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Sir: I respectfully call your attention to my letter to you of the 6th inst. relating to the suit of
This subject was referred to my Department by the President, was duly considered, and a Report thereon
It appears from a letter of my predecessor to the Dist.
Sir: I have received your letter of the 24th ult. and the accompanying papers, submitting for my consideration
By this grant, the United States have, in my opinion, acquired a valid title to the land described.
I do not wish to preclude myself by my action in these cases from reconsidering the question whether
The questions of law upon which my opinion is requested are not stated, and there is among the papers
I, therefore, feel under the necessity of returning the papers to you, and of asking that, if my opinion
of the claim, a statement of the facts of the case, and of the questions of law upon which you wish my
As I desire to do my duty under that resolution, I wish to be informed by any person who has knowledge
Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of my commission as Attorney General of the United States
I herewith enclose my oath of allegiance, duly executed.
Attorney for Georgia: "I deem it my duty to report that it is currently rumored that the U. S.
As an original question, I should have had grave doubts upon it; but I did not think it my duty to suggest
Sir: I have received your telegram of the 12th inst. in reply to my letter of the 10th inst. both relating
It was the purpose of my letter of the 13th inst. to inform you politely of a result, and I did not then
shall be able to find some one as faithful and attentive to take your place; and with the assurance of my
Now my voice is stronger, I ask, why will you not speak to me?
For the first time I act as my nature prompts me.
This is my mode of life:—At dusk I reach some village, a few grass huts by the sea or in some valley.
You will easily imagine, my dear sir, how delightful I find this life.
My address is San Francisco, Cal Box 1005. P. O. I shall immediately return there.
Father & Mother & My Wife send Love to my kind Friend, & you know you have a good share of mine.
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
Greene Dec 19 th 1869 Walt Whitman Dear Friend you will see by my letter that I have changed my base
My family are all here and are well. little Walt is just getting interesting he runs all around and is
I do not know but you will think by my long silence that I have forgotten you, but I still remember and
My Father & Mother were well the last time I heard from them.
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
has been a long time since we have heard from each other and I am feeling quite anxious to hear from my
My little Walt is quite a big Boy most 16 months old and full of mischief, he can walk all around the
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
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