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Brooklyn, July 12 . '72 Dear son Pete, I have been sick—but am feeling better now, & soon expect to be
Pete, I will only write a short letter this time.
Love to you dear son, Walt Walt Whitman to Peter Doyle, 12 July [1872]
This letter is addressed: "Peter Doyle, | Conductor, | Office | Wash. & Georgetown City RR. | Washington
—I am well—Mother is pretty well—I rec'd your letter three days since—Pete, things must be going on about
the same as ever— ̬As I write, it is pleasant weather, & I am going out to get the good of it—Pete take
Walt Walt Whitman to Peter Doyle, 5 April [1872]
1872 March 29 Brooklyn, Friday afternoon March 29 1872 Dear boy Pete, I have rec'd your letter, & the
Huntington's death —it seems a sudden & sorrowful thing—Pete I shall continue here another week—I see
this up in my room home—am going out, & over to New York this evening—nothing special to write about— Pete
occasion—here is a good buss to you dear son from your loving Father always— Walt Whitman to Peter Doyle
This letter is addressed: Peter Doyle, | Conductor, | Office Wash & Georgetown RR | Washington | D.
New York , Friday afternoon—July 19 . 1872 Dear boy Pete, I rec'd your letter yesterday—nothing very
Pete, you must try to keep good heart—Perhaps this will find you at work again—if not, you must keep
a couple of hours with Joaquin Miller—I like him real well Walt $10 enclosed Walt Whitman to Peter Doyle
March 7–1872 Dear son, Well I am still here Pete, kept in pretty close quarters by the weather—but it
Milburne I wish him success in the "graduate of Pharmacy" line, & every thing else— give him my love — Pete
that is all this time, dear baby, Walt— with a kiss from your loving father— Walt Whitman to Peter Doyle
This letter is addressed: Peter Doyle | Conductor | Office | Wash. & Georgetown City RR. | Washington
Dear Pete, I am having a better time here than I had my last visit.
Pete, dear son, if you should want any of your money, send me word.
Walt Whitman to Peter Doyle, 18 June [1872]
Dear Pete, I rec'd your letter yesterday.
Pete you must be quite steady at work, & no time to spare.
said)—Should be glad to see Parker Milburn—hope he will call to-day—I send you a paper by mail —Well Pete
Your loving old Walt Walt Whitman to Peter Doyle, 22 March [1872]
Dear Pete, Dear, dear son, We are having a very cold spell here, the severest of the winter—freezes up
Walt Pete, I am making out a poor scraggy letter to you this time—I feel pretty well, but don't seem
writing—Good bye for to-day, my loving boy— Your true Father & Comrade always Walt Whitman to Peter Doyle
This letter is addressed: Peter Doyle | conductor, | [Of]fice Wash. & Georgetown City RR. | Washington
I am to go to Vermont, for a couple of days, & then back to Brooklyn—Pete I received your letter, that
Pete did my poem appear in the Washington papers—I suppose Thurs-day or Friday— Chronicle or Patriot
Your loving Walt Walt Whitman to Peter Doyle, 27 June [1872]
This letter is addressed: Peter Doyle, | conductor | Office | Wash. & Georgetown City RR.
Pete, how are you getting along—I suppose on 14 the same as when I was there—I see by the papers that
Walt Whitman to Peter Doyle, 14 June [1872]
handsomely in green cloth—my books are beginning to do pretty well—I send you the publisher's slip— Well Pete
Walt Walt Whitman to Peter Doyle, 15 March [1872]
This letter is addressed: Peter Doyle, | Conductor, | Office | Wash. & Georgetown City RR. | Washington
enjoy the way he shakes them up, (very much like a first-class terrier in a pit, with a lot of rats) Pete
Walt Whitman to Peter Doyle, 23 February 1872
Doyle was temporarily out of work.
your last week—& George & Lou—I sent three letters to you last week, & papers—I knew that policeman Doyle
that was shot dead here—he was Peter Doyle's brother—I was at the funeral yesterday—it was in the papers
Doyle was murdered on December 29, 1871, by Maria Shea, known as "Queen of Louse Alley," when he went
According to the Washington Daily Morning Chronicle, Doyle, a native of Ireland, was 38, had a wife and
is a draft of an article which Whitman prepared for a Washington newspaper to answer criticisms of Doyle
Whitman also wrote of this meeting in his July 19, 1872 letter to Peter Doyle.
Washington and later visited him in Camden (which Whitman reported in his November 9, 1873 letter to Peter Doyle
as the contents confirm, was written at the same time as Whitman's March 15, 1872 letter to Peter Doyle
Washington and later visited him in Camden (which Whitman reported in his November 9, 1873, letter to Peter Doyle
to his trip to Dartmouth College in June 1872, mentioned in Whitman's June 27, 1872 letter to Peter Doyle