Left Camp Nell and
arrived at Manchester the same night, and encamped, making a march of 25 miles.
SOURCE: Adam S.
Johnston, The Soldier Boy's Diary Book, p. 17
Left Camp Nell and
arrived at Manchester the same night, and encamped, making a march of 25 miles.
SOURCE: Adam S.
Johnston, The Soldier Boy's Diary Book, p. 17
Left Manchester camp
and arrived at Shelbyville, and encamped for the night at Camp Cooper, making a
march of 25 miles.
SOURCE: Adam S.
Johnston, The Soldier Boy's Diary Book, p. 17
February 3, 1851.
MY DEAR SIR,—You
will receive the suggestion which I am about to make as being unexpected.
I look upon the
Nicaragua Mission, and all the Nicaraguan affairs, as being, at this moment,
the most delicate and important point in our foreign relations. Among all who
are applying for appointments abroad, members of Congress, and others, I do not
know a man whom I think qualified to be Chargé d'Affaires at Nicaragua. We are
in danger of collision with England, and of entanglements, on the other hand,
with these little republics.
At the same time,
the amount of transit of goods and passengers across the Isthmus, at this
point, is very large and fast increasing. We need a well-informed, safe, sound,
and accomplished political agent; and the best qualified man I know is William
Hunter, one of the senior clerks in this Department. Mr. Hunter is about forty
years old, belongs to Rhode Island, and is a sober, clear-headed, hard-working
man. He was originally well educated, has been in this Department a good while,
and for ten years or more has had charge of all the correspondence with the
South American States. He reads and speaks Spanish well. All the South American
Legations here, know him, and regard him highly. He is perfectly familiar with
the constitutions, interests, and objects of all these American States, from
Mexico to Buenos Ayres. If he were at Nicaragua, I should feel perfectly
confident that no European agent, and no American government or minister, would
obtain any advantage over him, or be able to lead him into any act of
imprudence.
As to political
effect, I know nothing to be expected from his appointment, but the general
satisfaction which the selection of a person purely from considerations of
capacity and fitness would give to the country.
All this is merely
for your consideration. Of course I have said nothing of it to Mr. Hunter
himself, nor has any such idea, I presume, ever entered his mind.
SOURCE: Fletcher
Webster, Editor, The Private Correspondence of Daniel Webster, Vol.
2, p. 416-7
New York, February 14, 1851.
DEAR SIR,—A number
of the citizens of New York, without distinction of party, beg leave, through
the undersigned, to ask your acceptance of a carriage, harness, and horses,
which have been selected for you as a small token of the high estimation in
which they hold your long course of public services in the councils of the
nation, as the expounder of the Constitution, and the defender of the Union.
It must be a source
of great gratification to you, to know that, in the crisis which has just
passed, your bold and manly course in espousing the great cause of the Union,
and its recent compromise, at the peril of loss of favor with a section of that
party with which you have ever acted, and whose principles you have ever
maintained, has met with the warm approval and cordial support of your
countrymen at large.
That your valuable
life may be long spared to your family and your country, is the ardent wish of
your friends, whom we represent, and of ourselves.
SOURCE: Fletcher
Webster, Editor, The Private Correspondence of Daniel Webster, Vol.
2, p. 419
Washington, February 14, 1851.
DEAR SIR,—I wish it
were in my power to find time to write or speak of your father, and gather up
the recollections which I have of him. But in truth, my time at present is
absolutely and altogether devoted to public duties.
I knew your father
very well from 1801 to 1817, when I left the State. The first time I saw him
was at Mr. Peabody's, in Exeter, where he took the lead in a table
conversation, upon the merits and demerits of Gibbon's History of the Decline
and Fall of the Roman Empire. I remember also his speaking of the Edinburgh
Review, and Mr. Jeffrey, both just then becoming conspicuous. He left the
Senate, I think, in 1807. We did not agree upon the embargo policy of Mr.
Jefferson and Mr. Madison, and the subsequent war with England. But I do not
suppose that we ever differed upon any other important practical questions, nor
upon any great constitutional question.
I expect to be in
Boston about the 1st of April or the latter part of March. If you could
conveniently meet me there, I would cheerfully pass an hour or two with you, in
stating what I recollect of him, and expressing the opinion which I entertain
of his talents and character.
SOURCE: Fletcher
Webster, Editor, The Private Correspondence of Daniel Webster, Vol.
2, p. 419-20
Washington, March 9, 1851.
MY DEAR SIR,—I thank
you for your brother's letter, which I should like to keep in the Department. I
thank you also for your short note received to-day. I keep it for the warmth
and strength of its expression.
I have a reply from
Vienna, very amiable. To-morrow or next day will be published a despatch to Mr.
Marsh respecting Kossuth.
To Richard Milford
Blatchford, towards whom my feelings, founded in regard, have grown into
affection.
DAN'L WEBSTER.
SOURCE: Fletcher
Webster, Editor, The Private Correspondence of Daniel Webster, Vol.
2, p. 421
I sent my team some
10 or 11 miles west to get a fifer & drummer for tomorrow they got in after
night & about midnight M H Hare came in in the stage & put up with us
& we had a pleasant time
SOURCE: Edgar R.
