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My Dear Walt.
This is my apology for this intrusion.
Before undertaking to comply with the requisition upon me of this Resolution, which it would be my pleasure
—It will, therefore, be entirely out of my power to furnish any part of this information concerning convictions
information, sought for the means of comparison between the convictions and pardons, & as it is wholly out of my
to the Senate to submit myself to its direction as to whether the partial information which it is in my
the court to advance it for argument, & named the first Tuesday in February as the earliest day that my
previous engagments in court would permit of my attention to the argument, and as being probably as
together with a Report thereon by the Examiner of Claims in your Dept., and requesting an expression of my
This reference presents, as I conceive, purely a question of fact for my determination, and such a question
Your return to Illinois for the purpose of settling your private business would meet my entire approval
continuously in them, ready to attend to whatever official duties may present themselves, and that in my
19 Oct 1869 tuesday Tuesday October 19 my dear Walter i receeved received your letter to day with the
magazine now adays but like to read it particularly at present for i have had such a sore thumb on my
visit that i particularly wanted her to come and that she must write to me as soon as she received my
I felt soon, & feel now, that it was a great impropriety on my part, & it has caused me much compunction
My recollection is that I confessed judgment, & proposed to Mr.
He came by appointment to my room in Classon avenue, Brooklyn, June 17, 1857, talked over the matter,
that the joint resolution passed by Congress is not the resolution of which a copy was enclosed in my
If this cannot be done, I do not feel at liberty to make any other proposal than that contained in my
The only object which my predecessor could have had in referring the subject to the U. S.
Attorney, and to give that officer the instructions contained in my letter to him.
such directions respecting the proceedings allowed to as I may deem expedient, or to express to you my
I regard the subject of your letter, and the request for my advice and direction in the premises, as
Brooklyn 14 April 1869 wensday Wednesday 14 My dear Walt your letter has come to day all right i looked
was to send a draft to George the first of the month for two hundred dollars but it has not come to my
down to the post office and got the money and i have got lots of things for myself i thought now was my
He does not answer my letter directed to him at Salem, and I do not know where he is to be found.
I shall send all the evidence in my power, if any more is found.
he saw a carrier in Bedford aven Avenue so i thought you was worse and the thoughts that run through my
with symptoms that Walt had listed in an early February letter: he had described a "severe cold in my
Earlier in the month, Walt Whitman reported a "severe cold in my head" and "bad spells, dizziness" (see
30 June 1869 June 30 June 30 My dear walter Walter i will only write a very few lines this time i receeved
the hot weather pretty well it has been very warm indeed here and every where i suppose) i have had my
Jan. 14, 1869 My dear Mr.
It is not in my power to assign you so early a day. Will write by mail. Wm. M.
My friends, I shall return to Washington either on Wednesday next, 15th or Thursday , 16th—Shall probably
I am writing this at my desk in the Attorney General's office, by a great open window, looking south,
The questions you ask are not such as, in my opinion, it is his duty to answer.
City The subject to which your letter refers had received my official attention some days since, and
If he will show you my letter, which it will be entirely agreeable to me to permit, you will probably
EDITORIAL OFFICE OF THE GALAXY, N O . 40 P ARK R OW , New York Mar 4, 186 9 My dear Sir: I am sorry not
Philp and Solomon: My friends: I have to beg pardon for a sad mistake & piece of remissness—It seems
I regret that other occupations have prevented my giving earlier attention to the application.
Sir: I have received your letter of the 24th ult. and the accompanying papers, submitting for my consideration
Sir: Your letter of the 6th inst. submits for my consideration the Internal Revenue case of A. W.
Messrs Church, Dear Sirs: I write a line with reference to my piece "Brother of All with generous hand
entries of certain lands at East Laginaw, Mich., by Charles Rodd and Henry Peter, which has received my
Gomez, omitted in my communication of the 13th inst. I have the honor to be, &c. &c. &c. Wm. M.
It was the purpose of my letter of the 13th inst. to inform you politely of a result, and I did not then
This subject was referred to my Department by the President, was duly considered, and a Report thereon
In reply I have the honor to refer to an opinion given to the President by my predecessor in office,
I have the honor to transmit herewith a copy of the opinion of my predecessor, Mr.
Sir: Your letter of the 8th instant, requesting to be furnished with a copy of correspondence between my
By this grant, the United States have, in my opinion, acquired a valid title to the land described.
to make any new case for the consideration of the Court, I do not see, as at present advised, that my
received, is one clearly within the range of the instructions given to him, and the District Attorney; and my
Schley having my entire confidence, as well as your own, I concur in your suggestion that they be employed
If you approve a reversal of the judgment, it will be my pleasure to carry that desire into effect.
Attorney for Georgia: "I deem it my duty to report that it is currently rumored that the U. S.
I deem it my duty to report that it is currently rumored that the U. S.
result, in a great degree, of inquiries orally made by me of persons from the Territory who came to my
shall be able to find some one as faithful and attentive to take your place; and with the assurance of my
I have not before me a copy of the concurrent resolution—but, if I had, it would not be my official duty
decided to accept in discharge of their liability in a suit pending in court, with your approval, and my
In reply, I have to say that no official intelligence is in my possession, upon the subject,—and the
George said he dident didn't think lane expected it but i suppose he wanted to be ready i am better of my
lameness but not entirely over it my knee is so weak but i think it will get better after a while it
institutionalizing Jesse because, according to her December 25, 1863 letter, she "could not find it in my
Seward, Secretary of State, of August 14, 1868, to my predecessor, Mr.
As an original question, I should have had grave doubts upon it; but I did not think it my duty to suggest
Louis, Jan 21st 1869 My dear Walt, Tis a long, long time since I have written you, and I am somewhat
Give my love to all mutual friends in Washington—particularly the O'Connors.