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September Dear son Pete, Your letter of yesterday came this forenoon—that was a rather serious runaway

of cars in the tunnel a week ago—& mighty lucky to get off as you all did—Pete I got a few lines from

brass, a lot of fat young Dutchmen, blowing as if they would burst, & making a hell of a hullabaloo— Pete

Walt Whitman to Peter Doyle, 26 September [1873]

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, Dear son, I rec'd your letter the first of the week, & was interested in your acc't account

feeling pretty bad, my head unsettled and dizzy—I don't go out any more—but am up & dressed— —Still Pete

re-written my will —What little I have to leave I have left mainly to my lame brother Ed, poor man—Pete

But I have been up all day, & eat quite a breakfast, and quite a bite for dinner— Pete I have written

Walt Whitman to Peter Doyle, 3[–4] October [1873]

According to Clara Barrus, Whitman also made a will on May 16, in which he bequeathed a silver watch to Doyle

Dear boy Pete, Your letter came all right last Tuesday.

Walt Whitman to Peter Doyle, 19 September [1873]

Dear boy Pete, It is a very fine September day here—it must be delightful down in Virginia—the sun shines

My appetite still holds out—& my sister cooks very nice, gets me what I want— Pete your letter of 8.

Dubarry & you, & what he said about the schedule &c—I see you are a little nervous , Pete—& I dont don't

hear from my substitute —He writes me now & then—does my work very well, & more work besides,—Dear Pete

Walt Whitman to Peter Doyle, 12 September [1873]

Whitman had trouble with the spelling of Hawkinson's name; see the letter from Whitman to Doyle of May

For Whitman's opinion of Hickman, see the letter from Whitman to Doyle of September 12, 1873.

Pete I told you about a young railroad man, Tom Osler, 26 years old, that I met occasionally & talked

Walt Walt Whitman to Peter Doyle, 16[–17] October [1873]

This letter is addressed: Peter Doyle | M street south | bet 4½ & 6th | Washington | D. C.

Rob Evans; see the letter from Whitman to Doyle of October 9–10, 1873.

Dear son Pete, I am still doing as well as when I last wrote—I have many alternations, but upon the whole

was near here—poor fellow, he used always to stop a minute at the window, & talk off hand & cheerful—Pete

day—(My appetite is pretty fair, but I must have just the things I want, cant can't eat any others)—Pete

Walt Whitman to Peter Doyle, 24 October [1873]

October 31 . 1873 1874 or 5 Dear boy Pete, My condition remains about the same—I don't get ahead any

little islands in the middle, which sometimes we steer between, & sometimes go round—Then these nights Pete—last

Walt Whitman to Peter Doyle, 31 October [1873]

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

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]

Aug 28 1873 Camden Thursday evening Pete, dear son, I am not sinking nor getting worse—I have had some

September number of Scribner's Magazine, just out, in which I am extracted from—Pete, it is now towards

there—I want to get a couple of unfurnished rooms, or top floor, somewhere on or near the car route—Pete

Walt Whitman to Peter Doyle, [14–15 August 1873]

Towner (as Whitman meant to write) was a clerk in the Treasury Department; see Whitman's letter to Doyle

Dear boy Pete, Your letter, with cheering wishes & prophecies came last Tuesday—God bless you, boy—for

paralysis—in the paper this morning I see a piece about his body being resurrected from potter's field— —Pete

Pete the papers you sent came last Monday all right—I have rec'd a letter from Chas Eldridge—& another

Walt Whitman to Peter Doyle, 5 September [1873]

For Whitman's opinion of Hickman, see the letter from Whitman to Doyle of September 12, 1873.

it—though I think it is bad for me, & I hope much more from the cool season, if I get through this— Pete

steamboat— —If you was only here to convoy me—but I suppose no one is to have every thing wanting—(Pete

found him good company, & was glad to see him—he has been twice—so you see there are good souls left— —Pete

Pete you must read this over Sunday, as a ten minutes' talk like, about all sorts of odds & ends Walt

Whitman to Peter Doyle, 1 August [1873]

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.

