[January 16, 1885.] . . . My re-election to the Senate for the fifth time is unprecedented in the history of Ohio, and for this I am indeb...

I have received your letter of the 16th, and somehow felt unusually gratified that you had been elected senator for the fifth time in the St...

I send you papers which will show the close of the long contest here in Massachusetts. The New York “Tribune” of Friday, April 25, candidly ...

I would not affect a feeling which I have not, nor have I any temptation to do it; but I should not be frank if I did not say to you that I ...

[Court Street, April 25, 1851.] MY DEAR SUMNER, — I cannot congratulate you on your election, because, with my political connections, that...

My aim, while attending to all the duties of my post, will be to do something to secure a hearing for our cause; and I wish in advance to be...

WASHINGTON, November 1, 1851. DEAR COOMBS [ sic ],—I received your kind and friendly letter, for which I thank you. My position in respect...

WASHINGTON, Nov. 12, 1851. DEAR ORLANDO,—Before this can reach you, the senatorial question will have been disposed of, and, as I anticipa...

WASHINGTON, December 5, 1851. MY DEAR SIR,—You and other friends have been so remiss in writing to me that I have been, and am still, to a...

WASHINGTON, December 8, 1851. MY DEAR SIR,—I received to-day your letter of the 3d inst. You know precisely how much and how little I have...

If our friends decide to risk themselves in that ship, I trust we may get a full consideration for the risk; and the only full consideration...

I am particularly moved to this [to write] by your allusion to me in connection with a certain post . I appreciate your generosity, and am p...

The proceedings of the Senate, though exciting, do not overshadow the interest felt in the Connecticut election. Although the President stri...

Washington, July 25, 1850—Friday, twelve o'clock. MY DEAR SIR,—I thank you for all the good wishes and kind expressions in your letter...