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Dear Pete, I rec'd your note to–day. I send you a note I have written to Mr.

Pete, I am not having a very good time—My head troubles me—yesterday was as bad as ever—as far from well

for changes to this file, as noted: Elizabeth Lorang Zachary King Eric Conrad Walt Whitman to Peter Doyle

Dear boy Pete, Well, I am sitting here in the parlor again writing my weekly letter—as I write, the rain

Pete, I rec'd your letter & the Herald last Monday all right. Did Mr & Mrs.

sailing across the Delaware, & the splendid sunsets most every evening—it is my greatest enjoyment— —Pete

Pete, how about running on here to see me for a day or two?

If you can, I will fix the time— Walt Whitman to Peter Doyle, 19 December [1873]

1873 Dear Pete, I have been very unwell—but am better again—at least at the present moment.

Walt Whitman to Peter Doyle, [9? June 1873]

Doyle was evidently not informed of Whitman's move.

1874 or 5 431 Stevens st. cor West Camden, Dec. 5—after 12 M 1873 Dear Pete, I am still holding on about

out a little every day when the weather will permit—but my walking power is still very bad indeed—Pete

correct here—but O I need your dear loving face & hand & voice— Your old Walt Walt Whitman to Peter Doyle

See the letter from Whitman to Doyle of November 21, 1873.

See the letter from Whitman to Doyle of December 5, 1873.

Dear Pete, I want some things taken out of my trunk, & put in a bundle & sent here by express.

Pete, I rec'd received your letter this morning, & it was very welcome, as always.

Walt Whitman to Peter Doyle, 13 October [1873]

Murray, "Pete the Great: A Biography of Peter Doyle").

Dear boy Pete, I felt bad enough to hear of the death of Bill Barnes —& in such a sudden, cruel way—poor

which, (if so,) he has left—but was parted from quite a while ago— —Pete, so your shirts came all safe

off the cars, here & in Philadelphia—they are nearly all young fellows—it all help helps along—Well Pete

Walt Walt Whitman to Peter Doyle, 12 December [1873]

Dear boy Pete, Your letter, with cheering wishes & prophecies came last Tuesday—God bless you, boy—for

paralysis—in the paper this morning I see a piece about his body being resurrected from potter's field— —Pete

Pete the papers you sent came last Monday all right—I have rec'd a letter from Chas Eldridge—& another

Walt Whitman to Peter Doyle, 5 September [1873]

For Whitman's opinion of Hickman, see the letter from Whitman to Doyle of September 12, 1873.

September Dear son Pete, Your letter of yesterday came this forenoon—that was a rather serious runaway

of cars in the tunnel a week ago—& mighty lucky to get off as you all did—Pete I got a few lines from

brass, a lot of fat young Dutchmen, blowing as if they would burst, & making a hell of a hullabaloo— Pete

Walt Whitman to Peter Doyle, 26 September [1873]

Dear son Pete, I am still doing as well as when I last wrote—I have many alternations, but upon the whole

was near here—poor fellow, he used always to stop a minute at the window, & talk off hand & cheerful—Pete

day—(My appetite is pretty fair, but I must have just the things I want, cant can't eat any others)—Pete

Walt Whitman to Peter Doyle, 24 October [1873]

Dear boy Pete, Your letter came all right last Tuesday.

Walt Whitman to Peter Doyle, 19 September [1873]

October 31 . 1873 1874 or 5 Dear boy Pete, My condition remains about the same—I don't get ahead any

little islands in the middle, which sometimes we steer between, & sometimes go round—Then these nights Pete—last

Walt Whitman to Peter Doyle, 31 October [1873]

This letter is addressed: Peter Doyle, | M street South | bet 4½ & 6th | Washington | D. C.

Dear Son Pete, Here I sit again by the heater in the parlor, writing my weekly letter—I have just had

Walt Pete I will probably send the shirts early next week by express Walt Whitman to Peter Doyle, 28

friend I am having quite a good spell to-day, (if it only lasts)—I wish you, in conjunction with Peter Doyle

West, here—put duplicate directions on—& send by Adams express—I write to-day to Peter Doyle, same request

Pete put the things in the trunk for me, & will know about them.

This letter and his October 13, 1873 letter to Peter Doyle indicate that Whitman had abandoned his plans

Dear boy Pete, It is a very fine September day here—it must be delightful down in Virginia—the sun shines

My appetite still holds out—& my sister cooks very nice, gets me what I want— Pete your letter of 8.

Dubarry & you, & what he said about the schedule &c—I see you are a little nervous , Pete—& I dont don't

hear from my substitute —He writes me now & then—does my work very well, & more work besides,—Dear Pete

Walt Whitman to Peter Doyle, 12 September [1873]

Whitman had trouble with the spelling of Hawkinson's name; see the letter from Whitman to Doyle of May

For Whitman's opinion of Hickman, see the letter from Whitman to Doyle of September 12, 1873.

So long, Pete, dear boy, Walt 1875? Walt Whitman to Peter Doyle, 29 August [1873?]

executors' assignment of this letter to 1875 seems questionable for the following reasons: in a letter to Doyle

it—though I think it is bad for me, & I hope much more from the cool season, if I get through this— Pete

steamboat— —If you was only here to convoy me—but I suppose no one is to have every thing wanting—(Pete

found him good company, & was glad to see him—he has been twice—so you see there are good souls left— —Pete

Pete you must read this over Sunday, as a ten minutes' talk like, about all sorts of odds & ends Walt

Whitman to Peter Doyle, 1 August [1873]

Dear Pete, dear son, I am sitting here in my room again writing to you—there is no particular change

Walt Whitman to Peter Doyle, 14 November [1873]

Dear son Pete, By accident your usual letter was not sent to P.O. so that you could get it Saturday—which

hour or two does me real good—he has a wife, daughter & son, all good—I go Sunday evenings to tea—Pete

around Washington so much—Well, good bye for this time, dear loving boy— Walt Walt Whitman to Peter Doyle

Doyle came from Virginia.

