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careful perusal, it fails to satisfy me that I should reverse the determination I expressed to you in my

Sir: In order that there may be no mistakes as to my position in regard to a rehearing upon the questions

presented by the Interior Department, p. 225 for my opinion in relation to the asserted rights of the

made by that time, I cannot promise to hear it at all, in view of the engagements which press upon my

however, I should find no cause for such suspicion, the opinion already prepared may be considered as my

Sir: Referring to my letter to you under date of the 24th ult. relative to the escape from jail of the

I write now to say that my omission to answer it immediately was from no indifference to the affairs

Sir: Your letter of the 16th ultimo asks for my opinion whether the keeper of the harbor Light House

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

of the 5th instant, referred to the Attorney General by your endorsement of this date, has received my

My dear Whitman, I have been voyaging amid the Hebrides,—strolling amid the Highlands,—loafing by the

Sea,—trying to extract from two or three weeks' vacation some vigour vigor and virtue for my work, which

(If you see him tell him that his accompanying letter got lost in my absence or it shd should have been

await us—you must (letting me know beforehand the Ship by which you sail from America) come straight to my

Loring, Captain 3d Michigan Volunteers, on account of "two and three years Volunteers."

Sept. 14, 18 71 My dear John Swinton: I have rec'd your note & enclosures.

I got it, looked into it with wonder, and felt that here was something that touched on depths of my humanity

The poem of yours that I read over with the most satisfaction is your Burial Hymn of Lincoln —But as my

Newcomb, amounting to $101, for expenses incurred in securing the deposition of Captain James Speed,

Department of Justice Washington sent Sept. 17, 18 71 I send herewith the copy of my American Institute

I think an ordinary 12 mo would be best, and send you a sample, my idea of size of page, and sort of

My percentage &c. I leave to you to fix—I should expect two or three dozen copies.

My Dear Mr.

…My brain is too sensitive.

: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 19th instant, transmitting, for my

30 Sept 1869 thursday Thursday afternoon my dear i have to write again you kno w i said in my letter

couldent couldn't get the money i was going yesterday but just as i was going i had quite an increase in my

My Dear Mr Whitman: I have many messages for you from your friends in Europe which I promised and so

to come to you, but now I shall not see you till I return; for I am tired of towns and tomorrow set my

My address for a time will be San Francisco and since I cannot see you I should be proud of a letter

Whitman referred to Rossetti's edition as a "horrible dismemberment of my book" in his August 12, 1871

Tennessee—and that the act on account of which he is prosecuted was done during the rebellion, while he was Captain

Oct October 5 my dear walt i send you the receipt for the money george has sent you by addams s express

I regret that it is not in my power to comply with your request. Very respectfully, A. J.

30 Sept 1871 Saturday morning My dear walt Walt i thought i must send you a line to tell you i have got

My dear Sir, When a man has ventured to dedicate his work to another without authority or permission,

This must be my excuse for sending to you the crude poem in wh. which you may perchance detect some echo

Grass in a friend's rooms at Trinity College Cambridge six years ago till now, your poems have been my

What one man can do by communicating to those he loves the treasure he has found, I have done among my

I fear greatly I have marred the purity & beauty of your thought by my bad singing.

—I don't well know when my American Selection will be out: my work on it is done, & the rest depends

I sent on the copy of your works transmitted for "The Lady," after some little delay occasioned by my

seems very considerably impressed with the objects & matter of interest in London: I wish it might be my

previously published in Leaves of Grass, "Passage to India" was Whitman's attempt to "celebrate in my

…My brain is too sensitive.

10 Oct '71 tuesday Tuesday morning O c 10 My dear walt Walt i had company yesterday so i dident didn't

daughters has their own to attend to which is perfectly natural) george George and loo and Jeff insists on my

but houseroo m at any rate i shant shan't break up as long as i can get around if i lo s e the use of my

suppose they do it for the best they think i live so lonesome) but worry about me breaking up i have had my

Talbot's brief, I preferred to make one of my own, and have done so, and will send it to the branch printing

50 Wellington Road Dublin, Oct 15, 1871 My dear Sir, I ought before now to have thanked you for the poem

Much work lying before me on my return here prevented me from thanking you sooner.

