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series of lectures & readings &c. through different cities of the north, to supply myself with funds for my

series of lectures & readings &c. through different cities of the north, to supply myself with funds for my

Do you ask me what are my own particular dangers and complaints—what is taken that belongs to me—I complain

Annual Report of your Department on the state of the finances for 1870, for which be pleased to accept my

compromise in the cases against the New York Central Railroad Company, which have been brought informally to my

the Pacific Railroad to pay interest on bonds, &c. has not been printed, and therefore it is not in my

previously published in Leaves of Grass, "Passage to India" was Whitman's attempt to "celebrate in my

Whitman referred to Rossetti's edition as a "horrible dismemberment of my book" in his August 12, 1871

This he declined to do, and it would hardly be becoming in me, under the circumstances, to reverse 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

Mississippi, requesting the employment of assistant counsel in certain cases in his District, I refer you to my

that you desire any official action upon the subject by this Department—and, in fact, none occurs to 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

Her appeal, by the absence of exaggerations and other commendatory circumstances, has deeply moved my

life, my thoughts, my feelings, my views— my self in fact, in every way, you seem to have permeated

my whole being.

My friend Mrs.

It is good to have my love for you then rounded by knowing you, and finding my feeling and thought about

Jeannie sends much love to you, so does my sister Jeannie.

letter acknowledged & answered. to the property of patentees, and you add to that information that my

instant, informing me that it will not be in your power to furnish me the information requested in my

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

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.

Nov 5 18 70 My dear Mr.

Huntington: I write to say I would like to postpone the pleasure of my visit to, & breakfast with, you

Walt Whitman I send the Galaxy with one of my last pieces —as I am not certain whether I sent it to you

appoint a Territorial auditor and Treasurer during the recess of the Legislature, I have to say that in my

Under these circumstances I do not think it my duty to interfere. your obde't serv't, &c. A. T.

I was afraid of Ripley but Reid confirmed my impression that Greeley is or has been favorable, and he

My dear friend, I shall return to Washington next Saturday, 15th—William, it would be a favor if you

I write this in my room home, early afternoon—Mother & I having had tete-a-tete dinner—so good & quiet

Dear Son, I am sitting here in my room, having just eat a hearty dinner with my mammy , (who has this

month entered on her 76th year, but to my eyes looks young & handsome yet.)

c—he has one fault, & a bad one—that is he will drink, & spree it—which spoils all—True it is none of my

would give it up, & find his pleasure in some other way—Pete, should you see Allen again, give him my

My dear friend, I am here a while on leave—am in good health as usual—have been engaged in electrotyping

a new edition of my book in better form—You sent me word a year or more ago of some Boston publisher

, or bookseller, who was willing (or perhaps wished) to sell my book —Who was it?

biography, The Ferry Boy and the Financier (Boston: Walker and Wise, 1864); he described their meetings in My

O'Connor in 1867: "Every year confirms my earliest impression, that no book has approached the power

Milburn, or any of the railroad boys, or other friends that may inquire after me, that I send them my

best respects—not forgetting my friends Mr. & Mrs.

every thing lovely—It will not be long now before I shall be back—Till then, take care of yourself, my

It is likely that this will shorten my leave, & that I shall have to come back & do my work myself, about

I don't write, I thought I would send a few lines—they would be better than nothing— God bless you, my

the hot weather, & especially since I left Washington—so I read & write as little as possible, beyond my

printing matters, &c—as that occupies several hours, & tires my eyes sometimes.

distinction however—I admire & love the French, & France as a nation—of all foreign nations, she has my

is—to say nothing—only a good smacking kiss, & many of them—& taking in return many, many, many, from my

Ned Stewarts Stewart's —When you write tell Ned I am here in Brooklyn, loafing around—& that I send my

fine—warm through the middle of the day, & cool mornings & nights— I fall in with quite a good many of my

you & me—no women in the house—he is single—he wants me to make my home there—I shall not do that, but

that night—My dear loving boy, how much I want to see you—it seems a long while—I have rec'd a good

loving son, & give my respects to any of the boys that ask about me.

succeeding poem, we have him clearly in trance, and the impressing spirit speaking through him:— Take my

see Hermes, unsuspected, dying, well-beloved, saying to the people, Do not weep for me, This is not my

Here is one which again proclaims his purpose:— I stand in my place, with my own day, here.

And what are my miracles? 2.

side, and some behind, and some embrace my arms and neck.

while said this morning—"Why Walt you are fatter & saucier than ever"— but I will close by sending my

love, to my darling son—& to him I shall always be the same old Walt.

to-day to be what you are, than to be him, with his $10,000 a year—poor thin-livered cuss that he is— My

My Mother, brother George, & all, are well.

baby boy, now about a month resident in this mad world—(I write about the baby for Nelly and Jenny)—My

I am quite busy flying around—the printers & stereotypers commence on my immortal work to-morrow—My dear

, dear friend, I hope you are well & in good spirits—I send you my love—also to Charles Eldridge, if

best love—in which I am joined by my Mother.

My dear friend, I have just received your letter of the 7th inst.

A new edition of my book will be printed this fall, with another small volume in prose.

I send you my love—Write whenever you can.

1870 July 20 My dear Walt i got your letter yesterday but the paper you spoke of i havent haven't received

I have to inform you that the clerkships under my control have either been filled or promised.

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

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

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

tuesday Tuesday My dear Walt i received your letter on monday Monday glad to hear you get along so well

weather its it's hot to be shure sure but no use fretting about it well Walt i have been to day and had my

and one for myself i shall send han one in the package so you see walt Walt i bequeath something to my

Sir: I have the honor to transmit herewith, with my approval, the account of Albert H.

There is nothing new or noteworthy in my own affairs.

I keep fashioning & shaping my books at my leisure, & hope to put them in type the current year.

You speak of my prose preface to first "Leaves of Grass."

I am writing this at my desk in the Treasury building here, an immense pile, in which our office occupies

From my large open window I have an extensive view of sky, Potomac river, hills & fields of Virginia,

I gaze at the Sea while I eat my food and think of thee. . . . and often while I gaze thereon I think

the top whether it was that or what i dont don't know but all that night i couldent couldn't sleep my

very much indeed i wrote to her that i dident didn't know how to undertake the journeey journey in my

that it is "as much as Han can do to take care of herself" and that he had "paid off the mortgage on my

one night in passing off the platform of a Car, gave you a rose) I was compelled to many Car rides in my

I thank you Sir, with all my heart, and pray for you the abiding Presence and hourly Comfort of the divine

I go to my home in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, tomorrow.

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

You will please communicate, as you may have occasion in the future, with the War Department—as my only