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Walt Whitman and Peter Doyle by M.P.

Doyle was a horsecar driver and met Whitman one stormy night in 1865 when Whitman, looking (as Doyle

Doyle.'

Pete would get to be great chums.

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

organized into thirty–seven topics, chronologically arranged (e.g., "Opera Lover," "The 1856 ," "Peter Doyle

1877, then Whitman may have been referring to this image when he wrote from Philadelphia to Peter Doyle

was happy Schlaf was resisting Bertz's assertions: "The question you raise about Calamus & [Peter] Doyle

The night before, in Washington, Peter Doyle, who liked the theater and was attracted by celebrities,

For his commemorative Lincoln lectures, which began in 1879, Whitman drew on Doyle's eyewitness account

Consider the memoirs ofPri vate Henry Robinson Berkeley, a Confederate soldier who, like Peter Doyle,

In corre spondence with Whitman, Doyle's love of the theater, including burlesque, is evident.

fancy. suppose," he replied, "myking for and associa tion with car drivers stage drivers, (Pete

Doyle, my friend, was a car driver),and boat hands attracted and attracts atten tion and produces inquiries

, 1868 letter to Peter Doyle.

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

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

Evidently Piper settled the bill in February; see Whitman's February 13, 1874 letter to Peter 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

O'Connor and his July 28, 1871, letter to Peter Doyle.

of this letter is determined by the reference to it in Whitman's October 9–10, 1873 letter to Peter Doyle

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

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

On October 31, 1873, Whitman wrote Peter Doyle that "I got a letter from Mr.

Whitman wrote at greater length about the new will in his October 3–4, 1873 letter to Peter Doyle.

O'Connor's tenure was brief; as of Walt Whitman's March 12–13, 1874 letter to Peter Doyle, O'Connor had

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

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.

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

verified by the reference to Burroughs' visit mentioned in Whitman's April 16, 1874 letter to Peter Doyle

See also Whitman's September 5, 1873 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

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

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

letter to O'Connor and the similar phrasing of this postcard and Whitman's May 29, 1874 letter to Peter Doyle

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

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

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

would just drop you a line for yourself—but no doubt you keep fully posted about me by my letters to Pete

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

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

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

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

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

"Birds and Poets," which had appeared in Scribner's Monthly in 1873 (see Whitman's letter to Peter Doyle

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

jolliest man I ever met, an artist, a great talker," per Whitman's November 9, 1873 letter to Peter Doyle

Wraymond (or Raymond), also called "Pittsburgh," worked for one of the Washington railroads; see Doyle's

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

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

Perhaps the Boyle referred to in "Letter from Walt Whitman to Peter Doyle, 23 September 1870" (Edwin

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

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

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.

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.

beautiful day—I am now sitting in my room, by the stove, but there is hardly need of a fire—Peter Doyle

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

Foster (New York: United States Book Company, 1891), and by Arthur Conan Doyle, The History of Spiritualism