Boston , July 4th, 1852. Dearest Sumner : — I got your note yesterday, and read most of it to Carter; 1 afterwards I sent it to Parker...

Boston , May 19, 1852. Dearest Sumner : — I wrote you a very hasty note from my office to-day. Kossuth left us yesterday. At his re...

Boston , May 11, 1852. My Dear Sumner : — I have been somewhat taken up with Kossuth's matters, though I work indirectly and not pu...

Dear Friend: I send the “Letter to a Young Contributor,” which will cover nine or ten pages. I am sorry to say that this household u...

July 10, 1859 Dearest Mother: Emerson says, “To-day is a king in disguise”; and it is sometimes odd to think that these men and women...

Boston , January 21st, 1852. My Dear Mann : — It seems an age since I have seen you and long since I have had a word about you. There ...

Marienberg, Boppart , Sept. 7, '50. My Dear Sumner : — Here I am at last where I ought to have been two months ago. This is a most ...

London , Aug.11, '50. My Dear Sumner : — At last we have done with England, and go to Paris to-morrow morning, where we shall join ...

London , July 5th, 1850. My Dear Parker : — We have been here in this great maelstrom for nearly a week. On entering it and driving on,...

Much excited about plans and prospects. Chev has bought the house in Boylston Place. 1 God grant it may be for the best. Determine to have...

. . . Read Kant on state rights. According to him, wars of conquest are allowable only in a state of nature, not in a state of peace (which...

Rights and duties are inseparable in human beings. God has rights without duties. Men have rights and duties. If a slave have not rights, h...

Attended the meeting at Faneuil Hall, for the consideration of reconstruction of the Southern States. Dana made a statement to the effect t...

Worked much on Essay. . . . In the evening said to Laura: “Jeff Davis will be taken tomorrow.” Was so strongly impressed with the thought t...

The first thing I heard in the morning was the news of the capture of Jeff Davis. This made me think of my preluding the night before. . . ...

. . . heard of Wilkes Booth's death — shot on refusing to give himself up — the best thing that could have happened to himself and his ...

The day of President Lincoln's funeral. A sad, disconnected day. I could not work, but strolled around to see the houses, variously dra...

A black day in history, though outwardly most fair. President Lincoln was assassinated in his box at the theatre, last evening, by J. Wilke...

. . . . Richmond was taken this morning. Laus Deo! SOURCE: Laura E. Richards & Maud Howe Elliott,  Julia Ward Howe, 1819-1910 , ...

Maud's boots, $3.00, Vegetables, .12, Bread, .04 . . . Ribbons for victory, .40. To-day we have the news of Lee's surrender with th...