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very much indeed i wrote to her that i dident didn't know how to undertake the journeey journey in my
that it is "as much as Han can do to take care of herself" and that he had "paid off the mortgage on my
the top whether it was that or what i dont don't know but all that night i couldent couldn't sleep my
There is nothing new or noteworthy in my own affairs.
I keep fashioning & shaping my books at my leisure, & hope to put them in type the current year.
You speak of my prose preface to first "Leaves of Grass."
I am writing this at my desk in the Treasury building here, an immense pile, in which our office occupies
From my large open window I have an extensive view of sky, Potomac river, hills & fields of Virginia,
I gaze at the Sea while I eat my food and think of thee. . . . and often while I gaze thereon I think
Sir: I have the honor to transmit herewith, with my approval, the account of Albert H.
tuesday Tuesday My dear Walt i received your letter on monday Monday glad to hear you get along so well
weather its it's hot to be shure sure but no use fretting about it well Walt i have been to day and had my
and one for myself i shall send han one in the package so you see walt Walt i bequeath something to my
Richardson & Co. for refunding certain Internal Revenue taxes, in which you ask my opinion "as to whether
agreed statement of facts in the papers, and no statement of facts to be assumed by me on which to give my
—I will therefore thank you to so state the questions of law upon which my opinion is desired, as will
I have asked the Secretary of State whether he has any objection to my sending you a copy of the opinion
Department to which they are addressed, I will thank you to inform me whether you have any objection to my
Sirs: On account of my absence from Washington, your letter of the 6th ult, in relation to the case of
Hastings and others, and your claim for a retainer for services therein, has just been brought to my
I have to inform you that the clerkships under my control have either been filled or promised.
1870 July 20 My dear Walt i got your letter yesterday but the paper you spoke of i havent haven't received
My dear friend, I have just received your letter of the 7th inst.
A new edition of my book will be printed this fall, with another small volume in prose.
I send you my love—Write whenever you can.
My Mother, brother George, & all, are well.
baby boy, now about a month resident in this mad world—(I write about the baby for Nelly and Jenny)—My
I am quite busy flying around—the printers & stereotypers commence on my immortal work to-morrow—My dear
, dear friend, I hope you are well & in good spirits—I send you my love—also to Charles Eldridge, if
best love—in which I am joined by my Mother.
to-day to be what you are, than to be him, with his $10,000 a year—poor thin-livered cuss that he is— My
while said this morning—"Why Walt you are fatter & saucier than ever"— but I will close by sending my
love, to my darling son—& to him I shall always be the same old Walt.
succeeding poem, we have him clearly in trance, and the impressing spirit speaking through him:— Take my
see Hermes, unsuspected, dying, well-beloved, saying to the people, Do not weep for me, This is not my
Here is one which again proclaims his purpose:— I stand in my place, with my own day, here.
And what are my miracles? 2.
side, and some behind, and some embrace my arms and neck.
Ned Stewarts Stewart's —When you write tell Ned I am here in Brooklyn, loafing around—& that I send my
fine—warm through the middle of the day, & cool mornings & nights— I fall in with quite a good many of my
you & me—no women in the house—he is single—he wants me to make my home there—I shall not do that, but
that night—My dear loving boy, how much I want to see you—it seems a long while—I have rec'd a good
loving son, & give my respects to any of the boys that ask about me.
the hot weather, & especially since I left Washington—so I read & write as little as possible, beyond my
printing matters, &c—as that occupies several hours, & tires my eyes sometimes.
distinction however—I admire & love the French, & France as a nation—of all foreign nations, she has my
is—to say nothing—only a good smacking kiss, & many of them—& taking in return many, many, many, from my
It is likely that this will shorten my leave, & that I shall have to come back & do my work myself, about
I don't write, I thought I would send a few lines—they would be better than nothing— God bless you, my
Milburn, or any of the railroad boys, or other friends that may inquire after me, that I send them my
best respects—not forgetting my friends Mr. & Mrs.
every thing lovely—It will not be long now before I shall be back—Till then, take care of yourself, my
My dear friend, I am here a while on leave—am in good health as usual—have been engaged in electrotyping
a new edition of my book in better form—You sent me word a year or more ago of some Boston publisher
, or bookseller, who was willing (or perhaps wished) to sell my book —Who was it?
