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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
Egins is strongly pressed upon my attention as justly requiring the interposition of the Executive clemency
I should not take the liberty of again referring the subject to you, after your reply to my former reference
examination of the affidavits presented to me, on behalf of the prisoner made a considerable impression upon my
I am unwilling however to proceed upon my own impression in this regard, notwithstanding my respect for
If you approve a reversal of the judgment, it will be my pleasure to carry that desire into effect.
entries of certain lands at East Laginaw, Mich., by Charles Rodd and Henry Peter, which has received my
My dear Sir: I have received two communications from you, having date, respectively, January 28th, ult
the 4th inst. that you have some purpose of publishing these letters—and you intimate a desire for my
either officially or personally, I cannot consent to be made a party, and should decline, if I had my
Joseph Conrad, Captain 29th U. S.
If your Department, however, should not regard it proper to pay this judgment, I should deem it my duty
the Court of Claims, which has been dismissed with your consent, pursuant to the advice contained 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
have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 11th ultimo, requesting me to give you my
While I would be very happy to give my individual opinion upon this subject, if I were possessed of the
which is one of fact and not of law, and therefore not within the scope of the authority and duty of my
rendered in relation to the title of League Island, sent to me in your letter of the 5th ultimo for my
opinion as to the reasonableness of the charge; and to say that in my opinion Fifteen hundred dollars
Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 26th inst. requesting my opinion
McKeon, and return them herewith, with the endorsement of my opinion thereon.
I regret that other occupations have prevented my giving earlier attention to the application.
City The subject to which your letter refers had received my official attention some days since, and
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
My letters to Mr. Courtney of the 2d and 21st of November last are hereto annexed, marked A and B .
The prosecutions referred to in my letters were for frauds upon Internal Revenue, as I then understood
Upon my inquiring whether he was expecting to obtain the consent of these accusers to the submission
Attorney Courtney— and these, and these alone, were the reasons for my direction of the suspension or
Eckel, and until my examination of the case, and my final directions thereupon, that the indictment in
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
Gomez, omitted in my communication of the 13th inst. I have the honor to be, &c. &c. &c. Wm. M.
Schley having my entire confidence, as well as your own, I concur in your suggestion that they be employed
the representative of the claimants, to agree upon such a presentation of the facts as will raise for my
Should this anticipation be realized, it will be my pleasure as well as my duty, to give early consideration
It is not in my power to assign you so early a day. Will write by mail. Wm. M.
My Dear Walt.
This is my apology for this intrusion.
New York Nov 16 My Dear friend Walter I received your letter of the 29 th and was very glad to here hear
from you I am very Sorry to keep you waiting so long for my answer. we have just got done taking account
I am very tired when I get home at night my feet are very sore from the nails sticking up in the heels
like you I send you mine in return I have received the title of Unkle Uncle my sister Josephine has
Crum he weigh weighs ten pounds I am going to get my wages raised after the Holidays father has just
intended for the lady (if I may be permitted to send it her)—and will you please accept the other with my
but I hope you will not dislike it, for I confess myself to a (perhaps capricious) fondness for it as my
My p. o. address remains the same, here. I am, & have been, quite well & hearty.
My new editions, considerably expanded, with what suggestions &c.
I send my love to Moncure Conway, if you see him. I wish he would write to me, soon & fully.
My impression is that hitherto she has cared very little about poetry.
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,
Dear William O'Connor: I was very ill after my arrival here—& made worse by the heat—but have recovered
Mother is well, & sends her love to you all—mother asked a great deal about Nelly, and also about Jenny— My
Price—but shall begin to explore, this week—& will report in my next— Dear Nelly, I had an unusually
my love— William, do you see how Mrs.
My address is 101 Portland av. opp. Arsenal Brooklyn, New York.
My friends, I shall return to Washington either on Wednesday next, 15th or Thursday , 16th—Shall probably
Philp and Solomon: My friends: I have to beg pardon for a sad mistake & piece of remissness—It seems
There is nothing new or special in my affairs or doings.
