There is nothing I have to reflect on that gives me more satisfaction than the fact that my life is insured for the benefit of my Dear Wife and children.

I was glad to hear of that determination as I detest the practice of cousins marrying or any marriage between persons in which there can be traced the most distant relationship. I go for the improvement instead of the deterioration of our race.

In 1844, there was a balance of perhaps of a couple of thousand dollars on the cr side.

There is a great reform required in the education and habits of females.

I read the book with interest, but when Jackson was a candidate in 1828 for the Presidency, I opposed him and voted for Adams. I favored a protective tariff.

I have a fine lot of telescopes. I have one with which I can see the Mountains in the Moon.

I have always considered that choosing a companion for life was a very important affair and that my happyness or misery in this life depended on the choice.