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Richardson & Co. for refunding certain Internal Revenue taxes, in which you ask my opinion "as to whether
agreed statement of facts in the papers, and no statement of facts to be assumed by me on which to give my
—I will therefore thank you to so state the questions of law upon which my opinion is desired, as will
I have asked the Secretary of State whether he has any objection to my sending you a copy of the opinion
Department to which they are addressed, I will thank you to inform me whether you have any objection to my
I have to inform you that the clerkships under my control have either been filled or promised.
Under these circumstances I do not think it my duty to interfere. your obde't serv't, &c. A. T.
appoint a Territorial auditor and Treasurer during the recess of the Legislature, I have to say that in my
You desire such instructions in the premises as in my judgment shall best comport with the interests
Schley, to whom the interests of the Government in the matter were confided by my predecessor, Mr.
Sir: On account of my sickness and absence, your letters of September 19th and September 22d instants
to breaches of the Neutrality Laws of the United States, near Brownsville, in Texas, never came to my
instant, informing me that it will not be in your power to furnish me the information requested in my
letter acknowledged & answered. to the property of patentees, and you add to that information that my
Her appeal, by the absence of exaggerations and other commendatory circumstances, has deeply moved my
There is an impression upon my mind that it was decided at the Rolls that the United States has legal
capacity to take as a Legatee—but I am unable to verify the accuracy of my recollection by a reference
Sir: The Secretary of War has called my attention to certain suits pending in the Circuit Courts of the
You will carry with you my best wishes for your success in life, and my thanks for the efficiency with
that you desire any official action upon the subject by this Department—and, in fact, none occurs to my
Mississippi, requesting the employment of assistant counsel in certain cases in his District, I refer you to my
If, upon final investigation I should arrive at a different result, my pleasure in doing so will be much
According to my information the compromise proposed by you would reduce that judgment to a little below
This he declined to do, and it would hardly be becoming in me, under the circumstances, to reverse my
Sirs: On account of my absence from Washington, your letter of the 6th ult, in relation to the case of
Hastings and others, and your claim for a retainer for services therein, has just been brought to my
the Pacific Railroad to pay interest on bonds, &c. has not been printed, and therefore it is not in my
compromise in the cases against the New York Central Railroad Company, which have been brought informally to my
Annual Report of your Department on the state of the finances for 1870, for which be pleased to accept my
My Father died May 2 nd and was buried on the 4 I was in Syracuse a few days before he died to see him
My Mother is not very well this summer Little Walt and the rest of my family are all well. he is quite
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
March 30th 1870 Dear respected friend Feeling assured that any information of my doings and whereabouts
will meet with only the kindest reception from you, I venture once more, after my long silence, to address
If any excuse be neccessary necessary , let my respect and esteem be that excuse.
himself"; but I note telling you facts) and have just entered upon the study of Law; In conseq uence of my
Though we enjoyed our homeless life in Washington I think I have enjoyed my more wandering life since
My life since we parted that July day upon the Treasury steps, has been one of hard work and little recreation
I have written so much of myself simply because you asked me of myself— My Dear Friend I hope and believe
She makes a half barbarous life for herself, however and allmost almost baffles all my efforts at times
: Han could have done better and saved me great mortification, but her mother in Brooklyn, thwarted my
For my part I have as much care as I desire, and more than I ever anticipated.
I have just paid off the mortgage on my house and have sustained myse lf here, not so much upon the merit
or appreciation of my paintings, as by a certai n force of character, which has found sympathy among
I am numbed with the frigid manners of the Christians; barbarism has given me the fullest joy of my life
If I could only know that it has pleased you I should bless my stars fervantly.
sure of your friendship and I should try to life live the real life there for your sake as well as for my
(my address always ) Charles Warren Stoddard to Walt Whitman, 2 April 1870
entitled to a cancellation of the bond, nor to a discharge from the payment of the tax; and you ask my
—If, on a reëxamination of the case, you still desire my opinion, I shall be happy to give it; but as
it can easily be submitted to a court for its decision, if my opinion of it is not necessary for purposes
Justice of a Territory to leave his official post of duty to attend to them at Washington, I shall give my
It has been my intention, as you are aware, that no inconvenience or expense should be imposed upon you
Dear sir: I do not see that my being Attorney General requires or enables me to give you assistance or
Browning, my predecessor in office. That opinion was transmitted to the Hon. J. M.
In my letter to Mr.
Tracy, which you refer to me, relates to a matter over which my Department has no control.
believe that this is a sufficient answer to what you ask in your letter, and with the assurance of my
I have given no official opinion in writing relating to the affairs of Georgia, and have not in my possession
It would give me great pleasure to render you any assistance in my power in regard to your discharge
of your judicial duties, but as it is not my official duty to do so, and as I am doubtful of its propriety
You ask my opinion upon the correctness of these charges. I referred the bill to Benj.
The question you ask me whether further detention of the witnesses is, in my judgment, necessary, I will
I should be glad to give the Committee any aid in my power, if I had any knowledge or opinion upon the
Tenn. dated the 8th inst. in relation to his claim for bounty, with your endorsement thereon, asking my
I hope, therefore, that you will excuse me from undertaking a service beyond my official duty.
On that day, the Solicitor of Internal Revenue came into my office and said to me that the Supervisor
—There is in my Department no list of U. S.
With the facts you state in your letter, I understand very well what impression my telegram made upon
You will please accept my thanks for the manner in which those services were rendered.
Wilkins requests me to send you the enclosed papers from the files of my office—informing me that you
It is no part of my official duty to vindicate the rights of individual citizens, who have their remedy
In accordance with what was orally said by you to my Assistant, Mr.
opinion, and should think that I ought to give it, I shall endeavor to do it at as early a date as my
I must beg to observe upon this,— supposing of course, it is my Department to which you refer—nothing
It is my rule to give notice to the officer concerned of any charges affecting his reputation as a man
more safely drawn the conclusion, when you learn that charges have been filed, that they did not, in my
Commissioner in Michigan, which you referred to me, and which bears the endorsement of my clerk.
My department has no control or supervision of the Commissioners, who are officers appointed by the Courts
and from the facts which I have ascertained, I do not consider that it requires any further action on my