Walt Whitman to Peter Doyle, 26 March [1875]

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Title: Walt Whitman to Peter Doyle, 26 March [1875]
Date: March 26, 1875
Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Whitman Archive ID: nyp.00363
Source: The Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature, New York Public Library. The transcription presented here is derived from Walt Whitman, The Correspondence, ed. Edwin Haviland Miller (New York: New York University Press, 1961–1977), 326. For a description of the editorial rationale behind our treatment of the correspondence, see our statement of editorial policy.
Cite this page: Whitman, Walt. "Walt Whitman to Peter Doyle, 26 March [1875]." The Walt Whitman Archive. Gen. ed. Matt Cohen, Ed Folsom, & Kenneth M. Price. Accessed 26 April 2024. <http://www.whitmanarchive.org>.
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431 Stevens st. st.
cor West.
Camden,
N. Jersey. March 26.1

Still around, much the same—ups & downs, (plenty of the latter)—Ah, Pete, if you [could] only come on to Phil. & lay over, instead of Balt[imore]. Remembrances to Mr. & Mrs. N[ash] & Mrs. C.—card & papers came—

Notes

1.
This piece of correspondence is addressed, "Pete Doyle, | M st. South, bet 4½ & 6th | Washington, D.C." It is postmarked: "Camden | Mar | 26 | (?) ; Carrier | 27 | Mar | 8 AM."

This and Whitman's March 19, 1875 letter to Doyle were written on Fridays, if the year is correct. In both notes Whitman seems to refer to the serious relapse in February 1875. This card alludes to Doyle's new, but temporary, position in Baltimore; see also Whitman's June 25, 1875 letter to Doyle.
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