RICHMOND, June 16, 1861. I rejoice in an opportunity to write you through the kindness of a gentleman who has some means of communication ...

SHERWOOD FOREST, July 24, 1861. You cannot think what a happiness your letter was to me yesterday. I had also received that one sent by ex...

SHERWOOD FOREST, VA., April 18, 1861. By my last letter from the President the convention was sitting with closed doors. The vote was prob...

SHERWOOD FOREST, CHARLES CITY CO., April 25, 1861. In these times you must write often, if only a few words. I have no letters to-day from...

SHERWOOD FOREST, May 4, 1861. If we find it best not to stay here, for health or other reasons, we will all go into the mountains. What wi...

SHERWOOD FOREST, VA., May 7, 1861. MY DEAR MAMMA: Mr. Clopton goes to Richmond in the morning (by land), and it is a good opportunity to w...

SHERWOOD FOREST, May 11, 1861. I only write you one word this morning to say all continues well with us, and that I receive punctually you...

RICHMOND, May 2, 1861. MY DEAR MRS GARDINER: I have but a moment ago received your letter from the hands of Mrs. Pegram, and regret to per...

RICHMOND, April 16, 1861. Well, dearest, your letter received this morning placed me much at ease relative to the dear children. I hope yo...

RICHMOND, April 17, 1 1861. Well, my dearest one, Virginia has severed her connection with the Northern hive of abolitionists, and takes...

Mr. Bruce has the floor for Monday. The Peace Conference plan has gone the way of all the Capulets. The committee makes it the basis of a ne...

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...

BROWN'S HOTEL, WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 3, 1861. I hasten to write you this evening of my arrival, with the President, Alex., baby and ...

BROWN'S HOTEL, February 4, 1861. MY DEAR MAMMA: I hastily write you a few lines before retiring. The box by express came safely to han...

SHERWOOD FOREST, January 19, 1860. MY DEAR ROBERT: To-day the General Assembly give a complimentary dinner to Gov. Wise, and I have been i...

SHERWOOD FOREST, May 30, 1860. MY DEAR SIR: I owe you many thanks for your kind recollection of me at all times, and more especially of la...

No news from the armies. Mrs. ex-President Tyler, who has already been permitted to visit her native State, New York, once or twice ...

The Rebel and the Rose: James A. Semple, Julia Gardiner Tyler and the Lost Confederate Gold By Wesley Millett & Gerald White Did yo...