Search Results

Wallace wants to go to see Pete Doyle.

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!

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

Doyle no longer in Washington. "He has not been here for some years.

Bucke has Peter Doyle and Harry Stafford letters from W.Sunday, October 26, 1890Spent the day roaming

Picture of W. and Peter Doyle: the two sitting gazing into each other's eyes, a picture which O'Connor

And when I said it was he went on, "I know it is good of Pete—it is first-rate: the best I have," etc

., and he exclaimed, "Dear Pete!

"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!"

Then spoke tenderly of Peter Doyle. "I wonder where he is now? He must have got another lay.

472 July 1, 1865 Walt Whitman From a photograph, 1873 494 Walt Whitman and His Rebel Soldier Friend, Pete

Doyle, 1889 544 Sidney Morse 554 From a photograph by Metcalf & Welldon, 1889 Walt Whitman From a photograph

"I walked great walks myself in the Washington days: often with Pete Doyle: Pete was never a scholar:

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.

Once he mentioned Peter Doyle. "Where are you Pete? Oh!

Pete Doyle was in yesterday and brought some flowers.

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

W. paused and added: "I have been reading over an old letter from Pete Doyle: so simple, true, sufficient

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

Walt Whitman had received a letter from Towner, who reported on a conversation with Peter Doyle, some

time before Whitman's September 12, 1873, letter to Doyle.

Meditating on his relationship with Peter Doyle, Whitman laments "this diseased, feverish disproportionate

family, was attentive to the newsboys, drivers, and other carriers of the written word Yellow Joe, Pete

While there, he spent much of his time with non-southerners, with the important exception of Doyle.

On Whitman and Doyle, see Martin Murray, “Pete the Great: A Biography of Peter Doyle,” WWQR 12 (Summer

On Garfield, see WC 1:324; Doyle also mentions this habit of James Garfield’s (Bucke, Calamus, 32). 66

See also Whitman’s image of Dowden, Edward, 116, 117 neglect Doyle, Peter, 32, 143, 149, 218n11 drift

In letters written the same day to Peter Doyle and William D.

ADDRESS : Pete Doyle  M st. South –Bet 4 12 & 6th  Washington, D. C.

From Peter Doyle. Barrett. Silver, 200–1 (dated 1869?).

From Peter Doyle. Trent. November 25. From Louisa Van Velsor September 23. From Peter Doyle.

From Peter Doyle. Morgan. December 5. From James T. Fields.

“Dear Boy,” Whitman wrote in 1868 to Peter Doyle, a streetcar driver and ex-Confederate soldier whom

dearest comrade, & with more calmness than when I was there—I find it first rate to think of you, Pete

I will imagine you with your arm around my neck saying Good night, Walt — & me—Good night, Pete—” (COR

Whitman and Peter Doyle, ca. 1869. Photograph by M. P. Rice, Washington, DC.

“Dear Boy,” Whitman wrote to Doyle from New York in 1868, “I think of you very often, dearest comrade

pointment at the loss it represents for then-emerging gay iden- tity.11 Whitman’s longtime companion Peter Doyle

; on Whit- double consciousness, ix man, 125 “Double V” campaign, 118 “For My People” (Walker), xi Doyle

Gerard Manley Hopkins Letter to Robert Bridges, October 18, 1882 I have read of Whitman's (1) "Pete"

us about him, in Washington, a part of his life—the part which he devoted to his young friend Peter Doyle—remains

Price sode treats the Peter Doyle–Whitman relationship.

For discussion of this program, see Joann Krieg, “Walt and Pete in the Family Hour,”Walt Whitman Quarterly

has argued, Whitman also left a small cache of “marital” photographs taken with his boyfriends Peter Doyle

162 Chinese treaty with Japan, 174 Down by Law, 50, 52–54, 53 Chinese vernacular poetry, 175, 181, Doyle

Doyle, against newspaper claims of police brutality re- 1 8 6 8 -18 7 5 [g1] lated to Doyle's arrest

Whitman writes to William O'Connor on be half of Edward Doyle, Pete's brother, who is seeking em ployment

Peter Doyle visits(n N , 2 :3 5 Pete's mother had died on 24 May.

Whitman learns from Wallace that Peter Doyle is living in Baltimore; he speaks of "The noble Pete!

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

Whitman admits as much to another lover, Washington street- car driver Peter Doyle, in a September 2,

Peter Doyle’s long romantic friendship with the poet is well- established.

See Murray, “‘Pete the Great,’” 14. 44. Corr. 1:11. 45.

“‘Pete the Great’: A Biography of Peter Doyle.”

Maddock, 86 Garrison,William Lloyd, 25 Douglas, Stephen A., 6, 125–26 Gay, Getty, 91–92; “Royal Bohemian Doyle

Someone was sure Peter Doyle was seen somewhere in the crowd, but I saw nothing of him till we had got

Whitman, Longaker, Reeder, McAlister, Ed Stafford, Miss Helen Price, Pete Doyle, Mrs.

: a rather remarkable composition: Doyle with a sickly smile on his face: W. lovingly serene: the two

C. 1865—Walt Whitman & his rebel soldier friend Peter Doyle."

Then again: "Tom, you would like Pete—love him: and you too, Horace: you especially, Horace—you and Pete

, has very good cause for being: Pete is a master character."

