Went with George Anthon and Walter Cutting to the opera. Heard three acts of Martha in the Cutting box. Patti and Brignoli did fairly. Hous...

WASHINGTON, D.C., Feb. 13, 1852. C. PIERCE, Esq. MY DEAR SIR,—We heard from you authentically through our common friends, from whom we had a...

I am won very much by Houston's conversation. 1 With him the antislavery interest would stand better than with any man who seems now am...

WASHINGTON. DEAR CRITTENDEN,—If Messrs. Crittenden and Burnley, or either of them, want exercise, let them visit the sick. Here I am ensco...

Left Waco, Texas, on the morning of April 11, 1863; bid adieu to my dear little Stark and Mary at home; said good bye to my sweet wife at th...

Washington 16th Feb: 1850 MY DEAR SIR, It affords me much pleasure to state, that my health is entirely restored and my strength in a grea...

Mr. Houston submitted the following resolution for consideration; which was read, and ordered to be printed: Whereas the Congress of the U...

I HAVE, Senators, believed from the first that the agitation of the subject of slavery would, if not prevented by some timely and effective ...

Private. Cin . Nov. 21, 1854.. My Dear Sir , * * * I confess I feel more uneasiness about the probable influences of the Order on our...

The President, speaking to-day about Missouri matters, said he had heard some things of Schofield which had very much displeased him: — Tha...

If it was any consolation to me that the very noisy and very turbulent warriors of last night were exceedingly sick, dejected, and crestfal...