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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.

Doyle, I was allowed to read your—I prefer saying—I was permitted a long look into that wonderful mirror

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.

Dear Pete, whatever happens, in such ups & downs, you must try to meet it with a stout heart.

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

Riker, president of the Washington & Georgetown Railroad, for which Doyle worked.

Dear Pete, I have not heard from you now for nine days.

Walt Whitman to Peter Doyle, 22 August 1870

Dear Pete, I received your welcome letter of Aug. 27th—and also 31st, enclosing Ned Stewarts Stewart's

Pete, there is nothing particular to write about this time—pretty much the same story—every day out on

Well, Pete, I am on the second month of my furlough—to think it is almost six weeks since we parted there

Nothing new in office—Well, Pete, about half our separation is over—the next six weeks will soon pass

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

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.

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

Dear Pete, Your letter of last Sunday & Monday came safe—was glad to see you so cheerful & feeling well

Nash —also Father Boyle —(By the bye, Pete, I have taken a great fearful drink of whiskey, in honor of

letter—shall probably go to some amusement with a friend this evening—most likely Buckleys Serenaders — Pete

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

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

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

Milburn, a druggist mentioned in Whitman's August 7–10, 1870 letter to Doyle.

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

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

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. 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. 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

Brooklyn for his vacation on Wednesday the following week (see his June 21–23, 1871 letter to Peter Doyle

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

Brooklyn , July 7, 1871 Dear Pete, Well here I am still, pretty much the same thing, doing nothing &

Hart, formerly of the Chronicle—he is about the same in appearance as formerly—Pete, I will not write

forenoon—We had a fine shower last night, and there is some breeze—but it is pretty warm and oppressive— Pete

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

whom Walt Whitman sent publicity puffs for insertion in the Washington Daily Morning Chronicle; see Doyle's

1865 71 Brooklyn, Friday, July 14. 1867 or '8 Dear Pete, It is pretty much the same with me, as when

them—something new, to me, it quite set me up to see such chaps, all dusty & worn, looked like veterans— Pete

alone, none of my sisters being home at present—she is much better this morning, under my doctoring— —Pete

Walt Whitman to Peter Doyle, 14 July 1871

This letter is addressed: Peter Doyle | Conductor, | Office Wash. & Geo. City RR.

and returned to Washington on July 31; see Whitman's July 16–21, 1871 and July 28, 1871, letters to Doyle

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

On July 28, he wrote Peter Doyle, "I thought he would die while I was there—he was all wasted to a skeleton

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

Dear Pete, I rec'd the $50 to-day all right, and a real help to me—I have money, but cannot have the

tremendous—Shall stay here a week or so longer—shall be back first part of next week if nothing happens— Well, Pete

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

Whitman had requested $50 in his July 16–21, 1871 letter to Doyle.

Whitman also wrote of Charles Hine's illness in his July 28, 1871 letter to Peter Doyle.

, I shall return on Monday next, in the 12:30 train from Jersey city—(the train I usually come in) Pete

Walt Whitman to Peter Doyle, 28 July [1871]

your last week—& George & Lou—I sent three letters to you last week, & papers—I knew that policeman Doyle

that was shot dead here—he was Peter Doyle's brother—I was at the funeral yesterday—it was in the papers

Doyle was murdered on December 29, 1871, by Maria Shea, known as "Queen of Louse Alley," when he went

According to the Washington Daily Morning Chronicle, Doyle, a native of Ireland, was 38, had a wife and

is a draft of an article which Whitman prepared for a Washington newspaper to answer criticisms of Doyle

Dear Pete, Dear, dear son, We are having a very cold spell here, the severest of the winter—freezes up

Walt Pete, I am making out a poor scraggy letter to you this time—I feel pretty well, but don't seem

writing—Good bye for to-day, my loving boy— Your true Father & Comrade always Walt Whitman to Peter Doyle

This letter is addressed: Peter Doyle | conductor, | [Of]fice Wash. & Georgetown City RR. | Washington

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.

