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In accordance with what was orally said by you to my Assistant, Mr.
You will find that my predecessor, Mr.
awaiting the action of the Executive upon his sentence,"— and your letter of May 4, 1869, again calling my
the important and difficult questions which may arise upon the case, I think it sufficient to express my
Your return to Illinois for the purpose of settling your private business would meet my entire approval
continuously in them, ready to attend to whatever official duties may present themselves, and that in my
Justice of a Territory to leave his official post of duty to attend to them at Washington, I shall give my
Attorney for the District of Georgia, by my predecessor, directing him to dismiss all suits and proceedings
undetermined, under the Acts mentioned, I see no reason to doubt that they are embraced by the instructions of my
You will please accept my thanks for the manner in which those services were rendered.
It would give me great pleasure to render you any assistance in my power in regard to your discharge
of your judicial duties, but as it is not my official duty to do so, and as I am doubtful of its propriety
I should be glad to give the Committee any aid in my power, if I had any knowledge or opinion upon the
The questions you ask are not such as, in my opinion, it is his duty to answer.
result, in a great degree, of inquiries orally made by me of persons from the Territory who came to my
He does not answer my letter directed to him at Salem, and I do not know where he is to be found.
I shall send all the evidence in my power, if any more is found.
believe that this is a sufficient answer to what you ask in your letter, and with the assurance of my
and from the facts which I have ascertained, I do not consider that it requires any further action on my
If Captain Cullen is a man of such worth and general good repute as seems probable from the telegram.
Tenn. dated the 8th inst. in relation to his claim for bounty, with your endorsement thereon, asking my
I hope, therefore, that you will excuse me from undertaking a service beyond my official duty.
I have given no official opinion in writing relating to the affairs of Georgia, and have not in my possession
I have not before me a copy of the concurrent resolution—but, if I had, it would not be my official duty
In reply, I have to say that no official intelligence is in my possession, upon the subject,—and the
In reply I have the honor to refer to an opinion given to the President by my predecessor in office,
I have the honor to transmit herewith a copy of the opinion of my predecessor, Mr.
Sir: I am sorry to say that it hardly seems to me to belong to my official duty to attempt an answer
you find in the Territory—but fear that it is hardly practicable to remedy it by the transmission of my
United States to give credit in compromising suits of this character—and I feel constrained to withhold my
recommend the acceptance of the offer in the terms in which it is made, for the reasons I have given in my
I have no right to give you my opinion upon these questions.
administration of the law, the Dept. of the Treasury establishes the rule it will follow; and it is my
Sir: I have the honor to enclose to you a copy of a letter from my assistant at the Court of Claims,
interests of the Government to incur the small expense suggested in the letter.— There is no fund under my
Browning, my predecessor in office. That opinion was transmitted to the Hon. J. M.
May 21, 1869, from the then Secretary of War to me transmitting those papers, in which he requests my
prohibited by the Act of February 21, 1867, I have to say that, in accordance with your oral request made to my
In my letter to Mr.
return herewith the papers transmitted to me with your letter of the 7th of April last, requesting my
Sir: I have the honor to transmit herewith, with my approval, the account of Albert H.
Commissioner in Michigan, which you referred to me, and which bears the endorsement of my clerk.
My department has no control or supervision of the Commissioners, who are officers appointed by the Courts
Simpson, Spence & Young 88 Monte Rosa Arrow line wharf 23rd Street New York— N.R— Dear Sir, My brother
The Captain says we may have to leave on Tuesday or Wednesday.
must have more letters than you can sometimes find time to read, but I feel that I must tell you of my
love of your beautiful poetry, and of my great esteem for the grand and free poet who has conceived
Even these days, at the lapse of many years, I can never turn their tiny leaves, or even take one in my
See my "Edition, Project, Database, Archive, Thematic Research Collection: What's in a Name?"
texts are becoming fundamentally or solely "literary-encoders" and "literary-librarians," then, despite my
He once said that "arose out of my life in Brooklyn and New York from 1838 to 1853, absorbing a million
ultimately is folded into the or remains a separate, stand-alone collection, it certainly grew out of my
After the publication of the 1881-1882 , Whitman remarked, "All this is not only my obligation to Henry
It should be noted that my view of differs here from that of some commentators.
import of his first book ("without yielding an inch, the working-man and working-woman were to be in my
compliments" been off my table.
Literature," and then with my beautiful mother's death, my reckless son's divorce, and other Orestean
You know I am one of those who have the privilege of sharing my scrip with you, my dear elder bard, when
something that is my own to share.
My table is covered with letters I can't get time & strength to answer.
Your book, a gift always to be handed down & treasured by my clan, reached me on my 55 th birthday, and
made me wonder that your November Boughs still hang so rich with color, while my October Leaves are
This would be my notion of the volume, as a , if I knew nothing of its author—of its "only begetter."
For the regard, the affection, which convoyed your noble argosy to this my haven,—believe me, my dear
He reported you as saying that I wouldn't take off my hat to Apollo, if we sh d happen to meet.
Well: there is too much taking off of hats, but I certainly should doff my own to the Sun-God.
Pray give my kind regards to M. Traubel. Edmund Clarence Stedman to Walt Whitman, 27 March 1889
New York City June 8th, 1875 My dear Whitman: During my wanderings in the tropics, with my nervous system
When I was a boy I read extracts from your first book, in a "Putnam's Mag." review—the "little Captain
Dear Sir When my friend, Mr.
The "Leaves of of Grass" have become a part of my every-day thought and experience.
Often when I have been alone in the company of one or other of my dearest friends, in the very deliciousness
Whitman I am very anxious not to leave this country without paying my respects to you, and bearing to
I am much obliged to you for your ready response to my letter.
Accept my sincere best thanks.
I notice you are about to issue a new Book—so some of my Literary Papers here say.
in my memory as a childish recollection.
No, I have never seen you with my physical eyes, but I feel as though I had, and it is my love for your
May this be my excuse for thrusting my small personality into the path of your Kingly one.
Even my Bible is not so bemarked.
Good bye my master and my friend!
However, those few lines will at least serve as an unambiguous testimony of my deep and true devotion
My article was hastily written and, though you do acknowledge my good intentions, must seem very inadequate
my power, of your work and genius.
My friend has his wife and children with him.
I made him acquainted with your works, after my return from America, and it is my own experience he has
property, my farming came to nothing, as I longed to get back to my studies, as soon as I had got well
his January 16, 1872 letter to Rudolf Schmidt, Whitman wrote that Freiligrath "translates & commends my
up this way are very modest so I got off quite an Elaborate elaborate address in which I expressed my
Phellow fellow Phelinx to the best of my abilities & wished the cause of Temperance Everlasting progress
interrupted with "hear" "hear" and any amount of cheering & in the midst of the cheering I brought my
I am still improving in health getting more blooming Every day Day people who saw me on my way here &
you will know it Just to see if you will recognize the Boy who left Washington some time ago got over my
Below my window here there is a wooded bank running down to some water, and beyond again about 2 miles
Whitman: "Because you have, as it were, given me a ground for the love of men I thank you continually in my