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

Dear boy Pete, I have weathered it out pretty well this week—at present moment am sitting here cover'd

—Pete there is nothing new in my case, & no prospect more than usual of anything sudden —but it seems

Walt Whitman to Peter Doyle, 25 June [1875]

August 6 1875 Dear Pete, Dear, dear boy, Still here, pulling through the summer (I think the winter is

Pete you havn't haven't made that call on Mrs. O'C. yet. Come when you can, my darling boy.

Your loving old comrade & father Walt W papers &c came Walt Whitman to Peter Doyle, 6 August [1875]

Price Elizabeth Lorang Kathryn Kruger Zachary King Eric Conrad Walt Whitman to Peter Doyle, 20 August

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

Dating depends upon Whitman's almost inflexible habit of sending Doyle a line on Friday.

Price Elizabeth Lorang Kathryn Kruger Zachary King Eric Conrad Walt Whitman to Peter Doyle, 4 September

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

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.

Price Elizabeth Lorang Kathryn Kruger Zachary King Eric Conrad Walt Whitman to Peter Doyle, 2 October

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

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

Price Elizabeth Lorang Kathryn Kruger Zachary King Eric Conrad Walt Whitman to Peter Doyle, 3 November

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

See Whitman's November 5, 1875 letter to Doyle for dating this letter.

—must get in some time before dark— Walt Whitman to Peter Doyle, 5 November [1875]

However, November 8 was on Monday in 1875 (see the letter from Whitman to Doyle of November 3, 1875).

On November 3 Whitman had promised Doyle definite word about his plans by Saturday; this letter was sent

Doyle replied on November 7 that he would meet Whitman at the depot on the following day, and that Mr

will meet you at the Depot  the train gets to Wash 4:10 PM i will Say no more until i see you So Long Pete

Peter Doyle to Walt Whitman, [7] November [1875]

Michael Nash were Washington friends to whom Whitman referred frequently in his letters to Peter Doyle

Michael Nash was an old resident of the city; Whitman's December 5, 1873, letter to Doyle mentioned a

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.

Whitman pasted this letter together with a letter he received from Peter Doyle.

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

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

Price Elizabeth Lorang Kathryn Kruger Zachary King Eric Conrad Walt Whitman to Peter Doyle, 22 January

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

This postcard appears to have been written one week after Whitman's January 22, 1876 letter to Doyle,

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

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

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

Whitman wrote of the sale in his July 10, 1874 letter to Peter Doyle.

Camden N J Dec 13 —(1876) Dearest Pete, I ought to have written to you before—but I believe lazy & listless

ones know well is more chance & accident (I mean the victory in battles) than it is generalship— —Pete

how many of my books are sent for from Ireland — Love to you dearest son— Walt Walt Whitman to Peter Doyle

Price Ashley Lawson Elizabeth Lorang Kathryn Kruger Zachary King Eric Conrad Walt Whitman to Peter Doyle

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

, 1876 seems more plausible; note the similar phraseology in Whitman's December 13, 1876 letter to Doyle

account book, this bound manuscript notebook dates from March 1876 to 30 May 1889) that Whitman wrote to Doyle

Probably Doyle had answered Whitman's December 13, 1876 letter.

Nash were old Washington friends of Whitman and Doyle.

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

chicken & nice roast potatoes—& now (2½) up stairs in my room writing this, & feeling very fair— O Pete

mothers is interesting to me— —Give my love to Mr & Mrs Nash— Your loving old Walt Walt Whitman to Peter Doyle

Nash were old Washington friends of Whitman and Doyle.

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

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

1929 north 22d street Philadelphia Wednesday June 20 —1877 Dear, dear boy Pete I am stopping here now

wood & creek & springs, where I pass my time alone, & yet not lonesome at all (often think of you Pete

visit this fall—& now good bye for this time, my own loving boy— Your Old Walt Walt Whitman to Peter Doyle

See the letter from Whitman to Peter Doyle of October 9, 1868.

Kirkwood New Jersey July 2— Dear boy Pete I still keep pretty well, & am again down here at the farm

back—Love, love, love, Your old Walt I still make my headquarters in Camden— Walt Whitman to Peter Doyle

will write you a line or two any how—(it is so long since I have written any thing in an envelope) —Pete

England —Eat my dinner alone, wished you could be with me then, & for a couple of hours, if no more —Pete

to Mr and Mrs Nash—Love to you my darling son, & here is a kiss for you— WW Walt Whitman to Peter Doyle

The envelope for this letter bears the address: Pete Doyle | M Street South | bet 4½ & 6th | Washington

Most of Whitman's communications with Doyle were written on post cards.

Peter Doyle to Walt Whitman, 20 January 1878

In January 1878, Whitman sent Peter Doyle a copy of his poem "Autumn Rivulets" and a West Jersey Press

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.

W Walt Whitman to Peter Doyle, 26 February [1878]

The envelope for this letter bears the address: Pete Doyle | M Street South—bet 4½ & 6th | Washington

new in affairs— I get along —Still think of coming to W. for a month or so W W Walt Whitman to Peter Doyle

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

of)—Very hot here to-day—bad for yellow fever if prevalent, & continuous— W W Walt Whitman to Peter Doyle

This letter bears the address: Pete Doyle | M Street South bet 4½ | & 6th | Washington D C.

notation in Whitman's Commonplace Book, Charles Johnson was a railroad man who had been on a train with Doyle

a good time—I send you a paper —yours regularly rec'd received —So long— W W Walt Whitman to Peter Doyle

This postal card is addressed: Pete Doyle | M Street South—bet 4½ & 6th | Washington | D C.

Louis Missouri Nov 5 Dear Pete You will be surprised to get a letter from me away off here—I have been

for me before long)—Shall stay here probably two or three weeks longer, & then back east to Camden— Pete

this city don't agree with me—I have not had a well day, (even for me,) since I have been here— —Well Pete

goes, you must try to keep up a good heart—for I do— So long—from your old Walt Walt Whitman to Peter Doyle

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

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

Your papers come— W W Walt Whitman to Peter Doyle, 24 July [1880]

This letter is addressed: Peter Doyle | M Street South bet: 4½ & 6th | Washington | D C | U S A.

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

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

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, 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

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

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

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

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.

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.

Peter Doyle called on June 4, Edward Carpenter was in Camden from June 18 to 20, and Whitman's brother

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

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