Very cold and windy. Rode an hour and a half. Called at the United States Hotel on Captain John Brown, the old Kansas hero. Found Governor ...

Charlestown, Jefferson County, Va. , Nov. 24, 1859. My Dear Mrs. Spring , —Your ever welcome letter of the 19th inst., together with t...

At this time there is a great effort making to get enough to rebuild the hotel and to place two more mills where they have been promised. I...

Osawatomie, Kansas , Dec. 2, 1858. Dear Children , — I have a moment to write you, and I hasten to improve it. My health is some improv...

Osawatomie, Kansas , Oct. 11, 1858. Dear Wife And Children, All , — I wrote you sometime since, enclosing G. Smith's check for fift...

Osawatomie, Kansas , Sept . 9, 1858. Dear Wife And Children, All , — I received Henry's letter of the 21st July a long time ago, bu...

Osawatomie, Kansas , Sept. 10, 1858. Dear Friend, And Other Friends , — Your kind and very welcome letter of the 11th July was received...

Boston, Mass ., March 7, 1858. My Dear Sir , — Since you know I have an almost countless brood of poor hungry chickens to “scratch for...

Tabor, Fremont County, Iowa , Oct. 5, 1857. E. B. Whitman, Esq. Dear Sir , — Please send me by Mr. Charles P. Tidd what money you hav...

Lawrence, K. T ., June 24, 1857. My Dear Friend , — I received your letter, dated from Ohio the 9th instant, a few days ago. I fear I s...

Osawatomie , Oct. 12, 1857. Captain Brown. Dear Sir , — Learning that there is a messenger in town from you, I will take the opportun...

Lawrence, Sept. 14, 1856. Captain John Brown. My Dear Sir , — I take this opportunity to express to you my sincere gratification tha...

Monday Morning , Sept. 8, 1856. Dear Father And Brother , — Colonel Blood has just handed me your letter, for which I am most grateful....

The Fight Of Osawatomie. Early in the morning of the 30th of August the enemy's scouts approached to within one mile and a half of ...

Lawrence, Kansas Territory , Sept. 7, 1856. Dear Wife And Children, Every One , — I have one moment to write to you, to say that I am y...

August 19. The affair last mentioned was conducted with such expedition that the United States troops, located about a mile off, had no...

I propose, in order to make this meeting as useful and interesting as I can, to try and give a correct idea of the condition of things in K...