Gentlemen, I fear you have committed a great error in appointing me to the honorable position you have assigned me. A long separation from a...

May 6th, 1861. Having had an acquaintance with your father and formed an attachment to him for the noble and generous principles held by him...

March17th. I have heard Wirt in another great case, opposed by Clay and Harper. Wirt rises with the occasion and the opposing force. The bi...

Having given my estate called Ashfield to my daughter Elizabeth, which estate cost me about six thousand dollars, it is my will and intenti...

My very infirm and weak state of health, having rendered it altogether impossible for me to manage my own concerns in any one circumstance,...

Senate Chamber , Dec. 22nd, 1822. Dear Sir : We arrived here on the 9th ins. myself, Elizabeth and the child. We are very well, but h...

Washington City , Dec. 16th, 1821. dear Sir: We left Missouri 13th Oct. We were all very well there during the summer, Elizabeth bett...

Washington City , Dec. 20th, 1820. My Dear Sir: I could not have forgiven myself for crossing the Allegheny without calling at your h...

Camp Between New Market And Sparta , Thursday, April 24, 1862. When I awoke on Easter morning in my dripping bivouac, and looked gloo...

Head-quarters, Department of the East, New York City, August 17, 1863. To the Citizens of New York: The draft of men in this city t...

My diary has been somewhat neglected, for after looking over commissary accounts for six hours in the day, and attending to home or hospita...

Camp At Aldie, Va ., June 25, 1863. Reynolds's honors, commanding the right wing, only lasted two days, for as soon as we got to Ma...

Camp At Aldie, Va ., June 23, 1863. Yesterday General Pleasanton drove the enemy's cavalry across what is called the Loudoun Valley...

The following Letter from Mr. CLAY to the Editors was forwarded from Raleigh on the day of its date, but did not reach our hands in time fo...