My folks all continue well—mother first rate, & brothers ditto. I do not have such good luck.
I have taken three or four of my favorite rides on Broadway.
I believe I described them to you in my letters a year ago.
Tell Johnny Lee I send him my love, & hope he is well & hearty. I think of him daily.
I have thought of you, my darling boy, very much of the time.
I have not been out of the house since the first day after my arrival.
of, insulting to you, never for one moment in my thoughts.)
Dear Pete, dear son, my darling boy, my young & loving brother, don't let the devil put such thoughts
I will write again before long—give my love to Johnny Lee, my dear darling boy, I love him truly—(let
Pete, you say my sickness must be worse than I described in my letters—& ask me to write precisely how
Yesterday I thought I felt as strong & well as ever in my life—in fact real young & jolly.
It is now towards 3—Mother & I have just had our dinner, (my mammy's own cooking mostly.)
Pete, the fourth week of my vacation is most ended. I shall return the middle of next week.
Give my love to Johnny Lee —let him read this letter, & then return it to you.
I am writing this at my desk in the Attorney General's office, by a great open window, looking south,
Accept my thanks. I am pleased with the typographical appearance, correctness, &c. of my piece.
Jan. 14, 1869 My dear Mr.
Messrs Church, Dear Sirs: I write a line with reference to my piece "Brother of All with generous hand
Freiligrath: I have sent you to-day by ocean mail, a copy of my latest printed Leaves of Grass —not knowing
My address is, Walt Whitman, Washington, D. C. U. S.
In answer to your request, I send you my picture—it was taken three months since.
Farewell, my friend. I sincerely thank you, & hope some day to meet you.
He speaks it over and over, manipulating my body unconciouslyunconsciously, as it were, with bountiful
mats, and at night sometimes waken to find him watching me with earnest, patient looks, his arm over my
I send you, same mail with this, a copy of my book, as requested—Also a copy of Mr.
I send you my thanks & good will.
July 1, 18 69 Dear Alfred Pratt, I am still here in Washington, & work in the same office—My health is
must write me a good long letter all about your affairs & yourself—all will be interesting— I send you my
Good bye, my loving boy — The following are responsible for particular readings or for changes to this
been, & am quite well, considering—though I have had trouble from a cold during the winter & spring—My
them, at their house— I am still boarding at the same place—I expect to bring out the final edition of my
Don't be mad at me because I have been so negligent—You all have my love & "best respects" to boot—how
My health has been good since I last saw you.
am sure she always will be— It is very hot weather here—to-day it is 96 or '7—I am sitting here at my
Good bye, dear Abby—I send my love to Emily, & all—The O'Connors are well—Jenny grows like every thing
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.
Sir: Your letter of the 8th instant, requesting to be furnished with a copy of correspondence between my
A.MS. draft and notes.loc.00268xxx.00263[Thou knowest my]about 1874poetryhandwritten1 leaf; A draft of
[Thou knowest my]
Louis, March 28th 1869 Wm O'Connor My dear friend I am anxious to obtain through you whatever copies
with me here, and when you can duplicate the copies we would both be thankful I must beg pardon for my
much when had) I am forced to secure as best I can the records of the experience of others Please give my
Louis, April 18th 1869 Wm O'Connor Esq My dear friend The package of "Reports" and afterwards your letter
received—I intended before this to write you and return thanks for the same—but like many other of my
you for the Reports—they furnished me with just the information I needed and you will please receive my
other reports of a like nature I am very greedy to get these things and shall probably show it in my
the change of "government" will not hurt either you or him I remember with a great deal of pleasure my
By the way, in my last I forgot to tell you abt the "bitters" and to thank you for them—Mat likes them
Five, "An Analytical Investigation of the Resistance of Piles to Superincumbent Pressure" (1850); Captain
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.
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
"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!