UNITED STATES SENATE,           WASHINGTON, D.C., May 4, 1884. Dear Brother: . . . While in Ohio I heard a great deal of politics, and ch...

St. Louis, June 7, 1884. Dear Brother: Now that the Convention at Chicago has nominated Blaine and Logan, I feel such a sense of relief that...

HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE UNITED STATES,           WASHINGTON, D.C., Aug. 28, 1874. Dear Brother: . . . Don't ever give any person the ...

Judge J. T. Hale called on me to say he had had a conversation with the President and had learned from him that I had his confidence and tha...

Have had no time the last ten eventful days to open this book; and am now in haste. In the Senate as well as in the House, there has been ...

Portland , September 2, 1860. My Dear Pike : I have been absent all the week, and on my return find your letter of the 29th. My opinion...

Private. Chicago , Monday A. M., May 16, 1860. My Dear Sir , — I arrived here Saturday night.   . . . I may mention, however, that t...