Sir: Referring to my letter addressed to you under date of the 3d instant, relative to the case of Charles

The last edition of my poems complete I publish & sell myself.

In reply I regret to have to say that my absence from the city at that time will be impracticable.

My dear Mr.

you or think of you, I feel once more the cool never to be forgotten breeze of a boundless prairie; my

respire more easily I feel perhaps freer for the time & less material & then again I feel that I hold in my

My dispatch of yesterday was written in the Supreme Court Room while I was engaged in the argument of

I hope you will give yourself no uneasiness upon the matter of your retainer, and promise my personal

soul's passionate yearning toward thy divine Soul, every hour, every deed and thought—my love for my

children, my hopes aspirations for them all taking new shape new height through this great love My Soul

Oh for all that this love is my pride my glory.

My soul must have her loving companionship everywhere & in all things.

I am yet young enough to bear thee children my darling if God should so bless me.

Monday My dear walt i got your letter on saturday Saturday and got those you sent through the week i

better now Jeff left the pills and i think i will take some to night to see if it wont won't break up my

Judith and i get all the papers you send and all the money and it comes very good sometimes i tell you my

dear Walt worry walt about my trouble with nance and georgey it did make me feel bad and sorry for her

this one and what with Plumbers, Carpenters, Chimney-sweeps, painters, and house cleaners I have had my

acknowledge, with thanks, the receipt of your letter of the 25th inst. and its enclosures, in response to my

services rendered and expenses incurred by you while in the performance of official business under my

the Government is in possession absolutely demand that the case shall be laid before a Grand Jury, my

Rossetti I am drawn toward, and though my first impression of him was that he was a high flown literary

as Assistant Secretary Richardson has impressed me into his service here & proposes to retain me & my

I have seen enough of cities, & streets & art and pictures & museums to stand me all the rest of my days

, and am in a hurry to set my face westward.

fried eggs on a perfumed napkin, and the napkin on beautiful tissue paper & the whole on a china plate (my

Whitman referred to Rossetti's edition as a "horrible dismemberment of my book" in his August 12, 1871

…My brain is too sensitive.

Prisons on the 3d page of my annual report presented last winter, a copy of which I enclose.

Dear Sir: On my return to Washington I find your letter of the 18th ultimo. I do not see how Mr.

D. of Brighton, Illinois, an old friend of mine, has written to ask my aid in the following matter: Mrs

Sir: On my return from the south, I find your official and unofficial letters of Sept. 13, 1871, which

on the 18th of that month were answered by the Solicitor General, reserving a final answer until my

the Current, I do not feel at liberty to give further directions in this matter than are contained in my

that no matter affecting the Guano Islands in the Pacific Ocean, alleged to have been discovered by Captain

see notes July 5 1888 Maybury Working Station Surrey England Nov 3 1871 My dear sir, I send by this mail

the second part of my study of your works.

And may I again repeat the hope I expressed to you in a former note (when I sent you my own vol. of poems

more daily work than ever has fallen upon me to do the current season, & though I am well & contented, my

I too send you my love. And do you feel no disappointment because I now write but briefly.

My book is my best letter, my response, my truest explanation of all.

In it I have put my body & spirit. You understand this better & fuller & clearer than any one else.

…I am yet young enough to bear thee children, my darling, if God should so bless me.

And would yield my life for this cause with serene joy if it were so appointed, if that were the price

charge of this Department out of which such a reward could be paid—and therefore it will not be in my

Sir: I think it my duty to transmit for your information the copy of an unofficial letter which I have

In my interview with a gentleman connected with the New York Times, I gave an outline of my observations

Whether his version of my conversation was accurate in all other particulars, I cannot at this moment

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