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Is going back to Old Point Comfort, [Va.]; describes the "delicious moonlight nights" and the "very pretty Indian girls." 2 pp. ALS.

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Discussion of money matters; hopes to make a trip to Florida in the winter; talk of a horserace in which he lost $750.00; needs a horse for fox-hunting; cannot visit due to his [BRJ] "bachelor" state. 3 pp. ALS.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: Papers of Joseph E. Johnston, C.S.A. General during the American Civil War, including correspondence which reflect his long military career and interest in his nephews, John Warfield Johnston and John Preston Johnston. The papers include a diary, 1857, of Johnston's survey of the southern boundary of Kansas and eighteen volumes of Civil War dispatches and telegrams. The collection also includes a diary, 1 May-31 July 1864, of Thomas B. Mackall; letters received by...

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Discusses his mother's recent death. 2 pp. ALS.

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Discusses a recent change [marriage to Ann Bernard] in his father's life which will make it less solitary; must decide by June whether to remain in the Army and choose the Infantry or the Artillery. 2 pp. ALS.

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Concerning the death of McLane's father, the office made vacant by his death, and the introduction of Mr. F. B. Ogden by this letter. 2 pp. LS.

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Discusses the forces gathering for the coming Revolution [of 1830]. 1 p. ALS.

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Concerning a strong interest and desire for prosperity for the United States. 2 pp. ALS.

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Concerns procedure for the presentation of copies of publications of the Commissioners of Public Records to the United States. 3 pp. ADF and L.

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Is not in love, though from time to time feels tenderness towards and interest in the appearance and conversation of a particular woman. 4 pp. ALS.

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Is anxious to see "those who remain" [after the deaths of his father and brother]; saw John Preston "at the university"; comments on the matrimonial propensity of young people; is susceptible to the charms of so many women that they neutralize each other. 3 pp. ALS.

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Discusses plans for Louisa's son John [W. Johnston], and the need for John to travel on his own; mentions various relatives he has seen and Jane's plans; missed seeing "Mama in Richmond." 4 pp. ALS.

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Had a miserable march through the country and is in quite a bad humor; describes foiled plans to go to Richmond; the weather has been as cold as a Virginia winter; gossip of Harrison [?] traveling to Augusta, [Ga.], to see a lady. 3 pp. ALS.