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I have already transmitted to you, with my communication of the 29th November, referred to above, a copy
of my letter of instruction to the District Attorney of this District, which, with the other papers
compliance with request in your name in letter from George Routledge & Sons, New York, of December 28th & my
For my own convenience & to insure correctness I have had the MS. put in type, & thus transmit it to
It is to be distinctly understood that I reserve the right to print it in any future editions of my book
Hoping success to the Magazine, & that my piece may be found acceptable for it, I remain Respectfully
&c yours, Walt Whitman My address is at Attorney General's Office, Washington City, U.S.A.
—Mat has worried about my not giving it to you ever since we came away—you must thank her for it not
My arm has come out in a sore were where one of the balls struck it it is so bad that it gives me much
urge him to give me a posison position I have some recomdation recommendation from Curtain of Pa & my
Captain.
earliest convenience, to return my answers thereto in writing.
Before my appointment to my present office, I was a lawyer.
In my youth, before my first entering the public service, I had not adopted a permanent occupation. 5
I was educated by my parents, and by solitary study. 6.
The law clerk's hours are similar to my own.
lecture last Friday night —I was very much pleased— I pass the time very quietly—some evenings I spend in my
Feb. 1, 68 My dear friend, I have but a moment in which to write to you, if I save the mail.
My object is to ask you, in behalf of Hotten, whether it is consistent with your will that the selection
Whitman referred to Rossetti's edition as a "horrible dismemberment of my book" in his August 12, 1871
editorial decisions, which included editing potentially objectionable content and removing entire poems: "My
propose would of course be adopted by me with thanks & without a moment's debate, were it not that my
Robert Buchanan's new vol. of "Essays" placed in my hands.
that Court in favor of the State of Georgia, against yourself, General Meade, General Ruger, and Captain
Stanton that he, as well as yourself, wished me to appear in my official capacity to argue the motions
Upon the present motion, I feel no sort of embarrassment in resisting it in consequence of my known opinions
My dear Conway, Your letter of February 1st has just come to hand. I am willing that Mr.
I wish to send my sincerest thanks & personal regards to Mr. Rossetti.
To have had my book, & my cause, fall into his hands, in London, in the way they have, I consider one
Remember my request to Mr.
I feel prepared in advance to render my cordial & admirant respect to Mr.
reached me, I have to say that I accept the proposal made in it respecting your English publication of my
that you have the privilege of selling that publication in the United States, on payment to me, or my
My book has never been really published here at all & the market is in a sort vacant of supplies.
Accept my thanks for the William Blake .
And now, my dear sir, please accept with my trust in the success of the enterprise my kindest respects
Feb 1868 wensday Wednesday 19 My dear Walter i thought i would just write a few lines and send you marys
wait till next week i dident didn't hardly know how to spare the envelope i have been looking over my
stock and i find i have got three more i suppose you have got my letter to day in answer to yours of
would (I quote) like to keep & use an original poem—three-page poem—sent him from me, but demurs to my
I repeat, that I distinctly reserve the right of printing the piece in a future edition of my poems.
in the two lists of sheets on hand—yours had it that Sheet B, 2d consisted of only 225 sheets—while my
editor, would, (I quote,) like to keep & use an original three-page poem sent him from me, but demurs to my
I repeat that I distinctly reserve the right of printing the piece in a future edition of my poems.
My friends, I have now ready the prose article—(will make, I should think, about 14 printed pages)—which
The name of my piece is Personalism Don't be alarmed at the (perhaps at first sight) oddity of the word
Please accept my respects to editor & house—with thanks to yourself for promptness.
every week since I received your letter that I would write to you and as often I have failed to keep my
Mother & My Wife send their regards to you.
I am a married man but I am not happy for my disposition is not right.
21, 1867, Wilson acknowledged Whitman's reply of April 12, 1867: "I do not want you to misunderstand my
motives in writing to you of my Situation & feelings as I did in my last letter or else I shall have
to be more guarded in my letters to you.
I wrote so because you wanted me to write how I was situated, and give you my mind without reserve, and
I send my friendliest remembrances & good wishes. And to my ever dear friends, Mrs.
—We have had a snowy day—as I look out of my window the ground is white in every direction—William has
bad cold, has not been down to work to-day, but has just come down town, & is this moment sitting by my
are going to have exciting times generally—but I guess no appeal to arms— I have heard lately from my
dear mother—she is well as usual—Emma Price can tell you more directly about her, as I hear, (to my
3 March tuesday Tuesday noon My dear walt i have just got your letter with 5 dollars and i got the one
ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE, Washington, March 4, 1868 My dear Mr.
I can fully join in the same testimony, as he treated, as physician or surgeon, many a case under my
I send you, dear sir, my friendliest respects & well wishes, Walt Whitman Walt Whitman to W. O.
the papers presented to me by Senator Dixon, copies of which are herewith transmitted, I deemed it my
6 March 1868 friday Friday the 6 My dear Walt i thought i would write again this week to tell you i had
coal but it held out till after the storm got a little settled and i got some) with the 5 that came in my
do he will stay till mr Lane sends an inspector out and then he is to inspect the new main he paid my
Dear Sir: I thank you for the copy of my poems sent by you. It has just reached me.
