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Saturday evening—Aug. 21 Dear Pete— I have been very sick the last three days—I dont know what to call
And now, dear Pete, for yourself.
Dear Pete, you must forgive me for being so cold the last day & evening.
Dear Pete, dear son, my darling boy, my young & loving brother, don't let the devil put such thoughts
Price Elizabeth Lorang Zachary King Eric Conrad Walt Whitman to Peter Doyle, 21 August [1869]
Richard Maurice Bucke, Doyle was suffering a skin eruption popularly known as "barber's itch" and was
Doyle's suicidal response to the skin irritation was undoubtedly associated with deep-seated feelings
In this uncharacteristic injunction, Walt Whitman was no doubt exploiting Doyle's Catholicism.
Dear Pete—dear son, I have received your letter of the 8th to-day—all your letters have come safe—four
Pete, you say my sickness must be worse than I described in my letters—& ask me to write precisely how
Pete, the fourth week of my vacation is most ended. I shall return the middle of next week.
Pete, I have seen Tom Haslett —he is well—he is working extra on Broadway & 42d st. RR.
Price Elizabeth Lorang Zachary King Eric Conrad Walt Whitman to Peter Doyle, 10 September 1869
It probably contained the money order mentioned in Whitman's August 21, 1869 letter to Doyle.
intended to write "Hassett," the Washington conductor mentioned in his September 25, 1869 letter to Doyle
Brooklyn , September 3, 1869 Dear Pete, I thought I would write you a letter to-day, as you would be
I have read it several times since—Dear Pete, I hope every thing is going on favorably with you.
the sea-shore as I intended—In fact my jaunt this time has been a failure—Better luck next time— Now Pete
God bless you, dear Pete, dear loving comrade, & Farewell till next time, my darling boy.
Price Elizabeth Lorang Zachary King Eric Conrad Walt Whitman to Peter Doyle, 3 September 1869
The skin eruption mentioned in Walt Whitman's August 21, 1869 letter to Doyle.
In his September 3, 1869 letter to Peter Doyle, however, Whitman wrote that he was still "unwell most
Walt befriended Peter Doyle (1843–1907), a horsecar conductor in Washington, around 1865.
Though Whitman informed Doyle of his flirtations with women in their correspondence, Martin G.
Murray affirms that "Whitman and Doyle were 'lovers' in the contemporary sense of the word."
Doyle assisted in caring for Whitman after his stroke in January 1873.
See Murray, "Pete the Great: A Biography of Peter Doyle."
during his October 1868 visit to Providence, Rhode Island (see Walt's October 17, 1868 letter to Peter Doyle