Fort Hill 17th April 1847 MY DEAR SIR, The mistake, which I think you and the most of my friends make in reference to myself is, that you ...

Find myself on a committee headed by General Scott and William B. Astor to get up a “banquet” for Lord Renfrew, alias the Prince of Wales, w...

Diligent day. Having been put on the reception committee for the Prince of Wales’s ball, I attended a meeting thereof. There were Hamilton F...

Mr. Ruggles had a long private talk yesterday with General Scott, some portion whereof he imparted to me, including matters I don’t care to ...

MCCLELLAN is now all-powerful, and refuses to divide the army into corps. Thus much for his brains and for his consistency. The message — ...

The weather has been moderate today M[ercury]. 44 — Streets muddy, and the crossings bad. Statements that troops have been sent to reinforce...

WASHINGTON, June 24, 1852. When the Whig Convention nominated Scott, they killed off those who had been most clamorous for slavery, and th...

WASHINGTON, July 1, 1852. MY DEAR MR. COMBE, — . . . My friend Henry Barnard, Esq., who for many years was Secretary of the Board of Educa...

Fort Hill 15th June 1847 MY DEAR SIR, Your views in reference to our political condition and affairs is so good, that I have little to add...

Fort Hill 13th Augt. 1847 MY DEAR ANNA.   I am not at all surprised, that the victories our arms have achieved in Mexico should make so de...

Reports of the Battles of Monterey and Buena Vista. (From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History.) Brierfield 3d Oct. 1847 G...

WASHINGTON, May 8, 1852. MY DEAR MR. COMBE,— We are on the verge of a Presidential election. Our political caldron is beginning to seethe ve...

I longed to see you. When you called I was at Eames's, discoursing on Baltimore and its scenes. This nomination 1 makes me lament anew ...

We hear that Scott is nominated at last. I tell you confidentially how Seward regards it. He thinks that his friends have been defeated, tha...

ELIZABETHTOWN, N. J., July 19, 1848. MY DEAR MR. CLAY,—I have been most unfortunate in respect to your very kind note to me of May 30, add...

ASHLAND, August 5, 1848. MY DEAR SIR,—I received, at the Estell Springs (from which I returned yesterday), your favor transmitting a sketc...

(From Natchez Courier, October 6, 1847.) Brierfield, Miss., Sept. 24, 1847. C. G. Forshey, Esq., of Com. of Invitation: Dear Sir—When I rece...

As in the mediæval epoch, and some time thereafter, anatomists and physiologists experimented on the living villeins, that is, on peasantry,...

NEW YORK, March 21, 1854. Dear CRITTENDEN,—In a long life, not without some pleasing incidents, I have very rarely been so much gratified ...

NEW YORK, April 3, 1854. Dear CRITTENDEN,—Herewith I inclose you a copy of General Smith's letter that you supposed would soon reach m...