Harlan, Currator, Annals of Iowa, 3rd Series, Vol. 15, No. 2,
October 1925, p. 88
10 Oc we marched out
& met the Bellair Co & marched into town we trained some in town &
around it & at noon we marched out north of town & there was a fine
dinner prepared & the soldiers eat first then the ladies & then the
other men after which M H Hare & Mr Grenell made good speeches then we
formed & marched to town & dismissed & I got teams engaged to take
us to Ottumwa free
SOURCE: Edgar R.
Harlan, Currator, Annals of Iowa, 3rd Series, Vol. 15, No. 2,
October 1925, p. 88
I am unwell so that
I did not drill it is the first day that I have not been with the Company 36
soldiers to dinner with us & 4 not soldiers Mrs. Capt Fleck Walden buried
her little daughter age 9 months Materials to make our Co a flag arived &
the committy selected Miss C Stratton & my Daughter to superintend the
making of it
SOURCE: Edgar R.
Harlan, Currator, Annals of Iowa, 3rd Series, Vol. 15, No. 2,
October 1925, p. 88
I am better was up
with the men but did not drill Suffer some inconvenience with a large boil
under my right arm
SOURCE: Edgar R.
Harlan, Currator, Annals of Iowa, 3rd Series, Vol. 15, No. 2,
October 1925, p. 88
9 Oc night Augustus
Richards other little twin daughter died the other died Aug 2nd
SOURCE: Edgar R.
Harlan, Currator, Annals of Iowa, 3rd Series, Vol. 15, No. 2,
October 1925, p. 88
3 Oc I started to
Salem Church my Daughter & I in buggy & L Bryant along we took supper
at Brother Morises Candle lighting Brother Bruce conducted a prayer meeting we
staid all night with Brother John Whites
SOURCE: Edgar R.
Harlan, Currator, Annals of Iowa, 3rd Series, Vol. 15, No. 2,
October 1925, p. 88
9 Oc we had a
speaking meeting L Bryant opened it we had a good time 11 Oc Brother Boyer
Local preached text 2nd Corinthians 5th & 1st v I exorted after him we had
a good time. I took dinner with Wm Bryants and at 3 Oc started home evening
Oliver Williams preached in Centerville I closed after him, text 1st Corinthians
3 ch 22nd & 23 verse. Brother Benjm Morrisons son died age one year
SOURCE: Edgar R.
Harlan, Currator, Annals of Iowa, 3rd Series, Vol. 15, No. 2,
October 1925, p. 88-9
Mr Murdock Mrs Bell
& Miss Claudear Stratton spent the evening with us we had a good time
SOURCE: Edgar R.
Harlan, Currator, Annals of Iowa, 3rd Series, Vol. 15, No. 2,
October 1925, p. 89
The Bellair Company
came to town & will quarter here until we are all into Rendisvouse 6 Oc I
got Marriage License for Samuel Bunker of Ill & Miss Susan I Porter &
at ½ past 6 Oc I & my Daughter started in my buggy at 8 Oc we arrived at
her house some 8 miles south of town 4 past 8 Oc I married them a house full of
persons were there we had a splendid time at 2 Oc we got home
SOURCE: Edgar R.
Harlan, Currator, Annals of Iowa, 3rd Series, Vol. 15, No. 2,
October 1925, p. 89
Cloudy & rainy
SOURCE: Edgar R.
Harlan, Currator, Annals of Iowa, 3rd Series, Vol. 15, No. 2,
October 1925, p. 89
Afternoon Orders
Came for us to go to Rendezvouse at Keokuk & my Daughter & I ware up
cooking untill 2 Oc & getting my things ready for to leave at 4 Oc
SOURCE: Edgar R.
Harlan, Currator, Annals of Iowa, 3rd Series, Vol. 15, No. 2,
October 1925, p. 89
10 Oc Miss Claudear
Stratton & my Daughter presented our Comp with a Beautifull flag the Ladies
of Centerville made for us. at 20 min past 1 Oc we left with our Company for
Keokuk at dark we arrived at Blakesburg fed took supper & at 10 & ½ Oc
we started at 3 Oc arrived at the desmoin opposite Attumwa fed horses spred
down our blankets & laid down to sleep on the Bank of the beautifull river
SOURCE: Edgar R.
Harlan, Currator, Annals of Iowa, 3rd Series, Vol. 15, No. 2,
October 1925, p. 89
At day break we ware
up fed & the teams all in line forded the River & eat our breakfast
prepared before we left home here we overtook the Unionville Co & at 7¼ Oc
we took the cars & started & at 12½ Oc we arrived at Keokuk we were met
at the depot by 2 Comp & marched into Camp Lincon our Rendesvouse I called
at 5 Oc to see Cozen M J Kellys
SOURCE: Edgar R.
Harlan, Currator, Annals of Iowa, 3rd Series, Vol. 15, No. 2,
October 1925, p. 89
11 Oc I attended
Preaching by a Baptist to the 30th Reg Iowa vol'ns at Camp Lincoln Keokuk I
took dinner with Coz Kelleys, evening spent an hour pleasantly with Mrs Capt
Mat Walden & Mrs Lieut Boston at the Demming house candlelighting attended
church at the colered M E Church a local preacher Soldier from Henry County
SOURCE: Edgar R.
Harlan, Currator, Annals of Iowa, 3rd Series, Vol. 15, No. 2,
October 1925, p. 89