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Dear Pete, I hope you are having good times, & are in good spirits.

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

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

time—(he did me a good turn once in the office, just out of good will, & I shall never forget it)—Pete

Nash—& to Parker & Wash Milburn—& in short to all my friends— Your old Walt Walt Whitman to Peter Doyle

Pete, I rec'd your last letter, the 26th—it was a good long, lively letter, & welcome—you write about

would be perhaps the making of him, if he would give it up, & find his pleasure in some other way—Pete

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

Perhaps George Allen, mentioned in Whitman's August 22, 1873 letter to Doyle.

Alfred Thornett, like Doyle, was a conductor; see Thomas Biggs Harned Collection of Walt Whitman, The

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

He boasted to Pete Doyle of his "capacity of flirtation & carrying on with the girls" (Whitman 62), adding

water—in the chronic condition I seem to be in they seem to bring better result than any thing else— Pete

Doyle was over this evening—I was real glad to see him—he only staid two minutes—Horace Traubel has

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.

Pete, I was just reading over your last letter again.

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

Henry Shedd, the driver of the streetcar (#14) on which Doyle was the conductor.

Whitman's changing attitude toward the Franco-Prussian war, see his September 15–16, 1870 letter to Doyle

Since Doyle's letters to Walt Whitman in 1870 are lost, it is impossible to explain this paragraph.

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.

Dear boy Pete, Both your letters came this week—also one from my friend Eldridge, he too speaks of meeting

Walt Walt Whitman to Peter Doyle, 6 February [1874]

Nash—Pete I rec'd the "Golden Grain" —also the letter, Herald,—& Repub Republican —send me one of the

the heart to turn 'em out—God help the homeless & moneyless this weather— Walt Walt Whitman to Peter Doyle

awesomely sentimental anecdotes in awesome prose, the type of tritely "moral" work likely to appeal to Doyle

Jersey, March 12 1874 1874 or 5 Thursday, 5½ p.m Dear boy Pete, I have been in all day—I don't think

Good bye for this time dear boy— Walt Walt Whitman to Peter Doyle, 12–13 March [1874]

Jersey , Dec. 3—noon Dear Pete, Dear son, I am getting over my late bad spell—I have been very sick indeed

Nash, & to all inquiring friends Your old Walt Walt Whitman to Peter Doyle, 3 December [1874]

Whitman wrote to Ellen O'Connor on November 23, 1874, with instructions to "read [Doyle] this letter—also

on Friday which will explain how i am getting along  i am doing tip top at present Yours as Ever, Pete

pleased with it  it came too late for the sunday cronicle, so he will put it in some of the Daily Peter Doyle

In his letter of October 6, 1868, Whitman acknowledged a letter from Doyle sent October 1, 1868, and

Calamus: A Series of Letters Written During the years 1868–1880 by Walt Whitman to a Young Friend (Peter Doyle

See Peter Doyle's letter to Whitman from September 27, 1868.

Peter Doyle wrote on September 27, 1868: "Jim Sorrill Sends his love & best respects & says he is alive

In his letter to Doyle on October 2, 1868, Whitman begins: "You say it is a pleasure to get my letters—well

And this afternoon I have been reading some old letters of yours to Pete Doyle, & their wonderful loving

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.

a single track —you may remember my warning on the same point three years ago, in a talk with you Pete

—love to my darling son— Walt Walt Whitman to Peter Doyle, 30 April [1875]

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

And before it passes out of my mind, Horace, let me ask you: Wallace says you report Pete Doyle in Baltimore

The noble Pete! I hear but little from him.

Doyle's letters not frequent? "Oh no! Never!

But of course I always humored Pete in that.

time I feel pretty easy, I still keep thinking, now I am certainly going to get much better this time Pete

Walt Walt Whitman to Peter Doyle, 26–27 March [1874]

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

muchly ,) in the parlor by the window—It is a rainy darkish day here—the wind south & mild— Walt If Pete

Doyle comes up to see you, read him this letter—also give him the printed slip to read— The following

Dear Pete, serious as these spells are, (& seems as if they will continue to come on,) I still have abiding

Walt Whitman to Peter Doyle, 9[–10] October [1873]

Since Doyle's correspondence during this period is not extant, it is impossible to explain Whitman's

Dear boy Pete, It is splendid here to-day, & I am feeling first-rate.

Price Elizabeth Lorang Zachary King Eric Conrad Walt Whitman to Peter Doyle, 29 September [1868]

Doyle's chatty letter of September 27, 1868 was filled with references to his comrades: "Walt you cant

Doyle wrote on September 27, 1868: "Jim Sorrill Sends his love & best respects & says he is alive & kicking

spent the rest of the morning in looking over the papers you sent, & in copying some of the letters to Pete

Doyle that the doctor has.

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.

I think it a blessed Providence that led the D to shew me the letters he has that you wrote to Pete 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.

