hospital during the war. When the Civil War broke out, Miss Walker was on the eve of graduation at Baltimore Female College—in fact, had just fin- ished preparing her dress for the Commencement exercises, when the first Union army came marching through on its way to invade Virginia. Nearly all of her

letters dating from the early part of the Civil war with a few from the years preceding it. They reflect, many of them, Stevens' political �ambitions and his opinions of various leaders of the day, as noth- ing else could do. We will arrange them in strictly chronological order. The first two are to

large concourse of people included the President of the United States, members of his cabinet, governors of the loyal states and many distinguished civil and military gentlemen." This paper de- voted one and one-half columns to Everett's address, making no reference to the address of the President. The

the Union or would result in certain war. It will be remembered that Fort Sumter had not been assaulted and that most of the North was still for peace. In the spring and summer of 1861, Stanton wrote letters to Buchanan on affairs at Washington. At this time Stanton still appears in the role of a