March 7–1872 Dear son, Well I am still here Pete, kept in pretty close quarters by the weather—but it

Milburne I wish him success in the "graduate of Pharmacy" line, & every thing else— give him my love — Pete

that is all this time, dear baby, Walt— with a kiss from your loving father— Walt Whitman to Peter Doyle

This letter is addressed: Peter Doyle | Conductor | Office | Wash. & Georgetown City RR. | Washington

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

as the contents confirm, was written at the same time as Whitman's March 15, 1872 letter to Peter Doyle

to his trip to Dartmouth College in June 1872, mentioned in Whitman's June 27, 1872 letter to Peter Doyle

Dear Pete, I rec'd your letter yesterday.

Pete you must be quite steady at work, & no time to spare.

said)—Should be glad to see Parker Milburn—hope he will call to-day—I send you a paper by mail —Well Pete

Your loving old Walt Walt Whitman to Peter Doyle, 22 March [1872]

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

1872 March 29 Brooklyn, Friday afternoon March 29 1872 Dear boy Pete, I have rec'd your letter, & the

Huntington's death —it seems a sudden & sorrowful thing—Pete I shall continue here another week—I see

this up in my room home—am going out, & over to New York this evening—nothing special to write about— Pete

occasion—here is a good buss to you dear son from your loving Father always— Walt Whitman to Peter Doyle

This letter is addressed: Peter Doyle, | Conductor, | Office Wash & Georgetown RR | Washington | D.

—I am well—Mother is pretty well—I rec'd your letter three days since—Pete, things must be going on about

the same as ever— ̬As I write, it is pleasant weather, & I am going out to get the good of it—Pete take

Walt Walt Whitman to Peter Doyle, 5 April [1872]

Pete, how are you getting along—I suppose on 14 the same as when I was there—I see by the papers that

Walt Whitman to Peter Doyle, 14 June [1872]

Dear Pete, I am having a better time here than I had my last visit.

Pete, dear son, if you should want any of your money, send me word.

Walt Whitman to Peter Doyle, 18 June [1872]

I am to go to Vermont, for a couple of days, & then back to Brooklyn—Pete I received your letter, that

Pete did my poem appear in the Washington papers—I suppose Thurs-day or Friday— Chronicle or Patriot

Your loving Walt Walt Whitman to Peter Doyle, 27 June [1872]

This letter is addressed: Peter Doyle, | conductor | Office | Wash. & Georgetown City RR.

Brooklyn, July 12 . '72 Dear son Pete, I have been sick—but am feeling better now, & soon expect to be

Pete, I will only write a short letter this time.

Love to you dear son, Walt Walt Whitman to Peter Doyle, 12 July [1872]

This letter is addressed: "Peter Doyle, | Conductor, | Office | Wash. & Georgetown City RR. | Washington

New York , Friday afternoon—July 19 . 1872 Dear boy Pete, I rec'd your letter yesterday—nothing very

Pete, you must try to keep good heart—Perhaps this will find you at work again—if not, you must keep

a couple of hours with Joaquin Miller—I like him real well Walt $10 enclosed Walt Whitman to Peter Doyle

Whitman also wrote of this meeting in his July 19, 1872 letter to Peter Doyle.

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

of paralysis, Whitman's friends in Washington, D.C., helped to care for him: John Burroughs, Peter Doyle

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.

Walt befriended Peter Doyle (1843–1907), a horsecar conductor in Washington, around 1865.

Though Whitman informed Doyle of his flirtations with women in their correspondence, Martin G.

Murray affirms that "Whitman and Doyle were 'lovers' in the contemporary sense of the word."

Doyle assisted in caring for Whitman after his stroke in January 1873.

See Murray, "Pete the Great: A Biography of Peter Doyle."

says I am doing very well— John Burroughs is here temporarily—he comes in often—Eldridge and Peter Doyle

suppose is a good sign—I expect him this afternoon or evening—he evidently thinks I am on the gain—Pete

improve in walking—& then I shall begin to feel all right—(but am still very feeble & slow)—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.

Peter Doyle has been with me. It is as pleasant and warm as summer here to-day.

comes & sits a few minutes every morning before going to work—he has been very good indeed—he & Peter 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.

Years of London Life: Memoirs of a Man of the World (New York: Harper & Brothers, 1885), 402, and Doyle's

a beautiful day, & I was out a good deal—walked some, a couple of blocks, for the first time—Peter Doyle

paper I send you has a picture of a railroad depot they are building here—it is for the road Peter Doyle