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Brooklyn , July 7, 1871 Dear Pete, Well here I am still, pretty much the same thing, doing nothing &
Hart, formerly of the Chronicle—he is about the same in appearance as formerly—Pete, I will not write
forenoon—We had a fine shower last night, and there is some breeze—but it is pretty warm and oppressive— Pete
for changes to this file, as noted: Elizabeth Lorang Zachary King Eric Conrad Walt Whitman to Peter Doyle
whom Walt Whitman sent publicity puffs for insertion in the Washington Daily Morning Chronicle; see Doyle's
Dear Pete, I rec'd the $50 to-day all right, and a real help to me—I have money, but cannot have the
tremendous—Shall stay here a week or so longer—shall be back first part of next week if nothing happens— Well, Pete
for changes to this file, as noted: Elizabeth Lorang Zachary King Eric Conrad Walt Whitman to Peter Doyle
Whitman had requested $50 in his July 16–21, 1871 letter to Doyle.
1865 71 Brooklyn, Friday, July 14. 1867 or '8 Dear Pete, It is pretty much the same with me, as when
them—something new, to me, it quite set me up to see such chaps, all dusty & worn, looked like veterans— Pete
alone, none of my sisters being home at present—she is much better this morning, under my doctoring— —Pete
Walt Whitman to Peter Doyle, 14 July 1871
This letter is addressed: Peter Doyle | Conductor, | Office Wash. & Geo. City RR.
and returned to Washington on July 31; see Whitman's July 16–21, 1871 and July 28, 1871, letters to Doyle
, I shall return on Monday next, in the 12:30 train from Jersey city—(the train I usually come in) Pete
Walt Whitman to Peter Doyle, 28 July [1871]
Pete, I am sitting in my room home, finishing this—have just had a bath, & dressed myself to go over
for changes to this file, as noted: Elizabeth Lorang Zachary King Eric Conrad Walt Whitman to Peter Doyle
This piece of correspondence is addressed, "Peter Doyle, | Conductor, | Office Wash. & Georgetown | City
Come Up from the Fields, Father. 1 COME up from the fields, father, here's a letter from our Pete; And
sisters huddle around, speechless and dis- may'd dismay'd ;) See, dearest mother, the letter says Pete
In letters written the same day to Peter Doyle and William D.
On July 28, he wrote Peter Doyle, "I thought he would die while I was there—he was all wasted to a skeleton
Whitman also wrote of the incident in his July 14, 1871 letter to Peter Doyle.
Whitman also wrote of Charles Hine's illness in his July 28, 1871 letter to Peter Doyle.
Brooklyn for his vacation on Wednesday the following week (see his June 21–23, 1871 letter to Peter Doyle
Come Up from the Fields, Father. 1 COME up from the fields, father, here's a letter from our Pete; And
sisters huddle around, speechless and dis- may'd dismay'd ;) See, dearest mother, the letter says Pete
Come Up from the Fields, Father. 1 COME up from the fields, father, here's a letter from our Pete; And
sisters huddle around, speechless and dis- may'd dismay'd ;) See, dearest mother, the letter says Pete