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A.MS. draft and notes.loc.00287xxx.00263[All my emprises]about 1874poetryhandwritten1 leaf; A draft of
[All my emprises]
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
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
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
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.
shall be able to find some one as faithful and attentive to take your place; and with the assurance of my
It was the purpose of my letter of the 13th inst. to inform you politely of a result, and I did not then
Sir: I have received your telegram of the 12th inst. in reply to my letter of the 10th inst. both relating
As an original question, I should have had grave doubts upon it; but I did not think it my duty to suggest
Attorney for Georgia: "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.
As I desire to do my duty under that resolution, I wish to be informed by any person who has knowledge
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
I do not wish to preclude myself by my action in these cases from reconsidering the question whether
By this grant, the United States have, in my opinion, acquired a valid title to the land described.
Sir: I have received your letter of the 24th ult. and the accompanying papers, submitting for my consideration
It appears from a letter of my predecessor to the Dist.
This subject was referred to my Department by the President, was duly considered, and a Report thereon
Sir: I respectfully call your attention to my letter to you of the 6th inst. relating to the suit of
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.
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
received, is one clearly within the range of the instructions given to him, and the District Attorney; and my
Seward, Secretary of State, of August 14, 1868, to my predecessor, Mr.
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.
I deem it my duty to report that it is currently rumored that the U. S.
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
While this force may be sufficient for the purely clerical needs of the office it is not, in my opinion
to make any new case for the consideration of the Court, I do not see, as at present advised, that my
If he will show you my letter, which it will be entirely agreeable to me to permit, you will probably
You will find that my predecessor, Mr.
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
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 questions you ask are not such as, in my opinion, it is his duty to answer.
result, in a great degree, of inquiries orally made by me of persons from the Territory who came to 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.
I have not before me a copy of the concurrent resolution—but, if I had, it would not be my official duty
In reply, I have to say that no official intelligence is in my possession, upon the subject,—and the
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: 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
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
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
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
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
251 F 30th Thursday Evening Jan 21 '69 My dear Mr Whitman, I thank you for your thoughtfulness in sending
1873 12th of January My dear walt Walt it seems like an age till i got your letter to day i was glad
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
15 March 1869 My dear Walt dont don't be frightened at getting this unseasonable letter there is nothing
well as usual i hope this will find you over your trouble with the distress in your head) the cause of my
while) says this building without money is a bad business i suppose walter Walter dea dear you got my
In his February 2–8, 1869 letter to Louisa Van Velsor Whitman, Walt Whitman wrote of "severe cold in my