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Seward, Secretary of State, of August 14, 1868, to my predecessor, Mr.
This subject was referred to my Department by the President, was duly considered, and a Report thereon
Louis, March 28th 1869 Wm O'Connor My dear friend I am anxious to obtain through you whatever copies
with me here, and when you can duplicate the copies we would both be thankful I must beg pardon for my
much when had) I am forced to secure as best I can the records of the experience of others Please give my
1869 Feb or March Not March tuesday Tuesday 30 My dear walt Walt i have just received your letter i was
would when he wen t away if he could leave) i am pretty well only last sunday Sunday morning i hurt my
knee i catched caught my foot and struck my knee and it got so lame in the coarse course of the day
soon i have been trying to get things straighened straightened up a little prepa tory to moving when my
knee was so lame i thought what would i if i was so i walk but i can walk quite smart to day if i keep my
in one ear and out the other her mother lives in brooklyn Brooklyn has her second husband she was in my
be alone) well walter Walter i have the whis p er s of heavenly death it lays here on the table by my
and have had one person ask me to let her take it hom i said no i would rather not let it go out of my
liked it it was so solemn) i got your letter this day with 2 dol dollars i am feeling better to day my
By the way, in my last I forgot to tell you abt the "bitters" and to thank you for them—Mat likes them
Five, "An Analytical Investigation of the Resistance of Piles to Superincumbent Pressure" (1850); Captain
George said he dident didn't think lane expected it but i suppose he wanted to be ready i am better of my
lameness but not entirely over it my knee is so weak but i think it will get better after a while it
institutionalizing Jesse because, according to her December 25, 1863 letter, she "could not find it in my
been, & am quite well, considering—though I have had trouble from a cold during the winter & spring—My
them, at their house— I am still boarding at the same place—I expect to bring out the final edition of my
Don't be mad at me because I have been so negligent—You all have my love & "best respects" to boot—how
Brooklyn 14 April 1869 wensday Wednesday 14 My dear Walt your letter has come to day all right i looked
was to send a draft to George the first of the month for two hundred dollars but it has not come to my
down to the post office and got the money and i have got lots of things for myself i thought now was my
Louis, April 18th 1869 Wm O'Connor Esq My dear friend The package of "Reports" and afterwards your letter
received—I intended before this to write you and return thanks for the same—but like many other of my
you for the Reports—they furnished me with just the information I needed and you will please receive my
other reports of a like nature I am very greedy to get these things and shall probably show it in my
the change of "government" will not hurt either you or him I remember with a great deal of pleasure my
It appears from a letter of my predecessor to the Dist.
In reply I have the honor to refer to an opinion given to the President by my predecessor in office,
As I desire to do my duty under that resolution, I wish to be informed by any person who has knowledge
I have the honor to transmit herewith a copy of the opinion of my predecessor, Mr.
to make any new case for the consideration of the Court, I do not see, as at present advised, that 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
He made a beautiful comparison between what mothers used to teach their children, "Hush my dear, lie
First, if the liege lord does ought to displease my lady, she tries the usual woman's weapon, her tongue
The only object which my predecessor could have had in referring the subject to the U. S.
Attorney, and to give that officer the instructions contained in my letter to him.
M 30 evening My dear Walt all alone i receives your kind letter this morning i was glad to hear from
Sir: I have received your letter of the 24th ult. and the accompanying papers, submitting for my consideration
If he will show you my letter, which it will be entirely agreeable to me to permit, you will probably
I send you, same mail with this, a copy of my book, as requested—Also a copy of Mr.
I send you my thanks & good will.
that the joint resolution passed by Congress is not the resolution of which a copy was enclosed in my
If this cannot be done, I do not feel at liberty to make any other proposal than that contained 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
In answer to your request, I send you my picture—it was taken three months since.
Farewell, my friend. I sincerely thank you, & hope some day to meet you.
