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Aug 24 187 1 Dear Sir: When I wrote to you yesterday I quite forgot to mention that Mr.
Aug 23. 187 1 To Walt Whitman Esq, Dear Sir: I thank you very much for your letter received this morning
Stat. 450-1) you will see that the oath is to be taken before the Governor, Secretary, or some Judge
Sir: Your communication of July 1, 1871, in relation to the claim of Wm.
payment by the company of One million dollars, five hundred thousand payable in ten years from June 1,
Company, dated Aug. 1, 1871, on the subject of the proceedings which have been instituted in court against
August 1, 1871. Hon. Hamilton Fish, Secretary of State.
Akerman to Hamilton Fish, 1 August 1871
Aug. 1, 1871. Hon. Victor C. Barringer, Washington, D. C.
Barringer, 1 August 1871
see notes June 14 1888 American Institute New York, Aug 1, 1871. Walt. Whitman Esq.
Young to Walt Whitman, 1 August 1871
would refer p. 668 concerning pension-money you to the second section of the Act of July 7, 1838, (1
T HE P OETRY OF D EMOCRACY : W ALT W HITMAN . 1. Leaves of Grass Washington, D.C. 1871. 2.
June 1, 1871. Hon. S. S. Cox, New York City.
Cox, 1 June 1871
June 1 st 1871 Dear Fathe Father It a long time cince since I heard from you and thinking you would like
Rogers to Walt Whitman, 1 June 1871
May 19, 187 1. Messrs.
Randolph on this account, for the following reasons: 1.
of letter to this office from the District Attorney of the Southern District of Florida, dated May 1,
March 1, 1871. Hon. Charles T. Sherman, District Judge of the United States, Northern Dist. Ohio.
Sherman, 1 March 1871
Wirt. (1 Opinions, p 335.) of Mr. Taney, (2 Opin, 490,) of Mr. Crittenden, (5 Opin. 561.) of Mr.
Sir: On account of absence, your letter of Sept. 1, 1870 was not noticed at the time.
February 1, 1871. W. T. Samuels, Assistant Secretary of State. Frankfort, Ky.
Samuels, 1 February 1871
Samuels, 1 February 1871
Sir: I have received the following papers, which I now enclose to you: 1. An application from Mr.
SONG OF THE BROAD-AXE. 1 WEAPON, shapely, naked, wan! Head from the mother's bowels drawn!
SONG OF THE OPEN ROAD. 1 AFOOT and light-hearted, I take to the open road, Healthy, free, the world before
CROSSING BROOKLYN FERRY. 1 FLOOD-TIDE below me! I watch you face to face; Clouds of the west!
WITH ANTECEDENTS. 1 WITH antecedents; With my fathers and mothers, and the accumulations of past ages
NOW LIST TO MY MORNING'S ROMANZA. 1 Now list to my morning's romanza—I tell the signs of the Answerer
CAROL OF OCCUPATIONS. 1 COME closer to me; Push close, my lovers, and take the best I possess!
THOUGHTS. 1 OF ownership—As if one fit to own things could not at pleasure enter upon all, and incorporate
THE SLEEPERS. 1 I WANDER all night in my vision, Stepping with light feet, swiftly and noiselessly step
CAROL OF WORDS. 1 EARTH, round, rolling, compact—suns, moons, ani- mals animals —all these are words
RECEPTION JAPANESE EMBASSY, JUNE, 1860. 1 OVER the western sea, hither from Niphon come, Courteous the
SUGGESTIONS. 1 THAT whatever tastes sweet to the most perfect person —That is finally right. 2 That the
GREAT ARE THE MYTHS. 1 GREAT are the myths—I too delight in them; Great are Adam and Eve—I too look back
DRUM-TAPS. 1 FIRST, O songs, for a prelude, Lightly strike on the stretch'd tympanum, pride and joy in
1 BEAT! beat! drums!—Blow! bugles! blow!
Come Up from the Fields, Father. 1 COME up from the fields, father, here's a letter from our Pete; And
THE DRESSER. 1 AN old man bending, I come, among new faces, Years looking backward, resuming, in answer
GIVE ME THE SPLENDID SILENT SUN. 1 GIVE me the splendid silent sun, with all his beams full- dazzling
DIRGE FOR TWO VETERANS. 1 THE last sunbeam Lightly falls from the finish'd Sabbath, On the pavement here—and
Faces FACES 1 SAUNTERING the pavement, or riding the country by- road by-road —lo! such faces!
MANHATTAN'S STREETS I SAUNTER'D, PONDERING. 1 MANHATTAN'S streets I saunter'd, pondering, On time, space
AS I SAT ALONE BY BLUE ONTARIO'S SHORE. 1 As I sat alone, by blue Ontario's shore, As I mused of these
Weather-beaten vessels, landings, settlements, embryo stature and muscle, The haughty defiance of the Year 1—
1 COME, my tan-faced children, Follow well in order, get your weapons ready; Have you your pistols?
THIS COMPOST. 1 SOMETHING startles me where I thought I was safest; I withdraw from the still woods I
(A Reminiscence of 1864.) 1 WHO are you, dusky woman, so ancient, hardly human, With your woolly-white
A SONG. 1 COME, I will make the continent indissoluble; I will make the most splendid race the sun ever
1 O TAKE my hand, Walt Whitman! Such gliding wonders! such sights and sounds!
TO A FOIL'D EUROPEAN REVOLUTIONAIRE. 1 COURAGE yet! my brother or my sister! Keep on!
France, FRANCE, The 18th Year of These States. 1 A GREAT year and place; A harsh, discordant, natal scream