He asked after From a Photograph WALT WHITMAN AND HIS REBEL SOLDIER FRIEND, PETE DOYLE (1889)Reproduction

with Charles Eldridge, Lewy Brown, William and Ellen O'Connor, John and Ursula Burroughs, and Peter Doyle

critical biography, Notes on Walt Whitman as Poet and Person (1867).Whitman found friendship with Peter Doyle

Thereafter, the comrades were inseparable, spending long hours riding on Doyle's streetcar, or taking

were nursing Walt after his paralytic stroke: "give my love to mrs oconor and remember me to peter doyl

family (again, though May 1873) far exceed in number those to any family member: forty-five to Peter Doyle

html That Walt began his revision earlier is also suggested in his October 9, 1868 letter to Peter Doyle

October 9, 1868 letter to Peter Doyle.

Lebens dauernde, innige, väterlich-zärtliche Kameradschaft mit dem jungen Irisch-Amerikaner Peter Doyle

„Piet, mein liebster Sohn“, schreibt er an Peter Doyle, „ich denke immer noch, ich werde durchkommen,

“dear Bo y,” Whitman wrote in 1868 to Peter doyle, a street- car driver and ex-Confederate soldier whom

often, dear- est comrade, & with more calmness than when I was there—Ifinditfirstratetothinkofyou,Pete

I will imagine you with your arm around my neck saying Good night, Walt—& me—Good night, Pete.” 36 In

“enormous PerTUrBaTIon” of his “feverISH, flUCTUaTInG” physical and emotional attachment to Peter doyle

Brown and other soldiers he met and cared for in the Washington hospitals, as well as with Peter doyle

In 1873, he wrote to his friend Peter Doyle, “I shall get out this afternoon, & over to the Reading room

Indeed, a few days later he wrote Doyle to inform him that he had resolved “to pair off with a friend

In his biographyof Peter Doyle, Martin G.

See “Pete the Great: A Biography of Peter Doyle,” Walt Whitman Quarterly Review 12 (Summer 1994): 1–51

“Pete the Great: A Biography of Peter Doyle.”

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

accounts of his journey (see the letters from Whitman to Whitelaw Reid of June 17, 1880 and to Peter Doyle

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

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

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

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

A draft of this letter appears on the verso of Walt Whitman's September 29, 1868 letter to Peter 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 also wrote of Charles Hine's illness in his July 28, 1871 letter to Peter Doyle.

In his September 3, 1869 letter to Peter Doyle, however, Whitman wrote that he was still "unwell most

Whitman visited the Channings in 1868 (see the letters from Whitman to Peter Doyle of October 18, 1868

Whitman also wrote of the incident in his July 14, 1871 letter to Peter Doyle.

Whitman also wrote about Burroughs's visit in his April 16, 1874 letter to Peter Doyle.

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.

Washington and later visited him in Camden (which Whitman reported in his November 9, 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

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.

1873 Dear Pete, I have been very unwell—but am better again—at least at the present moment.

Walt Whitman to Peter Doyle, [9? June 1873]

Doyle was evidently not informed of Whitman's move.

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 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

Oct 9 Dear Pete, It is splendid here this forenoon—bright and cool.

rode the trip I describe with a friend, on a 5th Avenue stage, No. 26—a sort [of] namesake of yours, Pete

Yours for life, dear Pete, (& death the same).

Price Elizabeth Lorang Zachary King Eric Conrad Walt Whitman to Peter Doyle, 9 October [1868]

Doyle's letter of October 5, 1868 contained gossip about Washington.

Calhoun was involved in a street car altercation reported in Whitman's June 21–23, 1871 letter to Doyle

In his October 2, 1868 letter to Doyle, Whitman responded to Henry Hurt's request for information about

Dear son Pete, By accident your usual letter was not sent to P.O. so that you could get it Saturday—which

hour or two does me real good—he has a wife, daughter & son, all good—I go Sunday evenings to tea—Pete

around Washington so much—Well, good bye for this time, dear loving boy— Walt Walt Whitman to Peter Doyle

Doyle came from Virginia.

Well Pete, my dear loving boy, I have just come in from a 15 minutes walk outside, with my little dog—it

, & good company & a good fellow, (like Parker Milburn)—I have an occasional visitor, but not many—Pete

give 'em my address—I am glad to see most any one for a change— Your old Walt Walt Whitman to Peter Doyle

Price Elizabeth Lorang Kathryn Kruger Zachary King Eric Conrad Walt Whitman to Peter Doyle, [8 October

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

Price Elizabeth Lorang Kathryn Kruger Zachary King Eric Conrad Walt Whitman to Peter Doyle, 8 May [1874

This piece of correspondence is addressed, "Pete Doyle, | M st.

Dear boy Pete, It is a beautiful quiet Sunday forenoon.

Pete, I have just taken out your last letter, & read it over again—I went out on a kind of little excursion

myself last night—all alone—It was very pleasant, cool enough, & the moon shining—I think of you too, Pete

That accident on the bridge was indeed terrible —that bridge is a disgrace to Washington, any how—Pete

Pete, you are doing first-rate.

The Queen's Cup Race, mentioned in Walt Whitman's August 3–5, 1870 letter to Doyle, was held off Staten

Michael Nash, Washington friends to whom Walt Whitman referred frequently in his letters to Doyle.

Nash was an old resident of the city; Walt Whitman's December 5, 1873 letter to Doyle made mention of

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