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Oh, my God! my God!"
Oh, my divine Redeemer! Oh, my Friend, my Saviour!"
own husband, my first, my only love, my love forever!
"O my God—my boy George!"
boy, my George; my saved and ransomed George; my son, my son!
Syracuse Dec 27th/68 Walt Whitman Dear Friend I suppose you will think by this time that I have forgotten my
Dear old Friend by my long silence & neglect to answer your letter, or acknowledge the receipt of your
think of you & promise myself that I will not delay writing to you any longer but as often I break my
My health is very good. Father has been quite sick for a week but is improving now.
York next summer & cannot come up and make me a short visit let me know when you are coming and if my
Sir: Your letter of the 15th Dec. inst. calls my attention to a certain course of proceedings of Mr.
Your letter also calls my attention to the supposed authority which you had, in consequence of or in
In a personal interview during your visit to Washington immediately after my reception of your letter
of making good the assurances of the government, in this sense and to this extent, I considered it my
I beg to enclose a copy of my letter to the Dist. Attorney, for your information.
My address is Attorney Gen's office, this city.
I have had it put in type for my own convenience, & to insure greater correctness.
My health keeps good, & work easy.
I often think of you, my loving boy, and think whether you are all right & in good health, & working
As I told you in my previous letter, this city is quite small potatoes after living in New York.
Please send me, by express, 30 copies of the number, when ready, to my address here.
, Dear Sir: Won't you do me the very great favor to write me a few lines regarding the condition of my
Though we have never met personally, I have heard of you from my mother & sister.
My sister in a late letter, wished me to write you & thank you for your great kindness to her.
Thayer I believe thinks all my thumb wont get well.
…be pleasant to Charlie while I am sick on my account" (The Trent Collection of Whitmaniana, Duke University
Traubel read this letter in 1889, Whitman commented on Heyde: "He is a cringing, crawling snake: uses my
was a plain everyday scamp I'd not feel sore on him: but in the rôle of serpent, whelp, he excites my
My dear Sir: Mr.
30, 1868, Whitman informed Ralph Waldo Emerson that "Proud Music of the Storm" was "put in type for my
Dear Sir: I have been very much occupied, since I saw you—& wish you to accept my apoligies apologies
The piece appears in printed form because I have had it put in type for my own convenience, and to insure
correctness—I forgot to say, above, that I scrupulously reserve the right to print this piece in future in my
Come directly to my house. Please answer by telegraph when I may expect you. Wm. M. Evarts.
I was speaking to you in regard. to my appointment for Sailmaker in U.S. Navy.
looking after it for me. and see what you can do towards getting it for me For it has been the height of my
Will put me out of misery. and my mind content any further information Any of the clerks in the Sec of
What I may find it possible, or think it my duty to do, in regard to a personal participation in the
matter at Richmond, it is quite out of my power at present to determine; as my preparations for the ensuing
term of the Supreme Court of the United States, on special assignment, requiring my personal attendance
—The object of my present communication is to advise you of the probability of such a rule requiring
Brooklyn 25 Nov '68 N ovem 25 My dear Walter i received your letter to day wensday Wednesday and the
She wrote: "I am so anxious about my hand I fear I shall lose my thumb I cant see it gets & feels or
My purpose at present is, to request that you will send me, if you still have connection with this matter
S. shall be taken in the matter, without communicating with me, and receiving my instructions.
as District Attorney during this vacancy, I have no person to address to accomplish the objects of my
1868, Walt Whitman informed Ralph Waldo Emerson that "Proud Music of the Storm" was "put in type for my
Nov. 24, 18 68 Dearest Mother, I suppose you got my letter last Saturday, 21st—All goes along at present
last—To-day it is very fine—I should like to be with you on Thanksgiving, Thursday—I shall take dinner at my
Benedict told me yesterday to bring any of my friends to dinner I wanted to—I still have the same room—I
the office that keep me hard at it— Love to you, dearest mother—& to all— I have had to scratch off my
letter in a hurry, but I wanted you to have something, according to promise in my last.
Sir: I am in receipt of your letter of the 16th inst. calling my attention to the case of Hosmer v. the
for naval purposes, I have to inform you that, the title to this property having been passed upon by my
I told her I would mark passages for her in the copy I meant to send on my own book, but didn't send
How shall I thank our poet for the beautiful book, and for my name written in it by his own hand so near
Jack, you must write often as you can—anything from my loving boy will be welcome—you needn't be particular
Dear Jack, I send you my love. Walt Whitman.