He speaks it over and over, manipulating my body unconciouslyunconsciously, as it were, with bountiful
mats, and at night sometimes waken to find him watching me with earnest, patient looks, his arm over 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
asks how is and they would like to have you come on there well i dare say they would well i said in my
shall be able to find some one as faithful and attentive to take your place; and with the assurance of my
30 June 1869 June 30 June 30 My dear walter Walter i will only write a very few lines this time i receeved
the hot weather pretty well it has been very warm indeed here and every where i suppose) i have had my
July 1, 18 69 Dear Alfred Pratt, I am still here in Washington, & work in the same office—My health is
must write me a good long letter all about your affairs & yourself—all will be interesting— I send you my
Good bye, my loving boy — The following are responsible for particular readings or for changes to this
Perry, & Co., against the United States—in which you request my opinion upon the legal questions involved
among the papers—nor, indeed, any statement from an official source of the precise questions on which my
Comptroller, or may be agreed upon, together with the questions of law arising thereon, touching which my
opinion is desired, I shall be happy to consider the questions, and give my opinion.
Sir: Your letter of the 6th inst. submits for my consideration the Internal Revenue case of A. W.
decided to accept in discharge of their liability in a suit pending in court, with your approval, and my
I am writing this at my desk in the Attorney General's office, by a great open window, looking south,
I do not wish to preclude myself by my action in these cases from reconsidering the question whether
The questions of law upon which my opinion is requested are not stated, and there is among the papers
I, therefore, feel under the necessity of returning the papers to you, and of asking that, if my opinion
of the claim, a statement of the facts of the case, and of the questions of law upon which you wish my
Sir: I have received your telegram of the 12th inst. in reply to my letter of the 10th inst. both relating
By this grant, the United States have, in my opinion, acquired a valid title to the land described.
received, is one clearly within the range of the instructions given to him, and the District Attorney; and my
My health has been good since I last saw you.
am sure she always will be— It is very hot weather here—to-day it is 96 or '7—I am sitting here at my
Good bye, dear Abby—I send my love to Emily, & all—The O'Connors are well—Jenny grows like every thing
has been a long time since we have heard from each other and I am feeling quite anxious to hear from my
My little Walt is quite a big Boy most 16 months old and full of mischief, he can walk all around the
I am a married man but I am not happy for my disposition is not right.
21, 1867, Wilson acknowledged Whitman's reply of April 12, 1867: "I do not want you to misunderstand my
motives in writing to you of my Situation & feelings as I did in my last letter or else I shall have
to be more guarded in my letters to you.
I wrote so because you wanted me to write how I was situated, and give you my mind without reserve, and
As an original question, I should have had grave doubts upon it; but I did not think it my duty to suggest
Sir: Your letter of the 8th instant, requesting to be furnished with a copy of correspondence between my
New York Nov 16 My Dear friend Walter I received your letter of the 29 th and was very glad to here hear
from you I am very Sorry to keep you waiting so long for my answer. we have just got done taking account
I am very tired when I get home at night my feet are very sore from the nails sticking up in the heels
like you I send you mine in return I have received the title of Unkle Uncle my sister Josephine has
Crum he weigh weighs ten pounds I am going to get my wages raised after the Holidays father has just
My Dear Walt.
This is my apology for this intrusion.
I have thought of you, my darling boy, very much of the time.
I have not been out of the house since the first day after my arrival.
of, insulting to you, never for one moment in my thoughts.)
Dear Pete, dear son, my darling boy, my young & loving brother, don't let the devil put such thoughts
I will write again before long—give my love to Johnny Lee, my dear darling boy, I love him truly—(let
Dear William O'Connor: I was very ill after my arrival here—& made worse by the heat—but have recovered
Mother is well, & sends her love to you all—mother asked a great deal about Nelly, and also about Jenny— My
Price—but shall begin to explore, this week—& will report in my next— Dear Nelly, I had an unusually
my love— William, do you see how Mrs.
My address is 101 Portland av. opp. Arsenal Brooklyn, New York.
Aug. 31/69 My dear Walt Whitman, I have the advantage of you—I know you well—"My soul embraces you this
Last Summer, and this I have been living in the woods, with "Leaves of Grass" beside me, one of my rustic
know him well—I hope some of these days I may have the pleasure of a visit from him— I am spending my
change—but will be at home in a few weeks—and will be pleased to see you at any time— Hope you will pardon my
Brookfield is quoting from from Whitman's poem ultimately titled "Who Learns My Lesson Complete?
There is nothing new or special in my affairs or doings.
My folks all continue well—mother first rate, & brothers ditto. I do not have such good luck.
I have taken three or four of my favorite rides on Broadway.
I believe I described them to you in my letters a year ago.
Tell Johnny Lee I send him my love, & hope he is well & hearty. I think of him daily.