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my captain! our fearful trip is done!
Leave you not the little spot Where on the deck my captain lies, Fallen Cold and Dead. O captain!
my captain! rise up and hear the bells! Rise up!
My captain does not answer, his lips are pale and still; My father does not feel my arm, he has no pulse
But I, with silent tread, Walk the spot; my captain lies Fallen cold and dead.
"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!
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
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.
Thy recognition of my loss goes to my heart.
My parcel and its contents will speak to thee more then I can write thee.
I gaze on the Sea while I eat my food and think of thee in the of summer I gaze on the sea, and in the
eldest Lad is now in Japan is second voyage to Celina and yet only 16 years old—my youngest is also
He I hope someday will visit your Land. my two lads I would like to see settled there on Land, only I
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.
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.
You will find that my predecessor, Mr.
This subject was referred to my Department by the President, was duly considered, and a Report thereon
Seward, Secretary of State, of August 14, 1868, to my predecessor, Mr.
It appears from a letter of my predecessor to the Dist.
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.
to make any new case for the consideration of the Court, I do not see, as at present advised, that my
As I desire to do my duty under that resolution, I wish to be informed by any person who has knowledge
Attorney for the District of Georgia, by my predecessor, directing him to dismiss all suits and proceedings
undetermined, under the Acts mentioned, I see no reason to doubt that they are embraced by the instructions of 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.
As an original question, I should have had grave doubts upon it; but I did not think it my duty to suggest
received, is one clearly within the range of the instructions given to him, and the District Attorney; and my
Sir: I have the honor to enclose to you a copy of a letter from my assistant at the Court of Claims,
interests of the Government to incur the small expense suggested in the letter.— There is no fund under my
Sir: I am sorry to say that it hardly seems to me to belong to my official duty to attempt an answer
you find in the Territory—but fear that it is hardly practicable to remedy it by the transmission of my
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
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.
It was the purpose of my letter of the 13th inst. to inform you politely of a result, and I did not then
The questions you ask are not such as, in my opinion, it is his duty to answer.
I have not before me a copy of the concurrent resolution—but, if I had, it would not be my official duty
Sir: I respectfully call your attention to my letter to you of the 6th inst. relating to the suit of
While this force may be sufficient for the purely clerical needs of the office it is not, in my opinion
result, in a great degree, of inquiries orally made by me of persons from the Territory who came to my
In reply, I have to say that no official intelligence is in my possession, upon the subject,—and the
Sir: I have received your letter of the 24th ult. and the accompanying papers, submitting for my consideration
If he will show you my letter, which it will be entirely agreeable to me to permit, you will probably
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
I have no right to give you my opinion upon these questions.
administration of the law, the Dept. of the Treasury establishes the rule it will follow; and it is my
United States to give credit in compromising suits of this character—and I feel constrained to withhold my
recommend the acceptance of the offer in the terms in which it is made, for the reasons I have given in my
shall be able to find some one as faithful and attentive to take your place; and with the assurance of my
Sir: Your letter of the 6th inst. submits for my consideration the Internal Revenue case of A. W.
decided to accept in discharge of their liability in a suit pending in court, with your approval, and my
I do not wish to preclude myself by my action in these cases from reconsidering the question whether
Perry, & Co., against the United States—in which you request my opinion upon the legal questions involved
among the papers—nor, indeed, any statement from an official source of the precise questions on which my
Comptroller, or may be agreed upon, together with the questions of law arising thereon, touching which my
opinion is desired, I shall be happy to consider the questions, and give my opinion.
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
Sir: I have received your telegram of the 12th inst. in reply to my letter of the 10th inst. both relating
By this grant, the United States have, in my opinion, acquired a valid title to the land described.
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
My Dear Walt.
This is my apology for this intrusion.
251 F 30th Thursday Evening Jan 21 '69 My dear Mr Whitman, I thank you for your thoughtfulness in sending