Sir: Your letter of the 26th ultimo submits for my opinion this question: May a Consul retain for his
After an examination of the statutes relating to the subject, and to which you have directed my attention
Letcher, came to my hands only this morning, in consequence of my absence from the city.
trial, with such counsel as shall represent the defendant there, in conformity to the suggestions of my
that he will be in attendance at the Court in Richmond, prepared to make the arrangement suggested in my
The term commences on Monday, the 23d inst., I learn, and not the 25th as has heretofore been my impression
Brooklyn 18 Nov. 68 My dear Walter I got your letter monday Monday with the contents all safe I should
coming poor jeff Jeff I feel sorry for him and sorry for matty Matty and sorry for myself – I have my
novem November 16 My dear Walt i have got your letter this morning and likewise one from george he dident
My dear Sir: In reply to your note of 12th inst., desiring, as counsel for the Commercial Nav'g'n Co.
, an interview with me during my expected visit to New York, I beg to say that I shall be pleased to
11 Nov. 1868 My dear Walter i got both of your letters one the last of last week and the other on monday
Tuesday 1868 November 10 My dear Walter i have received your letter to day although it was short it was
suffered very much so pressed for breath poor little boy it made me feel real sad he and Janey was up in my
Clay having brought to my notice the subject of the proceedings, now or heretofore pending against you
says he had telegraph to you i wish i could know the thruth truth about her) it made me feel bad with my
Nov. 2, 18 68 My dear Sir, As you have not found the little piece "Ethiopia Commenting" available, allow
asked several times where your books could be obtained & as I had sent the paper with Col H's letter to my
With kind regards of my family to you I am truly Yours &c Will W Wallace Will W.
Channing forthwith—& fulfil my promised visit to them also, before I return here—which will be about
My idea is that Matty has the possibilities of consumption in her system—but that with ordinary good
I return to Washington to-morrow, as my leave is up. The little girls are hearty as ever.
I write this early in the forenoon, sitting in my room in 55th street, after breakfast.
As to getting my leave extended so that I might stay to vote, I have settled (as I spoke of in a former
I am now going out down town, & across to Brooklyn, to spend a few hours with my mother.
I don't know whether I told you that my sister with her two young children from St.
My vacation is nearly done, & in four or five days more I shall be back in Washington.
here in Providence—I have been with him a good deal—he is not very well, but goes around—Will finish my
factories of the Spragues, & so to Olneysville &c &c—as interesting a ride & exploration as I ever had in my
I shall doubtless return about the 26th—as my leave expires that day.
I am writing this in my room at Mr. & Mrs. Davis's.
William is here—which adds much indeed to the pleasure of my visit—William has not recovered from an
Price & her girls are well & in good spirits—I am enjoying my vacation agreeably, but moderately—as becomes
a gentleman of my size & age.
Give my love to Mr. and Mrs.
My last letter to William was also to you—though I suppose you did not see it yet.
As I left my overcoat in Washington, I have been compelled to get something here—so I have bought me
Then away late—lost my way—wandered over the city, & got home after one o'clock.
& heft, to say nothing of my reputation, is doing pretty well.
Then I thought I would come up & sit a while in my room.
So long, dear Pete—& my love to you as always, always.
Dear Pete, According to announcement in my last, I have made a movement & change of base, from tumultuous
I suppose you got my last letter, 14th, from N. Y. I expect to return to N. Y. about the 22d.
Last night, when I went up at 11 o'clock to my room, I took up three great bunches, each as big as my
It is quite a change here from my associations & surroundings either in Washington or New York.
I send you my love, dear Pete. So long . Will write from N. Y. soon as I return there. W W P.S.
the city i have taken the liberty of addressing you a few lines i am the wife of Henry Reynolds and my
son is called after you, my husband went out West about a year and a half ago since which time we have
Mother is well, & my brothers the same. I am going to-morrow to Providence, R.
My friend O'Connor is quite unwell, and is absent from Washington away down on the New England coast.
I believe I told you I was finishing up about 230 copies of my book, expecting to sell them.
Dear boy, I send you my love. I will write you a line from Providence. So long, Pete.
Walt I have been debating whether to get my leave extended, & stay till election day to vote—or whether
.: "My purpose was to kill two birds with one stone—get well and fix up the 'Carpenter,' but I fear neither
Channing forthwith—& fulfil my promised visit to them also, before I return here—which will be about
i received your Papers last monday i have been Very anxious to write to you but the Death of one of my
I already begin to think about my return to Washington. A month has nearly passed away.
Then about the Broadway drivers, nearly all of them are my personal friends.
So I try to put in something in my letters to give you an idea of how I pass part of my time, & what
which it is my present plan to do the ensuing winter at my leisure in Washington.
I send you my love, & so long for the present. Yours for life, dear Pete, (& death the same).