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If your Department, however, should not regard it proper to pay this judgment, I should deem it my duty
the Court of Claims, which has been dismissed with your consent, pursuant to the advice contained in my
the court to advance it for argument, & named the first Tuesday in February as the earliest day that my
previous engagments in court would permit of my attention to the argument, and as being probably as
have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 11th ultimo, requesting me to give you my
While I would be very happy to give my individual opinion upon this subject, if I were possessed of the
which is one of fact and not of law, and therefore not within the scope of the authority and duty of my
the matter of the Government subsidy to the Union Pacific Railroad in a few days, as I have formed my
In the meantime, the result to which I have come enables me to say that, in my opinion, the conditions
Letcher, came to my hands only this morning, in consequence of my absence from the city.
rendered in relation to the title of League Island, sent to me in your letter of the 5th ultimo for my
opinion as to the reasonableness of the charge; and to say that in my opinion Fifteen hundred dollars
Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 26th inst. requesting my opinion
McKeon, and return them herewith, with the endorsement of my opinion thereon.
I regret that other occupations have prevented my giving earlier attention to the application.
City The subject to which your letter refers had received my official attention some days since, and
such directions respecting the proceedings allowed to as I may deem expedient, or to express to you my
I regard the subject of your letter, and the request for my advice and direction in the premises, as
My dear Sir: In reply to your note of 12th inst., desiring, as counsel for the Commercial Nav'g'n Co.
, an interview with me during my expected visit to New York, I beg to say that I shall be pleased to
What I may find it possible, or think it my duty to do, in regard to a personal participation in the
matter at Richmond, it is quite out of my power at present to determine; as my preparations for the ensuing
term of the Supreme Court of the United States, on special assignment, requiring my personal attendance
trial, with such counsel as shall represent the defendant there, in conformity to the suggestions of my
Clay having brought to my notice the subject of the proceedings, now or heretofore pending against you
My letters to Mr. Courtney of the 2d and 21st of November last are hereto annexed, marked A and B .
The prosecutions referred to in my letters were for frauds upon Internal Revenue, as I then understood
Upon my inquiring whether he was expecting to obtain the consent of these accusers to the submission
Attorney Courtney— and these, and these alone, were the reasons for my direction of the suspension or
Eckel, and until my examination of the case, and my final directions thereupon, that the indictment in
Before undertaking to comply with the requisition upon me of this Resolution, which it would be my pleasure
—It will, therefore, be entirely out of my power to furnish any part of this information concerning convictions
information, sought for the means of comparison between the convictions and pardons, & as it is wholly out of my
to the Senate to submit myself to its direction as to whether the partial information which it is in my
Gomez, omitted in my communication of the 13th inst. I have the honor to be, &c. &c. &c. Wm. M.
Schley having my entire confidence, as well as your own, I concur in your suggestion that they be employed
the representative of the claimants, to agree upon such a presentation of the facts as will raise for my
Should this anticipation be realized, it will be my pleasure as well as my duty, to give early consideration
To the President: Sir: I find on file in my office certain charges against Luther C.
It is not in my power to assign you so early a day. Will write by mail. Wm. M.
Whitman referred to Rossetti's edition as a "horrible dismemberment of my book" in his August 12, 1871
My answer to it has crossed the letter enclosing yours.
For myself, after some five years work on a book concerning my own especial art, I am now waiting the
Aug: 21, 1875 My dear Whitman: First—how are you getting on?
Box 1188 May 19, 1875 My dear Whitman, Why have I not written to you? Why has not Spring come?
New Haven Conn: July 1, 1885 PO Box 489 My dear Whitman: I see by the papers that you may be going to
.— My dear Mr.
arrangements and returned and told him all about it which pleased him very much, he put his arms around my
another room and when it got close to the wall an oven door opened and in went the rod and pan with my
friend vanishing away like a snow flake before my eyes. that thought then as well as now crowded into
These are part of what thoughts were crowding in my brain as I stood watching for one hour till my friend
Cooper vanished away before my eyes. so I felt I must tell you that there is a new Crematory built in
My dear Friend and Master, About twelve years since, I was in Boston and looking at the books of an old
In all my troubles and successes I have been strengthened by your divine teachings.
(My words seem utterly paltry and drivelling, and I am thoroughly ashamed of them.
My dear Master— do write to me—your faithful pupil and lover.
My will not prove my love, but could you have seen my work since I first read your divine Message—you
George's Farm, Totley nr Sheffield, England. 4.4.79 My dear Friend and Guide.
He addressed Whitman as "My dear Friend and Master" in a letter on March 5, 1879.
