I called early on the President in relation to Seward's letter concerning the blockade and courtesy to British vessels. He concurred in ...

DEPARTMENT OF STATE,           May 30 , 1862 . MEMORANDUM.] Lord Lyons called to-day upon Mr. Seward and said, as perhaps was not e...

DEPARTMENT OF STATE,              Washington, May 31 , 1862 . MEMORANDUM.] Mr. Mercier called upon Mr. Seward informally to speak of...

Navy Department,        24 October, 1863. Sir, I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 23rd instant, encl...

Navy Department, 26 Aug. 1863. Sir , I have had the honor to receive your communication of the 4th Ins't . & 14th Ins't...

The President sent a note to my house early this morning, requesting me to call at the Executive Mansion on my way to the Department. When ...

One morning this week I went to the State Department. . . . Found Seward very busy over the complication arising from the “Chesapeake pirac...

Had some side talk with Seward at the Cabinet-meeting, on letters of marque. He persists in the policy, but I think begins to have some mis...

Had a call last evening and again to-day from Senator Sumner. Our conversation was chiefly on our foreign relations, the unfortunate condi...

Returned last evening from strictly confidential visit to New York. Some discussion in Cabinet-meeting to-day on letters of marque. ...

I saw last evening a communication from the State Department inclosing several pages of regulations for letters of marque. The subject was...

Seward brought me to-day a long dispatch from Dudley, consul at Liverpool. Although his fears were somewhat simulated, I saw he was really ...

Governor Tod 1 called on me to-day. Is hopeful and earnest. Thinks delay is necessary. His confidence in McClellan is unimpaired, and in t...

Am troubled by Preble's conduct. There must be a stop put to the timid, hesitating, and I fear sometimes traitorous course of some of o...

I had a long interview with Mr. Seward today at the State Department. He set forth at great length the helpless condition in which the Pres...

Private & Confidential Springfield Ill. Dec. 8 th , 1860 My dear Sir: In addition to the accompanying, and more formal note, ...

Washington, June 17, 1861. My Dear Mary :   . . . After being at home three days, I left by the afternoon boat of Saturday, 15th, for...

This morning, after breakfast, Mr. Sanford called, according to promise, and took me to the State department. It is a very humble — in fac...

A busy day, reading and preparing dispatches. State Department is sensitively apprehensive that our naval officers will not be sufficiently...

Department Of State, Washington , March 18th, 1863. Samuel J. Kirkwood Esq., Iowa City, Iowa. Sir :—The President, by and with th...