At the Cabinet-meeting an hour or more was wasted in discussing a claim of Madame Bertinatti, a piece of favoritism in which the President h...

But little of importance at the Cabinet. I had some conversation with the President after adjournment, and in the evening McCulloch and myse...

Nothing special at Cabinet. On Tuesday Seward submitted a correspondence between Schenck and Romero, the Mexican Minister. It was a very imp...

SYRACUSE, N. Y., August 22 , 1865. Strictly confidential. MY DEAR SIR: The political campaign is about opening, and from present appearanc...

CHARLESTON, [S. C.], 17th March, 1856 . MY DEAR BUTLER: I have rec[eive]d y[ou]r letter and speech. The best speech you have made and y[ou...

Mr. Smythe, Collector in New York, called at my house yesterday with Senator Doolittle, and both were much interested in the election of Sen...

The Central Directory, or Stevens's Reconstruction Committee, have submitted their plan of Reconstruction, which means division for four...

MANSFIELD, OHIO, Aug. 4, 1872. Dear Brother: . . . Just now all interest is centred upon the Presidential election. As you say, the Republ...

MANSFIELD, OHIO, July 16, 1871. Dear Brother: *           *           *           *           *           *           *           *       ...

Myers of Philadelphia had a long conversation with me in regard to the "admission" of Tennessee. I told him, as I have others, tha...

HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSOURI,           ST. LOUIS, MO., Feb. 25, 1868 Dear Brother: *           *           *           ...

UNITED STATES SENATE CHAMBER,           WASHINGTON, March 1, 1868. Dear Brother: Your letter of the 25th is received. I need not say to you...

EXETER, SEPT. 28, 1853. We deem it advisable to hold an informal meeting composed of some of the principal members of the parties at this ...

VILLA MARGARET, Sept. 14, 1860. MY DEAR ROBERT: I see the election is gone in Maine, although Douglas confidently calculated on carrying t...

MANSFIELD, OHIO, Aug. 9, 1867. Dear Brother : . . . It is now becoming extremely important to know precisely what Grant wants in connectio...

UNITED STATES SENATE, WASHINGTON, July 2, 1866. Dear Brother: I have read the enclosed letter with a good deal of interest. The feeling of ...

HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION                     OF THE MISSISSIPPI,           ST. LOUIS, Feb. 23, 1866. Dear Brother: The political aspec...

I have a letter from Eames, who is at Long Branch, ill, and has been there for three weeks. He informs me that Senator Sumner wrote Mrs. E.,...

The news brought by the steamer from America is exciting. The political storm rages fiercely in the South, taking a reckless direction for s...

Christmas. Fahrenheit stood this morning eighteen degrees below freezing point. A rare degree of cold in England, exceeding any we have felt...