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.

get tired of so much scribbling as its done with a lead pencil & very often in the car yours truly Pete

Price Ashley Lawson Janel Cayer Elizabeth Lorang Peter Doyle to Walt Whitman, 1 October [1868]

would write more but i am afraid you tired of this already no more at Present but Remain Yours Forever Pete

Peter Doyle to Walt Whitman, 21 September 1868

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]

are With me and that i am Speaking to you. good bye Dear Walt until i write again, yours Truly Walt, Pete

Price Elizabeth Lorang Ashley Lawson Janel Cayer Peter Doyle to Walt Whitman, [27 September 1868]

So long, dear Pete—& my love to you as always, always.

Price Elizabeth Lorang Zachary King Eric Conrad Walt Whitman to Peter Doyle, 18 October 1868

Doyle's October 14, 1868 letter, dated "Oct 14—4," mentioned the death of a cousin and a plot to assassinate

Walt Whitman and Peter Doyle by M.P. Rice, ca. 1869

would just drop you a line for yourself—but no doubt you keep fully posted about me by my letters to Pete

Henry Hurt, like Doyle, worked for the Washington and Georgetown Railroad Company.

Kaplan's point is borne out by a brief and informative biography of Peter Doyle, Martin G.

Murray's "'Pete the Great': A Biography of Peter Doyle" (1994), which sketches Whitman's relationship

War—a relationship well-known since 1897, after the appearance of a collection of Whitman's letters to Doyle

About Doyle, Kaplan concluded: "Maybe it doesn't matter"; the "evidence" for Whitman's homosexuality

"'Pete the Great': A Biography of Peter Doyle." Walt Whitman Quarterly Review 12 (1994): 1-51. 

Pete Doyle was in yesterday and brought some flowers.

"It was Pete who gave me the cane," explained W., "the cane with a crook in it.

I always use Pete's cane: I like to think of it as having come from Pete—as being so useful to me in

You have never met Pete? We must arrange it some way some time." Baker is very anxious. "Mr.

It was at that time, in Washington, that I got to know Peter Doyle—a Rebel, a car-driver, a soldier:

Often we would go on for some time without a word, then talk—Pete a rod ahead or I a rod ahead.

To get the ensemble of Leaves of Grass you have got to include such things as these—the walks, Pete's

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]

Walt Whitman and Peter Doyle by M.P. Rice, ca. 1869

after having read over again an old letter from "Pete."

When not with her, Walt told Pete, he was riding the ferry and visiting Coney Island.

time-honored sentiment, "Pete, I wish you were with me."

He wrote to Peter Doyle: The N.

Pete's brother, Francis, was a police officer in Washington, D.C.

"This cane was given me by Pete Doyle," he reminded me: "Pete was always a good stay and support."

to have yours also if you have a double one of yourself & I would like to have that if not why stir Pete

I supposed by Petes Pete's letters that he was as gay as usual, but guess the boy is coming to his senses

opportunities which he has, How does he & the widow pull together now, I suppose Ile I'll find you & Pete

PS Tell Pete answer his as soon as Snowing here now Adeau Adieu Yours Muchly Ed C Stewart "Continuation

Today I received two papers from Pete I suppose. "Sunday Chron" & Balto Sun.

Wallace wants to go to see Pete Doyle.

"I read all and copied some of the letters to Doyle, which Bucke has, and I am interested to meet a man

But if Doyle is on the road, he is hard to catch. I think lives at Baltimore now.

book]1868poetryhandwritten2 leaves; A draft of a poem on the verso of an 1868 draft letter to Peter Doyle

Murray Doyle, Peter (XXXX-XXXX) The romantic friendship that Walt Whitman shared with Peter Doyle embodied

whom Pete made a home.

In the mid-1880s Whitman and Doyle renewed their intimacy when Doyle—now employed by the Pennsylvania

Bucke to edit and publish Whitman's letters to Doyle, which Doyle had entrusted to Bucke in 1880.

"Pete the Great: A Biography of Peter Doyle." Walt Whitman Quarterly Review 12 (1994): 1–51.

.— The Pete was terrified himself.

Pete had been satisfied, while listening in the house, that the drunken youth was stuck in a certain

COME up from the fields father, here's a letter from our Pete, And come to the front door mother, here's

sobs, The little sisters huddle around speechless and dismay'd,) See, dearest mother, the letter says Pete

COME up from the fields father, here's a letter from our Pete, And come to the front door mother, here's

sobs, The little sisters huddle around speechless and 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

Come up from the fields, father, here's a letter from our Pete; And come to the front door, mother—here's

little sisters huddle around, speechless and dis- may dismay'd ;) See, dearest mother, the letter says Pete

Hutton, Greenhalgh, Humphreys, Sharrock & self—when Wallace read to us extracts from Walt's letters to Pete

Doyle and greatly did we all enjoy the evening.Sorry to hear of Mrs.

this morning have to cut this short as write a part of it while the car is in motion farewell Peter Doyle

Price Ashley Lawson Elizabeth Lorang Janel Cayer Peter Doyle to Walt Whiman, 18 September [1868]

Price Elizabeth Lorang Kathryn Kruger Zachary King Eric Conrad Walt Whitman to Peter Doyle, 14 May [1875

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

The correspondence (again chiefly postcards) with Doyle in April and May was sent on Fridays, according

At this time Doyle was working out of Baltimore; note Whitman's April 30, and June 25, 1875 letters to

Doyle.