BOSTON, May 13, 1852. MY DEAR MR. CRITTENDEN,—I received a welcome letter from you weeks ago, for which I have often thanked you in spirit...

WASHINGTON, June 10, 1852. There is no duty, sir, that I more readily perform than that of making atonement frankly and voluntarily for an...

WASHINGTON, 1852. MY DEAR SIR,—Your note of yesterday has given me relief and pleasure. It is certainly true that your remarks at the Pres...

WASHINGTON, June 19, 1852. DEAR SIR,—Conversing to-day with Mr. Clay, I gave him a brief account of my observations at Baltimore. I told h...

WASHINGTON. DEAR CRITTENDEN,—If Messrs. Crittenden and Burnley, or either of them, want exercise, let them visit the sick. Here I am ensco...

Tuesday evening. MY DEAR SIR,—Colonel King has just mentioned to me (and I am sorry he did not do so before we left the Senate) that you fel...

WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 17, 1852. MY DEAR SIR,—It is the wish of the committee that the birthnight celebration come off at Willard's H...

Mr. Crittenden, in answer to loud calls from all parts of the hall, rose and said: Mr. PRESIDENT,—I regret that in this company, where the...

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6, 1852. MY DEAR SIR,—I see the Whigs are to meet in Frankfort on the 24th of this month to select delegates to the natio...

WASHINGTON, November 1, 1851. DEAR COOMBS [ sic ],—I received your kind and friendly letter, for which I thank you. My position in respect...

WASHINGTON, Nov. 12, 1851. DEAR ORLANDO,—Before this can reach you, the senatorial question will have been disposed of, and, as I anticipa...

FRANKFORT, December 3, 1851. MY DEAR SIR,—I propose to say a few words to you about the senatorial election. You and your family and frien...

WASHINGTON, December 5, 1851. MY DEAR SIR,—You and other friends have been so remiss in writing to me that I have been, and am still, to a...

WASHINGTON, December 8, 1851. MY DEAR SIR,—I received to-day your letter of the 3d inst. You know precisely how much and how little I have...

DEPARTMENT OF STATE, WASHINGTON, October 22, 1851. The undersigned, acting Secretary of State of the United States, has the honor to remin...

My father was yesterday much depressed. He had held a long conversation with Mr. Crittenden and requested me to treat him kindly. Besides a ...

BUENA VISTA, DELAWARE, October 8, 1851. MY DEAR CRITTENDEN,—Square yourself, for I have a favor to ask of you for one of my friends. Don...

BUENA VISTA, DELAWARE, October 27, 1851. MY DEAR CRITTENDEN,—I see our friend Conrad has ordered my nephew, James C. Douglass, to the Port...

Washington, July 23, 1850. MY DEAR SON,—I gave directions yesterday, to have my old rooms arranged for me. This morning, at ten o'cloc...

WASHINGTON, April 21, 1851. SIR, Your letter of the 12th inst. was received yesterday, and read with painful surprise. It is marked with ...