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Peter Doyle to Walt Whitman, 20 January 1878
In January 1878, Whitman sent Peter Doyle a copy of his poem "Autumn Rivulets" and a West Jersey Press
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.
W Walt Whitman to Peter Doyle, 26 February [1878]
The envelope for this letter bears the address: Pete Doyle | M Street South—bet 4½ & 6th | Washington
new in affairs— I get along —Still think of coming to W. for a month or so W W Walt Whitman to Peter Doyle
This postcard bears the address: Pete Doyle | M Street South—bet 4½ & 6th | Washington | D C.
of)—Very hot here to-day—bad for yellow fever if prevalent, & continuous— W W Walt Whitman to Peter Doyle
This letter bears the address: Pete Doyle | M Street South bet 4½ | & 6th | Washington D C.
notation in Whitman's Commonplace Book, Charles Johnson was a railroad man who had been on a train with Doyle