In all my troubles and successes I have been strengthened by your divine teachings."
Whitman, late in life, said to Horace Traubel: "[I] take my Ruskin with some qualifications."
George's Farm, Totley, near Sheffield, England, 2.4.79 My dear Friend and Guide.
What I have in me to say to you on my own account cannot be uttered in any words.
You translated hitherto hidden languages for me; you opened my eyes, which had before been only partly
He addressed Whitman as "My dear Friend and Master" in a letter on March 5, 1879.
In all my troubles and successes I have been strengthened by your divine teachings."
Whitman, late in life, said to Horace Traubel: "[I] take my Ruskin with some qualifications."
My friend Carpenter —one of your best friends—has sent me a copy of his "Songs of Labour"; containing
I cannot express my feelings in this Commercial language, when writing to people I love, and do not try
Whitman, late in life, said to Horace Traubel: "[I] take my Ruskin with some qualifications."
Whitman: "Because you have, as it were, given me a ground for the love of men I thank you continually in my
Newark, New Jersey June 21st, 1874 My Dear Friend Your Letters & papers came duly at hand.
I left New York in Oct. 1868, and me and my Brother started A Milk Depot here And we until the Spring
When we separated and I commenced to Paddle my own Canoe: I have A small route And keep A Depot.
Enclosed you will find A Card which my friends say resembles your Humble Servant Very Much you shall
I suppose this is your last production: My Best Wishes from your friend, William H.
No 321 High S t Newark New Jersey June 15th / 91 My Dear Friend Walt , I see by the papers that a short
Just reaching up to my Three score. I have been thinking how long since I saw you.
I have in my mind one, that is George Storms as you used to ride more with him than any one else: but
I hardly think I will find many of them but I will try my best to find some of them. in the meantime
Dear Poet: The above lines I dedicate to you—my guide.
My Dear Sir It is with the greatest pleasure that I seat myself to give you a few lines to let you know
Uncle I have got very near well. the wound in my chest has got nearly well.
Also my arm is geting along nicely but their is some slight pain yet but none to stop me from writing
Friend Whitting, Sir, We received your kind and welcome letter inquiring for my boy Billy and in reply
I hope you will excuse me for not writing sooner I have been laid up with a pain in my back ever since
I am agoing going to have it framed if nothing happens I want that Picture to remain in my family as
hopeing hoping this may find you improving in health .. also with much love & many thanks from myself & my
My arm has come out in a sore were where one of the balls struck it it is so bad that it gives me much
urge him to give me a posison position I have some recomdation recommendation from Curtain of Pa & my
Captain.
My father & mother is still living in Bridgeville But myself & my little Family live near the capital
I have neglected it so long I suppose you thought I had quit forgotten you, but I can asure you my Dear
your will I should be very happy to keep up a coraspandenc Now I will try and give you an account of my
morning changed cars there fore Pittsburg arrived there about noon I went to the Soldiers home and got my
about two months before that so in the evening I took the cars again and the next morning I arrived at my
estimated 15,000 Majority for the Union that is the home vote the copperheads are completely played out My
let me have ten or Fifteen Dollars have been having pretty hard luck of late and find myself Broke My
June 18 188 8 My dear Mr.
Whitman:— I read with sorrow of your severe illness and beg to offer my sympathy.
My dear Sir;— Will you kindly favor me with your autograph, to go in company with others famous in word
Walt Whitman, My dear Sir:— Your "Old Poets" in the November Number of the North American Review, I read
Pardon my sending you my thoughts, which, judging from the tone of your article I feel sure you will
March 19, 1873 Walt Whitman Dear friend, By my sister Nell's request I send you today by mail the best
copy I could find of my Medical Electricity.
more pretentious books, published by medical electricilians electricians in this country who have made my
I wrote to my sister my haunting fear that you might use electricity prematurely & incautiously & I rejoiced
I for one have felt my indebtedness to you for great thoughts & words more than ever before.
My Dear & Esteemed Freind I take the present opporutnity to write you these few lines to inform you that
any answer i think it very Strange i recived these two pictures and give one to wilson, and kept one my
not received the letter I hope wen those few lines reach you they will find yo well i am quite well my
friday i was exazamend by the beast of dockters i would not go in the invalid corps so they send me to my
ridgement i am willing to go and try and do my duty thair and if the Rebs hit me a gen all rite i will
thair i have ben home sence i left Washington i wish yo would see dockter blis and have him to send my
write and let me know how yo are geting a long and how the boys is gets a long tel them i am going to my
April 7/64— father i have been here to se yo and yo was not at home i leave my best wishes hoping yo