WASHINGTON, Dec. 22, 1850. MY DEAR DOWNER,  I see by the date of my letter that it is Forefathers' Day; and I cannot but ask myself w...

SEPT. 2. You may expect, notwithstanding what Miss ——— says, that Mr. E—— will vote with the Northern proslavery men, and help decide all ...

SEPT. 4. We had two or three proslavery speeches yesterday, and we have been taking some very interesting questions this morning. This who...

SEPT. 8, 1850. Texas has not a particle of rightful claim to all the north-western region this bill contends for; but she has passed a law...

SEPT. 9. Eureka! Eureka! or at least almost Eureka! The House has passed a resolution this morning to adjourn three weeks from to-day. It ...

PLATTE CITY, [Mo.], March 4, 1855. DEAR HUNTER: The Elections in Kansas came off on the 30th ult, the pro slavery ticket prevailed every w...

CHARLESTON, [S. C.], 8th June, 1855. MY DEAR HUNTER: Some weeks since I rec[eive]d y[ou]r letter and thank you for y[ou]r efforts in behal...

SPEECH IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, JULY 19, 1850, ON THE ADMISSION OF THE DELEGATE FROM NEW MEXICO IN ADVANCE OF HER TERRITORIAL ORGANI...

JULY 29, 1850. We have just heard that Mr. Winthrop has been appointed senator to fill the place made vacant by Mr. Webster. Under the cir...

CAMP SAXTON, BEAUFORT, February 8, 1863. I feel that it was a little cowardly in me to run away from camp yesterday, but I knew that three...

CAMP SAXTON, BEAUFORT, February 8, 1863. I feel that it was a little cowardly in me to run away from camp yesterday, but I knew that three...

(Private and Confidential) New Orleans , February 12th, 1863. Dear Sir : Enclosed is General Orders No. 14—in part concerning Plantat...

(Private) New Orleans , February 7th, 1863. Dear Sir : I wrote you by the last steamer expressing a wish to receive the office of “Com...

In Commemoration of the Abolition of Slavery in the British West India Islands, on the First Anniversary of that event, by the Massachusett...

November 17, 1863. My Dearest Mother : . . . I shall say nothing of our home affairs save that I am overjoyed at the results of the ele...

We have recently journeyed through a portion of this free state, and it is not all imagination in us, that sees, in its bold scenery, — its...

PETERBORO, June 6, 1864. MRs. E. CADY STANTON , New-York: MY DEAR Cousin : I have your letter. It would be too great labor to answer ...

“Only ye may opine it frets my patience, Mr. Osbaldistone, to be hunted like an otter, or a sealgh, or a salmon upon the shallows, and that...

Looked over the report of the committee of Congress which went to Kansas in 1856 to investigate the troubles there. I did this in order to ...

(Private) New Orleans , November 29th, 1862. Dear Sir : — I thank you for your kind letter of the 14th inst. Whenever it is deemed ex...