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In my letter of the 29th of August last I directed you, in pursuance of a suggestion from the War Department

all cases been obliged to decline approving said accounts; and must therefore in your case adhere to my

I must therefore decline to give you account of my official sanction. Very respectfully, A. T.

the subject of a supposed murder of two Indians, near Alexandria, Minnesota, and to enclose a copy of my

But there may be, in this case, circumstances of justifiable exception to my general rule—and if such

It is not, in my judgment, a suitable employment for a judge to labor at a distance concerning leave

I have asked the Secretary of State whether he has any objection to my sending you a copy of the opinion

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

That I may be enabled to carry out the intention of Congress properly, I desire to obtain for my information

Lyman against officers in the service of the Marshal are so indefinite that they justify no action on my

investigation to be instituted in the Treasury Department, and if anything should be produced which changes my

Sir: Upon my return, after an absence of several weeks, I find your letter of the 14th ultimo.

Attorneys during your Congressional term; and for that reason, and no other, I raised the question in my

Senate Sir: In answer to your letter of the 20th inst. requesting my opinion upon the question whether

have the honor to say that the law prescribing the duties of the Attorney General, as expounded by my

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

My Dear Sir, Your friendly note of the 26th has just come to hand, and yesterday came your noble paper

on Personalism —for both of which attentions you have my thanks.

friend has sent me from time to time appreciative notices of yourself, knowing by some supreme instinct my

I know how fully he shares in my appreciation of yourself and works.

I meant that you should discover me so, by my faint indirections; And I, when I meet you, mean to discover

I meant that you should discover me so, by my faint indirections; And I, when I meet you, mean to discover

bodies and bodies" line the decks; the masts and spars are spotted with "dabs of flesh"; beside the captain's

Who would suspect that this comic strain proceeded from the author of "My Study Window," and "Among my

I'm dull at prayers: I could not keep awake Counting my beads.

I love my fellow-men: the worst I know I would do good to.

Now, when storms of fate o'ercast Darkly my Present and my Past, Let my Future radiant shine With sweet

The "In Memoriam" explains itself,—the "Watchman of Ephriam," as Osee says, "was with my God."

Old Poets and the New Poetry in Pall Mall Gazette (17 November 1890), before it appeared in Good-Bye My

Orleans, San Francisco, The departing ships, when the sailors heave at the capstan; —Evening—me in my

room—the setting sun, The setting summer sun shining in my open window, showing the swarm of flies,

, futurity, In space, the sporades, the scatter'd islands, the stars— on the firm earth, the lands, my

thereof—and no less in myself than the whole of the Mannahatta in itself, Singing the song of These, my

my lands are inevitably united, and made ONE IDENTITY; Nativities, climates, the grass of the great

New Orleans, San Francisco, The departing ships, when the sailors heave at the capstan; Evening—me in my

room—the setting sun, The setting summer sun shining in my open window, showing the swarm of flies,

, futurity, In space, the sporades, the scattered islands, the stars —on the firm earth, the lands, my

less in myself than the whole of the Manna- hatta Mannahatta in itself, Singing the song of These, my

my lands are inevitably united, and made ONE IDENTITY; Nativities, climates, the grass of the great

"If I worship one thing more than another," he proclaims, "it shall be the spread of my own body" ("Song

"Whitman's Image of Voice: To the Tally of my Soul." Walt Whitman. Modern Critical Views. Ed.

first published in the New York publication Truth on 19 March 1891 and was later reprinted in Good-Bye My

I am not accustomed thus to present my claim to acquaintanceship with writers.

I will believe this also, adding it to my "creed" the "I believes", of my religion which years ago I

I was certain my dear brother would not ask me to read a bad book.

That was my hour of triumph for my poet. For I had heard Mr.

If I were younger I would strive with all my to do something worthy of my worship of your genius, worthy

So all my time will be taken up with him.

My visits to you this winter have been such a pleasure to me & it is one of my greatest regrets in leaving

I can hardly realize that I shall see all my dear family so soon.

Please give my love to Mrs. Davis, & keep a great deal for yourself, my dear, dear friend.

Will you give my love to Mrs. Davis?

I had a very pleasant passage and enjoyed the ride very much but yet I found that my wounds were somewhat

how things are moving and will be much pleased to hear from you and I will try to write you more in my

Please to remember me to Miss Lowell Brown , Benedict, Bartlett, & Chas Cate —also to all others of my

I am glad to report that I enjoyed my Self finely and had a gay time.

I expected to be in Washington before this on my way Home to get my rights, if I dont get it I will not

play Tell Miss Felton that I never will forget theWatter cooler of Ward P. and as there are some of my

Friends that I have omited on account of names I hope you will as[k] Pardon in my behalf. tell Brown

My Love & best Wishes to all I will close Hoping to Here from you soon.

