Washington, May 6, 1851. MY DEAR SIR,—I think of dedicating each volume to some friend. Would that look like affectation? Public men and s...

Washington, Friday morning, seven o'clock, May 9, 1851. MY DEAR SIR,—I hope to meet some Boston friends in New York on Tuesday. Mr. Ed...

[May 11, 1851,] Sunday, one o'clock. MY DEAR SIR,—I thank you for your letter from Philadelphia. I am well, and leave to-morrow mornin...

Buffalo, May 20, 1851, nine o'clock, P. M. MY DEAR CAROLINE,—I am detained here, unavoidably, for two or three days beyond my expectat...

New York, May 29, 1851. MY DEAR SIR,—I arrived from Albany this morning, having stayed two or three days at Canandaigua to recruit. Coming...

GEORGE F. WRIGHT was born in Warren, Vermont, December 5, 1833. He was reared on a farm, and when eighteen years of age at tended West Rando...

We took dinner with my old friend Andrew Meredith called and seen Brothers M M Myres and CE Yeager had a pleasant time evening went to Praye...

I went over to my place south of Keosauqua to see to having some corn got home Spent the afternoon and evening pleasantly with our old neigh...

Forenoon I rode over to my place south of Keosauqua & out to John Bennets came home in the rain SOURCE: Edgar R. Harlan, Currator,  An...

I rode over to my river farm forenoon and afternoon over to Pittsburg & up Chequest to Valentines mill & home SOURCE: Edgar R. Har...

I spent the day seeing about my crop on my river farm evening Emma & I was at prayer meeting and after meeting we called & spent an ...

I got my Brotherinlaw Leeroy Meredith & we put in the day steadily halling corn from my river farm & Mr Legg was also delivering my ...

I have been verry busy fixing up matters to leave I have just returned from the Lodge of I.0.0.F. we had a pleasant time and conferred the 5...

8 Oc the children & I went to the graveyard and had a season of prayer at the graves of my sainted Wife & children 11 Oc we attended...

I attended to some business with Judge Knapp, packed up my things & at 4 Oc bid good by to my Dear children Amandus took me in my buggy ...

11½ Oc we marched from Camp Lincoln & took passage in the packet Bill Henderson for St Louis at 1½ Oc we left Keokuk with four of our co...

We took 2 more barges in tow at the reck of the packet Denmark which snaged & sunk, I believe yesterday 2 weeks. both barges ware loaded...

8½ Oc we left the packet and formed in line on the levvy St Louis 10 Oc we started for Benton Barracks had a verry Dirty time 12 Oc we arriv...

Evening it snowed to cover the ground near 1½ inch deep. Our Capt TM Fee & First Lieut Wm M McCreary spent the day in the citty of St Lo...

By 10 Oc the snow is all gone. I started from Benton Barracks & went in the street car to the citty spent the day in the citty & was...