Captain S. P. Lee called on me to-day respecting his orders to Mare Island. The President on Saturday showed me an application which Lee had...

On the 24th of May we cross the long bridge spanning the Potomac and enter Washington City and pass up Pennsylvania Avenue, and by the White...

WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH Co.,           Dated, WASHINGTON, D.C., July 2, 1881.      Received at MANSFIELD, OHIO, 8.45 A.M.                   ...

THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH Co.,           Dated, WASHINGTON, D.C., July 2, 1881.      Received at MANSFIELD, OHIO, 3 P.M.                  ...

WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH CO.,           WASHINGTON, D.C., July 3, 1881.      Received at MANSFIELD, OHIO, 4.15 P.M.                     To Ho...

WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH Co.,           Dated, WASHINGTON, D.C., July 4, 1881. Received at MANSFIELD, OHIO, 1.40. To Honorable John Sherman: ...

Had a call this evening from Mr. English, the Democratic candidate for Governor in Connecticut. He is very decidedly, and I think sincerely,...

(PRIVATE.) Washington, June 19, 1850. MY DEAR SIR,—I verily believe our prospects brighten. It is certainly now the opinion at the White H...

Seward read a letter in regard to the Shenandoah, expressing my views and adopting my suggestions and almost my language. The city is full o...

Washington's Birthday. Advantage is taken of it by those who sustain the late veto to assemble and give expression to their feelings, fo...

Grand review of the Rhode Island troops by President Lincoln and Gen. Scott. Marched in front of the White House and through the principal s...

The new shape of affairs shows itself in the social gatherings. At Mrs. Welles's reception to-day, a large number of the denizens of Was...

MARCH 1, 1850. I dined at the President's to-day, and sat on his left, with only one lady between, and had considerable conversation w...

HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE UNITED STATES,           WASHINGTON, D.C., Feb. 22, 1868. HON. J. SHERMAN,           United States Senate. Dear S...

Made complimentary call with my family on the President at 11 A.M. By special request I went some fifteen minutes before the time specified,...

A sudden change of weather. Intensely cold. General Grant was in the council-room at the Executive Mansion to-day, and stated the result of ...

Prepared a necessarily long letter to Mr. Sumner in answer to his application for President Lincoln's indorsement on Smith's papers....

Blair called on me in some trouble respecting the Maryland appointments, which have been violently contested. From some intimation he appreh...

Senator Trumbull called on me today. Says he is and has been Johnsonian. Is not prepared to say the Administration policy of Reconstruction ...

The weather for several days has been exceedingly warm. For some time there have been complaints of mismanagement of affairs in the storekee...