biography, The Ferry Boy and the Financier (Boston: Walker and Wise, 1864); he described their meetings in My
O'Connor in 1867: "Every year confirms my earliest impression, that no book has approached the power
Dear Son, I am sitting here in my room, having just eat a hearty dinner with my mammy , (who has this
month entered on her 76th year, but to my eyes looks young & handsome yet.)
c—he has one fault, & a bad one—that is he will drink, & spree it—which spoils all—True it is none of my
would give it up, & find his pleasure in some other way—Pete, should you see Allen again, give him my
My dear friend, I shall return to Washington next Saturday, 15th—William, it would be a favor if you
I write this in my room home, early afternoon—Mother & I having had tete-a-tete dinner—so good & quiet
Under these circumstances I do not think it my duty to interfere. your obde't serv't, &c. A. T.
I was afraid of Ripley but Reid confirmed my impression that Greeley is or has been favorable, and he
appoint a Territorial auditor and Treasurer during the recess of the Legislature, I have to say that in my
Nov 5 18 70 My dear Mr.
Huntington: I write to say I would like to postpone the pleasure of my visit to, & breakfast with, you
Walt Whitman I send the Galaxy with one of my last pieces —as I am not certain whether I sent it to you
You desire such instructions in the premises as in my judgment shall best comport with the interests
Schley, to whom the interests of the Government in the matter were confided by my predecessor, Mr.
Sir: On account of my sickness and absence, your letters of September 19th and September 22d instants
to breaches of the Neutrality Laws of the United States, near Brownsville, in Texas, never came to my
instant, informing me that it will not be in your power to furnish me the information requested in my
letter acknowledged & answered. to the property of patentees, and you add to that information that my
life, my thoughts, my feelings, my views— my self in fact, in every way, you seem to have permeated
my whole being.
My friend Mrs.
It is good to have my love for you then rounded by knowing you, and finding my feeling and thought about
Jeannie sends much love to you, so does my sister Jeannie.
Her appeal, by the absence of exaggerations and other commendatory circumstances, has deeply moved my
Sir: The Secretary of War has called my attention to certain suits pending in the Circuit Courts of the
You will carry with you my best wishes for your success in life, and my thanks for the efficiency with
There is an impression upon my mind that it was decided at the Rolls that the United States has legal
capacity to take as a Legatee—but I am unable to verify the accuracy of my recollection by a reference
that you desire any official action upon the subject by this Department—and, in fact, none occurs to my
Mississippi, requesting the employment of assistant counsel in certain cases in his District, I refer you to my
If, upon final investigation I should arrive at a different result, my pleasure in doing so will be much
According to my information the compromise proposed by you would reduce that judgment to a little below
This he declined to do, and it would hardly be becoming in me, under the circumstances, to reverse my
previously published in Leaves of Grass, "Passage to India" was Whitman's attempt to "celebrate in my
Whitman referred to Rossetti's edition as a "horrible dismemberment of my book" in his August 12, 1871
the Pacific Railroad to pay interest on bonds, &c. has not been printed, and therefore it is not in my
compromise in the cases against the New York Central Railroad Company, which have been brought informally to my
Annual Report of your Department on the state of the finances for 1870, for which be pleased to accept my
Do you ask me what are my own particular dangers and complaints—what is taken that belongs to me—I complain
series of lectures & readings &c. through different cities of the north, to supply myself with funds for my
series of lectures & readings &c. through different cities of the north, to supply myself with funds for my
27From My Last Years (1876).
A.MS. draft.loc.00199xxx.00494From My Last Yearsabout 1876poetryhandwritten1 leaf23.75 x 13.75 cm; A
draft of From My Last Years written in ink on a sheet of stationery, with three lines crossed out with
From My Last Years was published only once, in Two Rivulets, 1876. From My Last Years
27From My Last Years (1876).
Printed Copiesloc.04092xxx.00494From My Last Yearsabout 1876poetryhandwritten1 leaf5 x 13.25 cm; Written
paper cut from the bottom of a larger sheet to which has been attached a clipping of the poem, From My
From My Last Years
A.MS. draft.loc.00088xxx.00236Returning to my pages' front oncebetween 1871 and 1876poetryhandwritten1
Returning to my pages' front once