Dear Son Pete, Nothing very new with me—I continue about the same—my general strength the best it has

presents of good wine—& I drink it occasionally, half water—but this time I have taken a little extra)— —Pete

fire, & you with me as often as possible, I should be comparatively happy Walt— Walt Whitman to Peter Doyle

The nature of the barroom brawl (see the letter from Whitman to Doyle of November 28, 1873) is not ascertainable

Dear boy Pete, I have been looking for you the last two days & nights—but I have about given you up now

Walt Walt Whitman to Peter Doyle, 26 December [1873]

I wish—& two or three good friends here—So I want you to not feel at all uneasy—as I write, Peter Doyle

getting well soon—am on a fair way to it now— latest ½ past 4 I have just set up & had my bed made by Pete—I

Cole, a former conductor and a friend of Doyle, who wrote to Walt Whitman, probably in the early 1870

, 1873 letter to Peter Doyle, Whitman asked Doyle to visit him there.

this, it is a very pleasant cool afternoon, & I am sitting here by the window in a big easy chair Pete

Walt Whitman to Peter Doyle, 7 [July 1873]

for two days, & is now—I am feeling as if I would & should come out all right yet—had a nice dinner—Pete

Walt Whitman to Peter Doyle, 22 August [1873]

suppose is a good sign—I expect him this afternoon or evening—he evidently thinks I am on the gain—Pete

a beautiful day, & I was out a good deal—walked some, a couple of blocks, for the first time—Peter Doyle

paper I send you has a picture of a railroad depot they are building here—it is for the road Peter Doyle

Walt Whitman to Peter Doyle, 31 May [1873]

Price Elizabeth Lorang Kathryn Kruger Zachary King Eric Conrad Walt Whitman to Peter Doyle, 21 October

This postcard bears the address, "Peter Doyle | M street South | bet 4½ & 6th | Washington, D.C."

This is the postcard to which Whitman refers in his October 24, 1873 letter to Doyle as written on Tuesday

Price Elizabeth Lorang Kathryn Kruger Zachary King Eric Conrad Walt Whitman to Peter Doyle, [8 October

This postcard bears the address, "Peter Doyle | M street south, bet 4½ & 6th | Washington, D.C."

same here I only want you to be well again I do like that young fellow that is so kind to you, Peter Doyle

His friends in Washington, D.C. helped to care for him: John Burroughs, Peter Doyle, and Ellen O'Connor

Despite his status as a veteran of the Confederate Army, Doyle's uneducated, youthful nature appealed

After Whitman's death, Doyle permitted Richard Maurice Bucke to publish the letters Whitman had sent

For more on Doyle and his relationship with Whitman, see Martin G.

Murray, "Doyle, Peter," Walt Whitman: An Encyclopedia, ed. J.R. LeMaster and Donald D.

In accordance with your request I met Peter Doyle at Milburn's after office and we proceeded to your

improve in walking—& then I shall begin to feel all right—(but am still very feeble & slow)—Peter Doyle

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."

Peter Doyle has been with me. It is as pleasant and warm as summer here to-day.

of this letter is determined by the reference to it in Whitman's October 9–10, 1873 letter to Peter Doyle

says I am doing very well— John Burroughs is here temporarily—he comes in often—Eldridge and Peter Doyle

In his September 5, 1873 letter to Peter Doyle, Whitman omitted this part of Grier's diagnosis.

O'Connor's tenure was brief; as of Walt Whitman's March 12–13, 1874 letter to Peter Doyle, O'Connor had

occasionally—I had seen in the newspapers of William's appointment, & was truly pleased—I hear from Peter Doyle

See also Whitman's July 10, 1874 letter to Peter Doyle, in which Whitman left instructions for the delivery

Whitman wrote at greater length about the new will in his October 3–4, 1873 letter to Peter Doyle.

comes & sits a few minutes every morning before going to work—he has been very good indeed—he & Peter Doyle

Despite his status as a veteran of the Confederate Army, Doyle's uneducated, youthful nature appealed

limited the time the two could spend together, their relationship rekindled in the mid-1880s after Doyle

After Whitman's death, Doyle permitted Richard Maurice Bucke to publish the letters Whitman had sent

For more on Doyle and his relationship with Whitman, see Martin G.

Murray, "Doyle, Peter," Walt Whitman: An Encyclopedia, ed. J.R. LeMaster and Donald D.

Years of London Life: Memoirs of a Man of the World (New York: Harper & Brothers, 1885), 402, and Doyle's

Evidently Piper settled the bill in February; see Whitman's February 13, 1874 letter to Peter Doyle,

On October 31, 1873, Whitman wrote Peter Doyle that "I got a letter from Mr.

Washington and later visited him in Camden (which Whitman reported in his November 9, 1873, letter to Peter Doyle

Washington and later visited him in Camden (which Whitman reported in his November 9, 1873, letter to Peter Doyle

occupied an entire page of the paper (as Whitman alludes to in his November 28, 1873, letter to Peter Doyle

of paralysis, Whitman's friends in Washington, D.C., helped to care for him: John Burroughs, Peter Doyle