST, January 31, 1861. I received your communication notifying me of...