I have been quite unwell, or I should have ans'd you sooner. Yours of Nov. 26th, with check for Twenty Dollars, ($20) (herewith returned) was duly rec'd—Thank you most fervently, my friend—But I don't feel at all like writing a notice or biography of Halleck—(nor indeed capacitated for it)—I met H. once in Park Place, N. Y. & remember his looks & talk—but I dont think I can write ab't him—Thank you & the Messrs: Appleton—Please send me word of the rec't of this—
Walt Whitman