Fine day—At work in office. out at Cox's to tea. “Help me Cassius or I sink” received a long letter from Hon David Davis, Tho s A Marsh...

Springfield, Ills May 21 1860 Dear Browning— There must be no mistake about carrying Illinois— Our honor is pledged to it— To conduce to...

It cannot be alleged that members of Congress are exercising an undue influence on the Convention. Among the five hundred or more delegates ...

. . . . In the evening Judd and Usher, and Nicolay and I were talking politics and blackguarding our friends in the Council Chamber. A grea...