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Pete, do you remember —(of course you do—I do well)—those great long jovial walks we had at times for
Pete, give my love to dear Mrs. and Mr.
Walt Whitman to Peter Doyle, June 1883
This note is written on the fly-leaf of a copy of Specimen Days, sent to Peter Doyle at Washington, D.C
The note is significant, because it constitutes the first correspondence from Whitman to Doyle since
It appears that writing Specimen Days stirred Whitman's memories of the times he shared with Doyle in
Michael Nash were old, mutual friends of Whitman and Peter Doyle in Washington.
Whitman referred to them often, especially in closing, in his letters to Doyle.
Camden N J Dec 9 '83 A young workingman & engineer, Edward Doyle, (brother of my dear friend Peter D.
Doyle spent the afternoon of December 7 with Whitman (Whitman's Commonplace Book, Charles E.
When Doyle's mother was dying, on May 23, 1885, Whitman sent $10, and he lent Doyle $15 when he came
In the 1870s Edward Doyle, like Peter, had been a streetcar conductor.
Whitman visited the Channings in 1868 (see the letters from Whitman to Peter Doyle of October 18, 1868