Mr Barrel has this moment sent dearest Ellen to inform me that he leaves Washington at 12 to night, and but for the hope that I have of seeing you here, I beleive I should have exerted my self to the utmost to have accompanied him even on ...

I cannot bear to let Mr Barrell go without a line to you dearest Virginia, I wrote a long letter to Cornelia ten days or a fortnight ago & must try to write to Mama as soon as I can. occupied as I always am & perplexed with care, I feel as if my intercourse with my own family was one of...

Although you have probably received a letter from Smyrna ...

I will try to write a few lines to you dearest mother, although my eyes are still ...

Mr Coolidge was kind enough to give us frequent news of your health during the first week of your confinement & judging from his favorable accounts I hope you will soon be able to confirm his...

This cool day, so much like autumn, makes me feel that the time is approaching when we shall return to Washington. Mary & Septimia & myself will probably leave here about the middle of october; we shall meet Ellen & Willie in Fredricksburg & perhaps shall have one of Virginia’s...

I have got so completely out of the habit of writing My Dearest Ellen, that ...

Your letter has remained long unanswered, my dearest mother, but you know how little time I have for writing, and since I last heard from you both Mrs Coxe and Armine have been ...

I take this opportunity to write to you as there is a boat going up to Smyrna to morrow but you must excuse the bad writing as I am sitting at a table with four of the other Midshipmen, and I am writing by candle light; I wrote to Mother at Smyrna where we only remained a day or two, for it is...

I received your letter dearest sister, two days ago, while on a visit to our kind friends the Dunglison’s, who had pressed us so much to spend the week during the meeting of the visitors, with them ...