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

Washington on November 8, 1875 (see Whitman's November 3, 1875, and November 5, 1875 letters to Peter Doyle

10 years ago) boxed up & stored with other traps in Washington at the house of old Mr Nash, Peter Doyle's

Whitman heard Brignoli sing in 1867, in 1872 (see the letter from Whitman to Peter Doyle of March 15,

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

WW Walt Whitman to Peter Doyle, 17 September [1875]

This post card to Peter Doyle was probably written in 1874 or 1875.

It is addressed: Pete Doyle | M st. South—Bet 4 1 | 2 & 6th | Washington, D. C.

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.

Whitman mentions Davis in his letter to Peter Doyle of December 27, 1876.

Peter Doyle has also come on from Washington, to spend a short time here & then return with me to Philadelphia

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

His friends in Washington, D.C. helped to care for him: John Burroughs, Peter Doyle, and Ellen O'Connor

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

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

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

extreme—but I am standing it well, so far—to-day as I sit here writing, a fair breeze blowing in— Peter Doyle

The visit took place about May 25, 1874; in his May 29, 1874 letter to Peter Doyle, Whitman mentioned

that Doyle had recently left Camden.

A draft of this letter appears on the verso of Walt Whitman's September 29, 1868 letter to Peter Doyle

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

In his September 5, 1873 letter to Peter Doyle, Whitman omitted this part of Grier's diagnosis.

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."

occasionally—I had seen in the newspapers of William's appointment, & was truly pleased—I hear from Peter Doyle

See also Whitman's July 10, 1874 letter to Peter Doyle, in which Whitman left instructions for the delivery

I rec'd received a letter from Marvin to-day—from Peter Doyle yesterday—snowing here as I write—the baby

friend I am having quite a good spell to-day, (if it only lasts)—I wish you, in conjunction with Peter Doyle

West, here—put duplicate directions on—& send by Adams express—I write to-day to Peter Doyle, same request

Pete put the things in the trunk for me, & will know about them.

This letter and his October 13, 1873 letter to Peter Doyle indicate that Whitman had abandoned his plans

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

weather here is very pleasant indeed—if I could only get around, I should be satisfied— I expect Peter Doyle

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.

Price Elizabeth Lorang Kathryn Kruger Zachary King Eric Conrad Walt Whitman to Peter Doyle, 21 October

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

This is the postcard to which Whitman refers in his October 24, 1873 letter to Doyle as written on Tuesday

Nelly dear, I am guiltless of the cologne present—(don't know any thing about Peter Doyle, in this case

Whitman's statement explains why letters from Charles Eldridge, Peter Doyle, Ellen O'Connor, and others

Huntington (whose death was reported in Whitman's March 29, 1872 letter to Peter Doyle), or the widow

I hear regularly from Peter Doyle—he is well & hearty, works hard for poor pay, on the Balt Baltimore

in the week; Whitman confirmed receipt of Eldridge's letter in a February 6, 1874 letter to Peter Doyle

Whitman also wrote about Burroughs's visit in a January 15, 1876 letter to Peter Doyle.

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

See also Whitman's September 5, 1873 letter to Peter Doyle.

This and Whitman's May 8 letter to Peter Doyle can be assigned to 1874 because of the particularized

which are elaborated upon in Whitman's May 1 letter to Ellen O'Connor and his May 15 letter to Peter Doyle

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.

Price Elizabeth Lorang Kathryn Kruger Zachary King Eric Conrad Walt Whitman to Peter Doyle, 15 May [1874

This piece of correspondence is addressed, "Pete Doyle, | M street South, bet 4½ & 6th | Washington,

Price Elizabeth Lorang Kathryn Kruger Zachary King Eric Conrad Walt Whitman to Peter Doyle, 23 March

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

This is the postcard to which Whitman refers in March 26–27, 1874 letter to Doyle.

Price Elizabeth Lorang Kathryn Kruger Zachary King Eric Conrad Walt Whitman to Peter Doyle, 21 April

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

The reference to the new express train here and in Whitman's May 1, 1874 letter to Doyle permits assignment

Price Elizabeth Lorang Kathryn Kruger Zachary King Eric Conrad Walt Whitman to Peter Doyle, 24 April

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

Since Whitman wrote about Doyle's first visit to Camden on March 23, March 26–27, and May 22, 1874, this