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Sunday Aug: 4 towards noon —Fine & clear & quiet—feeling fair as usual—cut up peaches, an egg, &c: for my

breakfast—am sitting here alone in my big den—bowel action an hour ago—Mr.

.— O my dear sir, I only wish you could know the sentiment of respect and personal good will, toward

I forthwith sat down, and have written my thoughts and advice.

sitting by him, and soothing him, and he liked to have me—liked to put his arm out and lay his hand on my

were hurt by being blamed by his officers for something he was entirely innocent of—said, "I never in my

I do not trouble my spirit to vindicate itself or be understood.

The six sentences may be a key to those who like me, but say they don't understand my book.

They were talking of Edwin Arnold on my entrance. Ingersoll hearing me sprang up with warm hand.

W. shook his head, "No, Colonel, no—my work is all done."

Brown, my daughter, and by Miss Maud, my other daughter, to say to you, that you must not leave us yet—that

He took my hand with a good sound grasp. And he is better, anyway, than I expected to find him."

And on the way out to the carriage, "Don't forget me to the wife, Traubel: give her my love.

Browning, my predecessor in office. That opinion was transmitted to the Hon. J. M.

It is no part of my official duty to vindicate the rights of individual citizens, who have their remedy

In my letter of May 26th I informed you that the question whether the compensation should be paid by

M. for the War Dept., and requesting my views as to the reasonableness of the same.

of the assets of the bank for ratable distribution, or is the property of the Government, should, in my

I can now only say, generally, that if, under the law, it will be in my power to give adequate compensation

I enclose the account without my certificate for the reasons that it does not show where the services

Dear Sir: It is not in my power to furnish you any extended report of criminal cases in the U.S. courts

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

decided to accept in discharge of their liability in a suit pending in court, with your approval, and my

Spoke of "the wonderful beauty of the pictures—all of them: they raise my wonder and admiration.

Will let me get out the card my own way. Wednesday, June 4, 1890

"I laid it out for you yesterday, but it slipped my mind when you were here."

No doctor—nor would he hear to my sending for one except upon worse developments.

Curious when he learned I was on my way to Philadelphia to hear Von Bulow play.

the undulation of your one wave, its trick to me transfer W C ould you but breathe one breath upon my

to me, As, under doughty Sherman, I march toward the sea.) 3 Me, master, years a hundred, since from my

That sport'st amid the lightning-flash and thunder-cloud, In them, in thy experiences, had'st thou my

of cities and the shop- fronts shopfronts , (Account for it or not—credit or not—it is all true, And my

That sport'st amid the lightning-flash and thunder-cloud, In them, in thy experiences, had'st thou my

WSK 328 Mickle Street Camden New Jersey July 8 '86 Dear W S K I have returned from my jaunt to the Jersey

the number of persons annually entering this class (five to twenty) in the United States, but that my

things & times—this beautiful day among the rest—(now toward sundown, & I am writing this alone up in my

My excuse for writing to you is, that it is a matter of the utmost importance to a client of mine.

He says my copy [this picture] is quite as good as the original.

Waukesha, Wis., Oct 16 188 9 My dear Mr.

visit from 4 to 6½—But today it is raining & blowing at a great rate, & I am staying in writing,—give my

brother, Walt, sends us a dollar, at times 2 every few days—and sometime since, sent 5 by mail—which with my

I did think of putting off my trip until the end of May but there are reasons why I had better go now—I

25 1882 Dear Walt: I wrote to Osgood and asked him how Leaves of Grass was selling and he rejoices my

Ma y Mr Walt Whitman My dear Sir: In the July issue of the Bookmaker of which I send you two copies,

I have begun my annual report and am more occupied than ever but this should not make me neglect writing

find in them so much encouragement and hope, and such a great personality, that I write to express my

things that troubled me formerly will have power to vex me no longer, I will be at ease, with you for my

My dear Sir: I send the article on Democracy. If satisfactory I should like $100 for it.

Whitman I am writing to ask you to send me the two volumes of your writings which you sent my sister

description of the Banquet and so on—The rest of the letter is a free report of what we talked about in my

I trace my highest and best thoughts and feelings to your poems.

I express to you my deep appreciation and love for your books—and well wishes for your health.

If you are willing to go into selling my books, I think you ought to have some of the little 30 brochure

henceforth not the least among the objects of our interest— —Showery here to-day—I tho't of getting out with my

appeal very strongly—(I sometimes think only one going among the men as I do, with personal feeling & my

believe there can be a grander thing of the kind on earth Jan 4 I leave here Sunday morning at 8, on my

hope indeed when this comes, there will be again— Matters here ab't "the same subject continued" as my

of course have one—Dr Bucke and Horace Traubel are in London Canada —H T will be back here very soon—my