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is interrupted by the “daughter’s call”: “Come up from the fields, father, here’s a letter from our Pete

news that their only son has been wounded; they are unaware at the time they read the letter that Pete

of the wholesomeness of family life and to emphasize that, ironically, its own fruit—its only boy, Pete—would

calls to her mother and father to come “to the front door” as she has just received “a letter from our Pete

Unfortu- nately, the letter is not written in Pete’s characteristic handwriting, and so the letter suggests

In a letter to Peter Doyle, Whitman wrote that Dr.

Whitman to Peter Doyle, September 5, 1873, quoted in Feinberg, “Walt Whit- man and His Doctors,” 837.

10, Corporeality in Leaves of Grass (Moon), 42, 49, 63, 71, 120; Studies on Hysteria, 152 63, 121 Doyle

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

In Whitman's February 19, 1875, letter to Peter Doyle—one of Whitman's closest comrades and companions—Whitman

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

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

New York: Johnson Reprint Corporation, 1970.Doyle, James. "Whitman's Canadian Diary."

nature writer, literary critic, and author of Notes on Walt Whitman as Poet and Person (1867); Peter Doyle

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

Later, Whitman would get a first-hand report of the assassination from his friend Peter Doyle, an Irish

immigrant and former Confederate soldier whom Whitman had met when Doyle was an out-patient in Washington

Doyle's description would form the basis of Whitman's later speech, "Death of Abraham Lincoln," which

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

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

argument seems plausible in such cases as the infamous manuscript in which he refers to his lover, Peter Doyle

family’s trunks in letters of 1864, 1872, and, in separate requests to Charles Eldridge and Peter Doyle

Ethiopia Saluting the Colors,” 8 “Europe, the 72d and 73d Years of 147–50 These States” (“Resurgemus”), Doyle

Whole letters were published by Bucke in Calamus, which contains Whitman's letters to Peter Doyle, and

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

The war, however, goes on, and the message about Pete, the grief-stricken mother's only son, causes the

Elephant, his brother Young Elephant (who came afterward,) Tippy, Pop Rice, Big Frank, Yellow Joe, Pete

walks out from Washington, five, seven, perhaps ten miles and back; generally with my friend Peter Doyle

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

Calamus also includes an account of an interview with Doyle, conducted after Whitman's death.

personal reflections in his notebooks around 1870 in which he anguishes over his affection for Peter Doyle

The extensive body of letters Whitman wrote to Civil War soldiers, and especially Peter Doyle, usually

Pete’s early association with Walt Whitman, after they met in Washington, Pete being then a young man

Pete was easy to ap- proach.

But Pete felt hurt, somehow.

Doyle.

The “Interview with Peter Doyle” by Dr.

28 And even Binns, who implied that he knew the truth when he called the question "about Calamus+ Doyle

, 158, 253n Dostoyevsky, Fyodor M., 140 Gand, Eric, 226 Dowden, Edward, 212n Garland, Hamlin, 230n Doyle

In reviewing a collection ofWhitman's letters to Peter Doyle, issued significantly under the title Calamus

Whitman's former lover Peter Doyle, whom he had seen only infrequently since leaving Washington seven

But before making that trip, Walt and Pete spent a short time together in the nation's honeymoon capi

He told her that the next issue of his newspaper was to be about Peter Doyle.

"There are some things about Pete that I've not yet said."

His affectionate bond with Peter Doyle, the Washington, D.C., streetcar conductor he met in late 1865

How much Doyle and Stafford reciprocated his affection is somewhat uncertain, but the letters demonstrate

Nonetheless, in a letter to Peter Doyle remarking on the commencement, Whitman seemed to feel his poem

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

Doyle, which is given by Dr.

Bucke in his edition of Whitman's lettersto Pete 1— one of the best running accounts of Walt which we

have, though of course quite extempore— Pete says in one pas- — sage : 'I never knew a case of Walt's

to Pete are veritablelove-letters.

And there is a passage in Pete Doyle's already quoted interview which curiously corroborates this.

.— The Pete was terrified himself.

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

whom Pete made a home.

there to give.In the mid-1880s Whitman and Doyle renewed their intimacy when Doyle—now employed by the

Doyle attended Whitman's funeral at Harleigh Cemetery.Peter Doyle made a lasting contribution to Whitman

"Pete the Great: A Biography of Peter Doyle."

Doyle, Peter (XXXX-XXXX)

We had a good time here last night when Wallace read to us extracts from your letters to Pete Doyle which

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.

Come 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 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

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

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

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.

Letter to Peter Doyle, September 6, I87o, SPL, p. 993· 3x.

But in a letter to Peter Doyle June 27, I872 (SPL, pp.

Letter to Peter Doyle, July I6, I87I, SPL, p. 996. THE HEROIC INVALID 337 I89.

I4-I5· 3· Letter to Peter Doyle, August 28, I873, Calamus, p.

See letter to Peter Doyle, December 3, 1875, Calamus, p. 163. 42.

s letterto his mother and to Peter Doyle.

Portraitof Whitman and Doyle together,by Harry D.

Wiksell's personal recollectionsof Pete Doyle.

J., I give to my friend,Peter Doyle, my silverwatch. I give to H.

Doyle, Peter, 261. Finta, Alexander, 118, 119.

Retorna dos campos, pai Retorna dos campos, pai, aqui está a carta do nosso Pete, E vem para a porta

soluços, As irmãzinhas amontoam-se em volta caladas e pálidas,) Vê, queridíssima mãe, a carta diz que Pete

Tanto George, seu irmão, quanto Peter Doyle, que foi seu amigo entre os 45 e os 50 anos de idade, afirmam

Two pieces of a letter from Pete Doyle. One piece a letter from Josie Morse, New York.

Pete used the stationery of the Baltimore & Potomac Railroad Company.

Further changed the gold watch from Harry Stafford to H.L.T. and the silver watch from Pete Doyle to

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.

American" par excellence A letter sent on the 25th of September 1868 from New York to his young lover Pete

Doyle in Washington shows how deeply "Crossing Brooklyn Ferry" is shaped by Whitman's long familiarity

The letter is written in the simple language familiar to Pete, who was an omnibus driver: "The river

Peter Doyle (1843–1907) was one of Walt Whitman's closest comrades and lovers, and their friendship spanned

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.

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

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.

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

indispensable source for the issue in question is the Boston Calamus edition of the letters to Peter Doyle

44-48. 2 Calamus—A Series of Letters Written During the Years 1868-1880 by W.W. to a Young Friend (Pete

Doyle).

Tree,” as we shall see, creates poetry just as much, and perhaps more so than the dramatic scene of Pete’s