Swinburne my heartiest acknowledgements for the copy of William Blake, (which has reached me)—& for his
My dear Sir, I write a line to jog you about the proofs of Personalism . Is it being put in type?
1868 march 11 evening My dear Walt i have nothing to write this week i have got all out of news) but
March 13, 18 68 My dear Doctor, Your note has just come to hand, stating that you intend a visit to Washington
My friend, if that is your sole object here, & you depend upon any thing of that kind, (unless you have
enclose herewith a copy of a Report which has been made to me by the Chief Clerk of this Office, in which my
My dear Conway, I send the accompanying article in hopes you can do me the favor to dispose of it to
Routledge In my note of January 17 last, sending "Whispers of Heavenly Death," I included a request for
If agreeable therefore, please request the New York house to send by express, at my expense, thirty copies
of the "Broadway" containing the piece, to my address, Attorney Gen's office, here.
subordinate, the chief of the secret service division—and other papers, together with a memorandum of my
1868 tuesday Tuesday 24 march March My dear walter Walter its it's quite a spell since i have written
about the peice piece till i see it and then i had to think where i had heard of it and then it came to my
Washington March 24, '68 My dear Mr.
conversation between us a few days since, allow me in candor to say, that I should decidedly prefer to retain my
Record Clerk, the duties of which I feel that I can fulfil properly—& that I would therefore, as far as my
Browning's part, would I deem it my duty to waive the preference mentioned, & obey your commands.
Washington. 18 My Dear Sir, Your wishes admit of easy compliance, since Mr Browning has resolved to make
of pardon clerk and the opportunity will not be lost to add in the professional force of the office—my
My Dear Sir Your proof came to too late for us to make the corrections & I return it so that you can
in this office, is one in which the importance of the questions involved makes it proper to embody my
United States, in conformity to the provisions of the Civil Rights Act, it would be expedient, and in my
But I must tell you the news which is the cause of my writing For, this bright beautiful day gave birth
I am still engaged in perfecting my invention by repeated experiments.
impeachment of Johnson '68 april April 7 My dear walt Walt we are having an awful rain storm and george
i feel better to day than i have for some time i have been troubled with the dissiness dizziness in my
Should our second attempt not be satisfactory, I will cheerfully avail my self of your offer. Mr.
In respect to the interest of Captain Goodwin, no difficulty is perceived.
It is not perceived that Captain Goodwin is to blame for this, but it is equally difficult to see how
My dear friend, I rec'd your first letter of about a month ago, (March 9)—I enquired of a friend in the
it miscarry,) but let that go— The changes in the Attorney Gen's office have made no difference in my
Browning—I couldn't wish to have better bosses—& as to the pleasantness & permanency of my situation
My dear friends, I often think about you all—Helen & Emily in particular, & wish I could look in upon
you, Sunday afternoons—I warmly thank you for your hospitable offers—Give my best respects to Mr.
A glance at the Sunday Times notice recalls to my attention a sentence therein I sh.d should perhaps
30, 1868, Whitman informed Ralph Waldo Emerson that "Proud Music of the Storm" was "put in type for my
nothing new in the office—the same old story—I have rec'd a number of papers from England with notices of my
George is well, & having good times—I see him every day as I have his picture tacked up on the door of my
April 7, 1868, Louisa Van Velsor Whitman said that she was "troubled with the dissinessdizziness in my
I should like to know who wrote the piece in the Morning Star —it flushed my friends & myself too, like
Rossetti to whom, meantime, please offer my friendliest, truest regards.
My dear mother is living & well; we speak of you. I wish you to give my best respects & love to Mr.
I shall have to try a head of him presently for my American Gallery: Emerson, Thoreau, and Walt" (The
My Dear Sir, Your friendly note of the 26th has just come to hand, and yesterday came your noble paper
on Personalism —for both of which attentions you have my thanks.
friend has sent me from time to time appreciative notices of yourself, knowing by some supreme instinct my
I know how fully he shares in my appreciation of yourself and works.
My friends: I have now just ready an article intended as the third & concluding one to the two already
I have, of course, treated the subject in my own way—certain parts strong & earnest—but there is nothing
Published Monthly OFFICE OF THE GALAXY No. 39 Park Row, New York , May 2 186 8 My dear Sir: To be in
I got the thumb of my right hand in to some Cog Wheels and smashed it pretty fine so that I have not
My thumb is very Painful so that I can not write much at present but will do so as soon as it gets well
My family are all well. Write soon Yours with Love B. H. Wilson. B H Wilson Benton H.
Brooklyn May th 5 1868 My dear Walt it seemed quite a treat to get your letter you are the only correspondente
to look at any more houses but was going to wait for something to turn up i am quite lame in one of my