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authorized by this Department to institute proceedings against certain banks and private individuals in the city

It was the duty of the Marshal to make such arrests, and to appoint as many deputies as were necessary

I might further say that the irritation which I may have manifested when you were last in the office

If I were to bes tow upon all matters that come before me, the time and attention which I had already

Walt Whitman was invited to read at the opening of the American Institute, a long-running Brooklyn fair

that displayed flowers, plants, fruits, and products of American industry and manufacture.

The fair buildings, which occupied 100,000 square feet, were located on the block enclosed by Second

Ted Genoways [Iowa City: University of Iowa Press, 2004], 7:31; and see Connecticut, Deaths and Burials

Index, 1650–1934 [Salt Lake City: FamilySearch, 2009]).

You might do well to put in about my intended appearance before the American Institute, at its 40th opening

Walt Whitman read "After All, Not to Create Only" before the American Institute on September 7, 1871,

Trübner & Company were the London agents for Whitman's books.

1st day of July, 1870, the day on which the Act establishing the Department of Justice took effect, were

may have got the book I send you one of the special copies printed on fine paper, of which only 25 were

a letter from the War Department, of the date of the 26th instant, in reference to the bond of the city

proceeds of the track of land on which the Distillery was situated; that proceedings for the forfeiture were

The statutes bearing on the subject were of course thoroughly examined.

Woods, Salt Lake City, Utah.

been living in Camden, New Jersey, for three years, where he worked as an inspector of pipes for the city

with embezzling letters, and a fugitive from justice, can be found at the Prescott House, New York city

If it is known that said Monk is in the city of New York, Special Agent Wharton should so inform the

Salt Lake City, Utah Terr.

transmit a copy of your official oath, and furnish me with the name of the state or county in which you were

M. which were the subject of your letter to me of May 25th, and of the letter of Mr.

Consul at Liverpool, showing that Joseph Trott, a seaman, had been shot on board the American ship "Rochester

McKean, Chief Justice, Salt Lake City, Utah.

Office of the Secretary of the Board of Managers, 40th Annual Exhibition American Institute.

evening the following resolution was unanimously adopted: Resolved, That the Board of Managers of the American

Young, was on the Board of Managers of the 40th Annual Exhibition of the American Institute being held

The Committee of the American Institute had written to Walt Whitman on August 1, 1871, "to solicit of

Whitman accepted their invitation on August 5, 1871, and read what he called his "American Institute

Poem" (in his September 17,1871, letter to the Roberts Brothers) before the American Institute on September

Through some inadvertence these papers were not transmitted to you before. Very respectfully, &c.

The three volumes, and the photographs were most welcome.

It later described the 1860 Leaves of Grass as "a book evidently intended to lie on the tables of the

possessor to get it into his pocket or to hide it away in a corner" (Saturday Review 10 [ July 7, 1860

However, on September 21, 1867, the Review published a review of American poets, "Some American Verse

," which exempts Whitman from the otherwise "feeble, commonplace, and pretty" school of American poetry

He springs out of that vast American continent full-charged with all that is special and national in

Since the press had not reported his speech before the American Institute sympathetically (see Whitman's

August 5, 1871 letter to the American Institute), Walt Whitman wanted Swinton, who was no longer editor

connected with it, with the following information: The place of your nativity, and the State whence you were

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

Send the revised proofs to me by mail, directed to this city, and I will promptly return them.

I have no authority to speak for them, but I think the American Institute will want several hundred copies

The Attorney General is now absent from the city—but immediately on his return the letter will be laid

is reconsidered, and permission is granted you to be absent from the Territory for a period not exceeding

The originals have been sent to the officer for whom they were requested. Very respectfully, B. H.

Jones, which were sent to this Department by the Secretary of War in a letter bearing date the 16th inst

Denver City, Col.

Isham Reavis, Associate Justice Arizona City, A. T.

I am weary and want rest, and I cannot rest in cities.

The grandest, and truest American I know, accept the love of your son.

Your resignation has been received and will be laid before the President, on his return to this city.

Woods, Governor, Salt Lake City, Utah T.

These vessels were seized upon information that they were engaged in an attempt to violate the neutrality

by the Secretary of War, attention is called to the fact that on the 21st day of April, 1871, there were

Hollis Robbins, "Fugitive Mail: The Deliverance of Henry 'Box' Brown and Antebellum Postal Politics," American

Jones, which were drawn from the rebel archives of your Department to be used by the Assistant Attorney

It appears from the records that these papers were referred to Mr.

frauds it will be necessary to have the original muster-roll and affidavits upon which such payments were

Commissioner, Alba City, U. T.

you that you must bring her one of those books by the authoress of 'Consuelo'" (see Jeff's April 16, 1860

of American industry and manufacture.

The fair buildings, which occupied 100,000 square feet, were located on the block enclosed by Second

Walt Whitman opened the American Institute on September 7, 1871, with a recitation of "After All, Not

Index, 1650–1934 [Salt Lake City: FamilySearch, 2009]).

It happens that I have lately been compiling a of selections from American Poets, & I had had to use

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

Octr., & is to dine with us tomorrow: I like his frank manly aspect & tone, & need not say that you were

It is postmarked: LONDON-W | 7 | OC 9 | 71; NEW YORK CITY | OCT | 22 | PAID; CARRIER | OCT | 23 | 8AM

The volume of American poems to which he refers was to be the seventeenth volume in the series and was

Gary Schmidgall, The Iowa Whitman Series (Iowa City, Iowa: University of Iowa Press, 2001), 29.

In addition to this you were also allowed for mileage at the rate of ten cents per mile, for which you

Craig, as you are aware, is detained in this city by a suit brought against him by one J. B.

It is desirable that these commissions should be signed by the President before he leaves the city, this

Sir: As Disbursing Agent for the United States Jail in this City, I have been requested by the officers

pay, to be transmitted to you in aid of the sufferers by the late disastrous conflagration in your city

Sherman, of this office, who will leave the city to-night, and take the first train from New York to

Coleman, Booneville, Missouri District were also sent suspended land entry cases. 345-6-7 The following

Y. city difficulties and evils complained of may be had. Very respectfully, B. H.

New York City. Sir: I have your letter of yesterday advising me that the case of Jones, vs .

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

The Attorney General is not now in the city, and I do not know certainly when he will return, but probably