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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.
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
Explain explain the Pleasure pleasure experience from your letters Farewell my good & true Friend, Pete
the Great 23 Sept '68 Pete The following are responsible for particular readings or for changes to this
Price Elizabeth Lorang Ashley Lawson Janel Cayer Peter Doyle to Walt Whitman, 23 September 1868
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]
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
will meet you at the Depot the train gets to Wash 4:10 PM i will Say no more until i see you So Long Pete
Peter Doyle to Walt Whitman, [7] November [1875]
Michael Nash were Washington friends to whom Whitman referred frequently in his letters to Peter Doyle
Michael Nash was an old resident of the city; Whitman's December 5, 1873, letter to Doyle mentioned a
short letter as my car is going [to] start & i want [to] put this in the mail good bye My Dear friend Pete
i will write a long one next Sunday as i am off Peter Doyle to Walt Whitman, [9 October 1868]
Doyle may be referring to Whitman's letter of October 9, 1868, in which the poet chronicles his observation
Whitman sent Hart publicity puffs for insertion in the Washington Daily Morning Chronicle; see Doyle's
On four occasions, he was photographed with young male friends—Peter Doyle in the 1860s, Harry Stafford
express-wagon — I love him though I do not know him, The half-breed straps on his light boots to com- pete
"C up from the fields, father, here's a letter from our Pete; And come to the front door, mother—here's
The little sisters huddle around, speechless and dismayed); "See, dearest mother, the letter says Pete
Price Elizabeth Lorang Kathryn Kruger Zachary King Eric Conrad Postcard from Walt Whitman to Peter Doyle
This postcard bears the address, "Pete Doyle | M street South bet 4½ & M. | Washington, D.C."
Price Elizabeth Lorang Kathryn Kruger Zachary King Eric Conrad Postcard from Walt Whitman to Peter Doyle
This postcard bears the address, "Pete Doyle, | M street South, bet 4½ & 6th | Washington, D.C."
Price Elizabeth Lorang Kathryn Kruger Zachary King Eric Conrad Postcard from Walt Whitman to Peter Doyle
This postcard bears the address, "Peter Doyle, | M st. South, bet 4½ & 6th | Washington, D.C."
this file, as noted: Elizabeth Lorang Zachary King Eric Conrad Postcard from Walt Whitman to Peter Doyle
This postcard is addressed, "Pete Doyle, | M st. South bet 4½ & 6th | Washington D. C."
Price Elizabeth Lorang Kathryn Kruger Zachary King Eric Conrad Postcard from Walt Whitman to Peter Doyle
This postcard bears the address, "Pete Doyle, | M st. South, bet. 4½ & 6th | Washington, D.C."
Price Elizabeth Lorang Kathryn Kruger Zachary King Eric Conrad Postcard from Walt Whitman to Peter Doyle
This postcard bears the address, "Pete Doyle, | M st. South, bet. 4½ & 6th | Washington, D.C."
He boasted to Pete Doyle of his "capacity of flirtation & carrying on with the girls" (Whitman 62), adding
Yet in 1898, James finds Whitman's posthumously published letters to Peter Doyle in Calamus "positively
veterans from all corners of the United States.Whitman widened his circle of friends, meeting Peter Doyle
jolliest man I ever met, an artist, a great talker," Whitman wrote in a November 9, 1873, letter to Peter Doyle
Doyle, I was allowed to read your—I prefer saying—I was permitted a long look into the wonderful mirror
Bucke has Peter Doyle and Harry Stafford letters from W. Saturday, October 25, 1890
M s: Feinberg Collection, Library of Congress To Pete Doyle Brooklyn, September 2,1870 Dear Pete, . .
Walt M s: Feinberg Collection, Library of Congress To Pete Doyle Brooklyn, July 14, 1871 Dear Pete, It
M s: Feinberg Collection, Library of Congress To Pete Doyle Coney Island, July I6and 2I, I87I Dear Pete
M s: Feinberg Collection, Library of Congress To Pete Doyle Camden, August I4and 15, 1873 Pete, dear
M s: Feinberg Collection, Library of Congress To Pete Doyle Camden, September 26, I873 Dear son Pete,
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.
the revision rather pointless because he feels that for all the poet's supposed intimacy with Peter Doyle
When he died, Whitman left Stafford his silver watch, originally intended for Peter Doyle.
"I was quite staggered here—it knocked the breath out of me—to read a headline—'The Death of Peter Doyle
'—here in the paper: but it was not our Peter Doyle: it was some old man, somewhere, given the same name
our good Pete—a rebel—not old—big—sturdy—a man, every inch of him! such a fellow—and health!"
Once he mentioned Peter Doyle. "Where are you Pete? Oh!
I'm feeling rather kinky—not at all peart, Pete—not at all."
W. paused and added: "I have been reading over an old letter from Pete Doyle: so simple, true, sufficient
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.
Then spoke tenderly of Peter Doyle. "I wonder where he is now? He must have got another lay.
"I walked great walks myself in the Washington days: often with Pete Doyle: Pete was never a scholar:
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
Washington and later visited him in Camden (which Whitman reported in his November 9, 1873, letter to Peter Doyle
He has been looking up old portraits—the Doyle one of them. "If I strike another you shall have it.
raise his right arm and chant that line, 'after all not to create only,' and then laugh, as I did, and Pete
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.
not to see Tucker till I have all the sheets to show him.Wallace writes 21st (gone deep into Whitman-Doyle
His close friend, streetcar conductor Peter Doyle, is to his right. Courtesy of Frank Wright.
Painting of the Grand Review showing Walt Whitman and Peter Doyle.
"This cane was given me by Pete Doyle," he reminded me: "Pete was always a good stay and support."
I give my friend Peter Doyle the silver watch.I desire that my friends Dr R M Bucke of London, Ontario
sthat's so fine—so fine, fine, fine: he brings back my own walks to me: the walks alone: the walks with Pete
Bemoaning lover problems, Whitman in 1870 compared Vaughan with Peter Doyle, admonishing himself: "Remember
"I should like to see Pete Doyle while I am here. Can you give me his address?" W. W.
I should like to know where Pete is as I am rather uneasy about him.
So I don't know where Pete is now." J. W. W.
I said that one reason why I wanted to see Pete Doyle was that he perhaps represented the average American
Pete hardly does. For years past Pete has been whirled among the sophistications."
W. " I should like to see Pete ] Doyle" while I am here. Can you give me his address? W. W.
where Pete is as I am rather uneasy about him.
So I don't know where Pete is now." " /. W. W.
I said that one reason why I wanted to see Pete Doyle was that he perhaps represented the average American
Pete hardly does. For years past Pete has been whirled among the sophistications."
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.
GERARD MANLEY H O PK IN S Letter to Robert Bridges, October 18, 1882 I have read ofWhitman's (1)"Pete
us about him, in Washington, a part ofhis life-the part which he devoted to his young friend Peter Doyle-remains
Walt Whitman and Peter Doyle by M.P. Rice, ca. 1869
Walt Whitman and Peter Doyle by M.P. Rice, ca. 1869
organized into thirty–seven topics, chronologically arranged (e.g., "Opera Lover," "The 1856 ," "Peter Doyle