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...

Raining. Our loss, killed, wounded, and taken in the battle near Winchester, is estimated by our people at 2500. The enemy say they got 25...

BATON ROUGE, LA., Dec. 26, 1860. MY DEAR SHERMAN: The decision you have formed does not surprise me; indeed, I do not see how it could be ...

WEST POINT, December 1, 1860. MY DEAR SISTER:  You must pardon me, but I must introduce the general and all-absorbing topic of conversati...

 WEST POINT, February 2, 1861.   MY DEAR BROTHER: I have not heard from you in a long time.  I want to ascertain your views on the subject...

The members of our society sympathized with General McClellan when he was criticised by some and we wrote him the following letter:  CANAN...

New York, July 7th, 1864. My Dear Sir: I venture to inclose you a letter and telegraphic dispatch that I received yesterday from our i...

Rochester, Oct. 15, 1864. My Dear Mr. Tilton: I am obliged by your favor containing a copy of your recent speech in Latimer hall. I h...

HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE POTOMAC,              Camp near Harrison's Landing, Va., July 7 , 1862 . Mr. PRESIDENT: You have been fu...

Galena , April 19, 1S61. Mr. F. Dent— Dear Sir: I have but very little time to write, but, as in these exciting times we are very...

Storm. Agreed to be at Faneuil Hall and act as an officer of the meeting. Public meeting at Faneuil Hall. A grand affair. The crowd was ver...

Honored Sir, it affords me sincere pleasure to extend to you on behalf of my fellow citizens the kind greeting and hospitality of the citiz...

Honored Sir : In the name of the people of all classes of my fellow-citizens I extend to you a cordial welcome, and in their behalf I have ...

Gov. Morton and Fellow Citizens of the State of Indiana: Most heartily do I thank you for this magnificent reception, and while I cannot...

Fellow citizens of the State of Indiana,” he proclaimed, “I am here to thank you much for this magnificent welcome, and still more for the ...

Athens, [ga.], Jany. 21st, 1848. My Dear Sir : On my return from Savannah this morning I found your letter of the eighth of this month...

Dearest Mother: I thought, when waiting for admission to President Quincy's study, that there was really nobody living, except the v...

Columbus , Dec. 13, [ 60. ] Dear Wilson , You will not I trust think me obtrusive if I give you briefly my thoughts concerning the duti...

Our 5000 prisoners taken at the battle of Chickamauga have arrived in this city, and it is ascertained that more are on the way hither. Gen...

October, 1859. Each State has a perfect right to have its own local policy, and a majority in Congress has an absolute right to govern ...