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As I desire to do my duty under that resolution, I wish to be informed by any person who has knowledge
recommend the acceptance of the offer in the terms in which it is made, for the reasons I have given in my
Sir: I have received your telegram of the 12th inst. in reply to my letter of the 10th inst. both relating
December 7 My dear Walt i got your letter yesterday morning it come real quick i was quite astonished
the Court of Claims, which has been dismissed with your consent, pursuant to the advice contained in my
—1869 Septr September 23 My dear walt Walt i suppose you have arrived safe to your place of business
It appears from a letter of my predecessor to the Dist.
While this force may be sufficient for the purely clerical needs of the office it is not, in my opinion
1873 12th of January My dear walt Walt it seems like an age till i got your letter to day i was glad
Sir: I respectfully call your attention to my letter to you of the 6th inst. relating to the suit of
If your Department, however, should not regard it proper to pay this judgment, I should deem it my duty
United States to give credit in compromising suits of this character—and I feel constrained to withhold my
M 30 evening My dear Walt all alone i receives your kind letter this morning i was glad to hear from
"In the year 80 of the States, My tongue, every atom of my blood, formed from this soil, this air, Born
"Take my leaves, America! take them South, and take them North! Surround them, East and West!
"O my comrade! O you and me at last, and us two only! O to level occupations and the sexes!
If he worships any particular thing, he says it shall be "some of the spread of my own body."
One long passage commences thus: "O my body!
inauguration day maybee it dont don't storm in washington Washington though) i am pretty well except a pain in my
You will find that my predecessor, Mr.
I do not wish to preclude myself by my action in these cases from reconsidering the question whether
asks how is and they would like to have you come on there well i dare say they would well i said in my
251 F 30th Thursday Evening Jan 21 '69 My dear Mr Whitman, I thank you for your thoughtfulness in sending