Friend Walter, Sir accordain to promis I now embrace this opportunity of informing you of my Safe arrival

My Friends gave me a warm reception Such as how are you Bush got robed did you &c I told them how it

I had the pleasure of meeting my Capt G.

laugh at me for not being sharper I told them it would be all right in cours of time live & learn is my

If you dont I do and I long for to see mine very much and I think she will want to see me— give my letter

f'm my friend Mrs: Johnston | NY 305 17 th Street East Our dear Uncle Walt.

Nothing could surpass the filial love she has given me: the confidence in my judgment: the loving obedience

every experience and aspiration; and I hope to open the cover—turn the pages, point to the lines, for my

my love to a living soul.

I glory in my mutability and my vast receptivity; I glory in having no unalterable opinions.

I glory in my invincible supremacy over prejudice, my superb contempt for custom.

He is the author of all my suffering, but he hath redeemed my soul. (And alas!

Nor am I less thine equal on account of my years.

I could not but warmly respond to that which is actually personal: I do it with my whole heart."

"History of My Whitman Studies." Walt Whitman Quarterly Review 9 (1991): 91–100. Blair, Stanley S.

celebrated physician remark, in speaking of the decay of health in metropolitan life,—“I should despair of my

A.MS. draft and notes.loc.00287xxx.00263[All my emprises]about 1874poetryhandwritten1 leaf; A draft of

[All my emprises]

barefooted every few minutes now and then in some neighboring black ooze, for unctuous mud- baths to my

Am so filled with gratitude can scarce express my feelings.

Tis the first time I have had the pleasure of gazing up on the picture of my Great Great Uncle Elias

I have patiently submited to the will of God, it is through him I breathe, live, and have my being.

Those fellows have one virtue—they always use good paper: and on that I manage to do a good deal of my

Dublin, 18/2 187 6 My dear Mr Whitman I send you an order for 39/= for a copy of your works the $10 edition

I must say that I only know Mr Dowden casually—a person of my world cannot aspire to much acquaintance

My knowledge of literature is very slight—I have not the critical insight into things that he has Dear

My having been obliged to give up all idea of a separate life for myself beyond the grave, forces me

Walt Whitman Dear Friend I am now at my own home but hav not got my discharge yet.

I have to go back to rochester to get my discharge. the day that I left thare went to the patent ofice

them kicked me on the forehead and then they start to run and the wagon wheel struck me on the back of my

My friends their respects Please if get this rite and if you will Please to sennd me that potographs

This is the first letter I have written for weeks, and I am afraid I write rather obscurely, for my hand

did not answer and acknowledge them I regret to have done so; but if you knew how great the mass of my

August 24th 1878 My dear Walt Whitman I am not overfond of letter-writing—rather hate it indeed—I am

As to myself I am pretty well for my time of life—sixty nine on the sixth of this month—but somewhat

troubled about my eyes—for I am not only the shortest-sighted man in England—but have a great black island

However my oculist informs me that I shall not go blind, & bids me as much as possible spare my eyes,

My younger son Lionel (whom you inquire about) was married to the daughter of F.

Dear old man, I the elder old man have received your Article in the Critic, & send you in return my thanks

blowing softlier & warmlier on your good gray head than here, where it is rocking the elms & ilexes of my

My dear W. W.

It is postmarked: SCHOOL GREEN | B | MY 14 | 91 | ISLE OF WIGHT; A; RECEIVED | May | 24 | 12 | 12 | ;

My dear Sir: Mr.

that he had brought your books with him from America, a gift from you, and that they were lying in my

London chambers; Whereupon I wrote back to him, begging him to bring them himself to me at my country

I have now just called at my London lodgings, and found them on the table.

I had previously met with several of your works and read them with interest and had made up my mind that

My dear Walt Whitman (Somehow the Mr does not come well before Walt Whitman).

broken ground, glad also that you find something to approve of in a work so utterly unlike your own as my

I am this morning starting with my wife & Sons on a tour to the Continent.

in an extreme hurry, packing up & after these few words must bid you goodbye, not without expressing my

My Dear Sir I had the honor to recive the fiew lines you addressed to me, which was delivered by my particular

In my humble opinion there is nothing so well calculated to inspire a soldier with new courage and fresh

acquaintance may ripen into a mutual attachment The preasent you sent me I received for which accept my

Holsman Mansion Passaic, New Jersey 9 June '79 My dear Mr Whitman, I got yours of the 24th ult. & also

I enclose a copy of the selections you made from my journal, and also an account of the information Miss

for those loose sheets which I used sometimes to resort to, partly because I was accustomed to write my

, & it strikes me I have in my portfolios much that is better than that, unprinted.

office in the city, as my letters are forwarded every day.