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who had been appointed by the Department of the Interior as agent of certain Indians, and requesting my
The case is under the charge of my Assistant, Mr.
appoint a Territorial auditor and Treasurer during the recess of the Legislature, I have to say that in my
that you desire any official action upon the subject by this Department—and, in fact, none occurs to my
or the Head of a Department for advice in matter of law connected with their official duties, it is my
desire a leave of absence, but I cannot yield to them without an example that would seriously impair my
investigation to be instituted in the Treasury Department, and if anything should be produced which changes my
Sir: My clerk sent your Commission to you on yesterday, and I requested him to say to you that I would
Since then I have not seen my hat," which I found after some search downstairs in the parlor.Left with
Are getting things ready for my trip down. Country hereabout rich—B. enthusiastic as to its future.
word that it was "too late"—saying, however—"I took the liberty to take a few sentences from it for my
Showed him my column in Conservator about Newman and O'Reilly.
I said my impulse had been, after seeing the Alexander picture Sunday, to send a note to the Press critical
The "Good-Bye My Fancy" manuscript on the bed. Was it ready yet? I picked it up.
Such boundless and affluent souls. . . . . . . bend your head in reverence, my man!
— Bloss Branched Le Verdure , blossom branch , fruit and vine The irregular tapping of rain off the my
not smell— —I smell the your beautiful white roses— I kiss their soft your leafy lips—I reach slide my
the road or at some crevice door by chance, or open'd win- dow window , Pausing, inclining, baring my
the road or at some crevice door by chance, or open'd win- dow window , Pausing, inclining, baring my
Dec. '67 thursday Thursday 26th My dear Walt i received your letter with the 5 doller dollars all first
read your Poem "Leaves of Grass"—I have read nothing hitherto in which in a large sense I recognized my
My aim is to attack Marston, terribly , and I don't want to be led off into a side show by an anonymunculus
He has just done an astonishing thing—printed my private letter in his paper—the letter in which I asked
Tell Charley that I have not forgotten him—I send him my love, & hope we may meet again one these days
and my enthusiasm was rekindled in a very lively degree by the presence of these two blooming girls greeting
30 Sept 1871 Saturday morning My dear walt Walt i thought i must send you a line to tell you i have got
English edition of your works—verbatim, without any retrenchments; and I have gone so far as to offer my
silent thoughts of God, & death—& not at all in what he says , nor in Sunday or prayer meeting gas —My
—Mat has worried about my not giving it to you ever since we came away—you must thank her for it not
The heat is delicious I have a constant bath in my own perspiration.
And, now, will you be kind enough to send me one more set, for a lady, to whom I have just shewn my set
with portrait for front piece) book , trimmed & gilt edged—good job—bound in crepe—thick paper (like my
I must end my letter now so it is good by bye Elmer E.
Still keep the sick chair & sick room—(now going into the sixth month)—The big book , (my whole works
Aug 12 188 2 My dear Walt— Nine years ago, I delivered before a German Society of New York City a lecture
My guess would be that when fairly afloat it might have quite as much sale here in the United States
William was unable to answer, much to his regret, but I did the best I could on my own account.
Camden Sept. 8 '85 Just a line any how, dear Mary, to follow up the good wishes & invocations of my last
We are all well here —I send my love to you So long!
I wish you would carry out my scheme (thought of no doubt a hundred times by youself) to write a series
I keep pretty well & lead an eventless life: read a few books, write a little now & then, & work on my
write to you lately—or rather I have written so many letters, business affairs mostly, connected with my
let me have ten or Fifteen Dollars have been having pretty hard luck of late and find myself Broke My
acquainted with it, & examine it—seems to me indeed a true bit of nature —I miss the creek & spring—Miss my
Mr Whitman — Although a stranger to you I wish to say through the medium of my pen that I have become
times that I shall be compelled to give up—I have something like the eumonia pneumonia at times too, in my
New York, May 13 th 187 2 Walt Whitman I now take my pen in hand to let you know how I am getting along
I shall place these and your full-grown volume together, and hand them down to my children I enclose
Our delightful Summer is over, my people are in London, and I am back here in Oxford again.
I am taking this summer as a rest, I have finished my work at Oxford, and in the autumn I shall begin