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"I was quite staggered here—it knocked the breath out of me—to read a headline—'The Death of Peter Doyle
'—here in the paper: but it was not our Peter Doyle: it was some old man, somewhere, given the same name
our good Pete—a rebel—not old—big—sturdy—a man, every inch of him! such a fellow—and health!"
: a rather remarkable composition: Doyle with a sickly smile on his face: W. lovingly serene: the two
C. 1865—Walt Whitman & his rebel soldier friend Peter Doyle."
Then again: "Tom, you would like Pete—love him: and you too, Horace: you especially, Horace—you and Pete
, has very good cause for being: Pete is a master character."
He asked after From a Photograph WALT WHITMAN AND HIS REBEL SOLDIER FRIEND, PETE DOYLE (1889)Reproduction
Picture of W. and Peter Doyle: the two sitting gazing into each other's eyes, a picture which O'Connor
And when I said it was he went on, "I know it is good of Pete—it is first-rate: the best I have," etc
., and he exclaimed, "Dear Pete!
And before it passes out of my mind, Horace, let me ask you: Wallace says you report Pete Doyle in Baltimore
The noble Pete! I hear but little from him.
Doyle's letters not frequent? "Oh no! Never!
But of course I always humored Pete in that.
Pete Doyle was in yesterday and brought some flowers.
"It was Pete who gave me the cane," explained W., "the cane with a crook in it.
I always use Pete's cane: I like to think of it as having come from Pete—as being so useful to me in
You have never met Pete? We must arrange it some way some time." Baker is very anxious. "Mr.
It was at that time, in Washington, that I got to know Peter Doyle—a Rebel, a car-driver, a soldier:
Often we would go on for some time without a word, then talk—Pete a rod ahead or I a rod ahead.
To get the ensemble of Leaves of Grass you have got to include such things as these—the walks, Pete's
"This cane was given me by Pete Doyle," he reminded me: "Pete was always a good stay and support."
Wallace wants to go to see Pete Doyle.
"I read all and copied some of the letters to Doyle, which Bucke has, and I am interested to meet a man
But if Doyle is on the road, he is hard to catch. I think lives at Baltimore now.
Hutton, Greenhalgh, Humphreys, Sharrock & self—when Wallace read to us extracts from Walt's letters to Pete
Doyle and greatly did we all enjoy the evening.Sorry to hear of Mrs.
W. paused and added: "I have been reading over an old letter from Pete Doyle: so simple, true, sufficient
Once he mentioned Peter Doyle. "Where are you Pete? Oh!
I'm feeling rather kinky—not at all peart, Pete—not at all."
"I walked great walks myself in the Washington days: often with Pete Doyle: Pete was never a scholar:
Two pieces of a letter from Pete Doyle. One piece a letter from Josie Morse, New York.
Pete used the stationery of the Baltimore & Potomac Railroad Company.
s letters to Pete Doyle.
Bucke has Peter Doyle and Harry Stafford letters from W. Saturday, October 25, 1890
Further changed the gold watch from Harry Stafford to H.L.T. and the silver watch from Pete Doyle to
Someone was sure Peter Doyle was seen somewhere in the crowd, but I saw nothing of him till we had got
Whitman, Longaker, Reeder, McAlister, Ed Stafford, Miss Helen Price, Pete Doyle, Mrs.
Doyle, I was allowed to read your—I prefer saying—I was permitted a long look into the wonderful mirror
Calamus: A Series of Letters Written During the Years 1868—1880 by Walt Whitman to a Young Friend (Peter Doyle
Doyle, which is given by Dr.
Bucke in his edition of Whitman's lettersto Pete 1— one of the best running accounts of Walt which we
have, though of course quite extempore— Pete says in one pas- — sage : 'I never knew a case of Walt's
to Pete are veritablelove-letters.
And there is a passage in Pete Doyle's already quoted interview which curiously corroborates this.
not to see Tucker till I have all the sheets to show him.Wallace writes 21st (gone deep into Whitman-Doyle
Doyle no longer in Washington. "He has not been here for some years.
Then spoke tenderly of Peter Doyle. "I wonder where he is now? He must have got another lay.
He has been looking up old portraits—the Doyle one of them. "If I strike another you shall have it.
raise his right arm and chant that line, 'after all not to create only,' and then laugh, as I did, and Pete
sthat's so fine—so fine, fine, fine: he brings back my own walks to me: the walks alone: the walks with Pete
I give my friend Peter Doyle the silver watch.I desire that my friends Dr R M Bucke of London, Ontario
W. " I should like to see Pete ] Doyle" while I am here. Can you give me his address? W. W.
where Pete is as I am rather uneasy about him.
So I don't know where Pete is now." " /. W. W.
I said that one reason why I wanted to see Pete Doyle was that he perhaps represented the average American
Pete hardly does. For years past Pete has been whirled among the sophistications."
Once he mentioned Peter Doyle. "Where are you Pete? Oh!
Pete Doyle was in yesterday and brought some flowers.
I always use Pete's cane: I like to think of it as having come from Pete—as being so useful to me in
W. paused and added: "I have been reading over an old letter from Pete Doyle: so simple, true, sufficient
"This cane was given me by Pete Doyle," he reminded me: "Pete was always a good stay and support."
s letterto his mother and to Peter Doyle.
Portraitof Whitman and Doyle together,by Harry D.
Wiksell's personal recollectionsof Pete Doyle.
J., I give to my friend,Peter Doyle, my silverwatch. I give to H.
Doyle, Peter, 261. Finta, Alexander, 118, 119.
Wallace wants to go to see Pete Doyle.
And before it passes out of my mind, Horace, let me ask you: Wallace says you report Pete Doyle in Baltimore
The noble Pete! I hear but little from him.
Doyle's letters not frequent? "Oh no! Never!
Further changed the gold watch from Harry Stafford to H.L.T. and the silver watch from Pete Doyle to
472 July 1, 1865 Walt Whitman From a photograph, 1873 494 Walt Whitman and His Rebel Soldier Friend, Pete
Doyle, 1889 544 Sidney Morse 554 From a photograph by Metcalf & Welldon, 1889 Walt Whitman From a photograph
"I walked great walks myself in the Washington days: often with Pete Doyle: Pete was never a scholar:
Two pieces of a letter from Pete Doyle. One piece a letter from Josie Morse, New York.
Pete used the stationery of the Baltimore & Potomac Railroad Company.
fancy. suppose," he replied, "myking for and associa tion with car drivers stage drivers, (Pete
Doyle, my friend, was a car driver),and boat hands attracted and attracts atten tion and produces inquiries
Bucke has Peter Doyle and Harry Stafford letters from W.Sunday, October 26, 1890Spent the day roaming
Picture of W. and Peter Doyle: the two sitting gazing into each other's eyes, a picture which O'Connor
And when I said it was he went on, "I know it is good of Pete—it is first-rate: the best I have," etc
., and he exclaimed, "Dear Pete!
"I was quite staggered here—it knocked the breath out of me—to read a headline—'The Death of Peter Doyle
'—here in the paper: but it was not our Peter Doyle: it was some old man, somewhere, given the same name
our good Pete—a rebel—not old—big—sturdy—a man, every inch of him! such a fellow—and health!"
Then spoke tenderly of Peter Doyle. "I wonder where he is now? He must have got another lay.
Doyle no longer in Washington. "He has not been here for some years.