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His close friend, streetcar conductor Peter Doyle, is to his right. Courtesy of Frank Wright.

Painting of the Grand Review showing Walt Whitman and Peter Doyle.

Maynard had published Bucke’s Calamus, an edition of Whitman’s letters to Peter Doyle, in early 1897,

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

My favorite manu- script item is a postcard to Peter Doyle, which I was surprised to win on eBay.

copy of Calamus in order to ramp up the price of the book —after all, a copy of Calamus inscribed by Doyle

is currently being offered for $17,500 and Memoranda During the War, inscribed by Whitman to Doyle,

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.

would write more but i am afraid you tired of this already no more at Present but Remain Yours Forever Pete

Peter Doyle to Walt Whitman, 21 September 1868

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

get tired of so much scribbling as its done with a lead pencil & very often in the car yours truly Pete

Price Ashley Lawson Janel Cayer Elizabeth Lorang Peter Doyle to Walt Whitman, 1 October [1868]

assasinate the President but i dont think there is any truth in the report all the boys send their love Pete

Price Elizabeth Lorang Janel Cayer Peter Doyle to Walt Whitman, 14 October [1868]

this morning have to cut this short as write a part of it while the car is in motion farewell Peter Doyle

Price Ashley Lawson Elizabeth Lorang Janel Cayer Peter Doyle to Walt Whiman, 18 September [1868]

Explain explain the Pleasure pleasure experience from your letters Farewell my good & true Friend, Pete

the Great 23 Sept '68 Pete The following are responsible for particular readings or for changes to this

Price Elizabeth Lorang Ashley Lawson Janel Cayer Peter Doyle to Walt Whitman, 23 September 1868

short letter as my car is going [to] start & i want [to] put this in the mail good bye My Dear friend Pete

i will write a long one next Sunday as i am off Peter Doyle to Walt Whitman, [9 October 1868]

Doyle may be referring to Whitman's letter of October 9, 1868, in which the poet chronicles his observation

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

on Friday which will explain how i am getting along  i am doing tip top at present Yours as Ever, Pete

pleased with it  it came too late for the sunday cronicle, so he will put it in some of the Daily Peter Doyle

In his letter of October 6, 1868, Whitman acknowledged a letter from Doyle sent October 1, 1868, and

Calamus: A Series of Letters Written During the years 1868–1880 by Walt Whitman to a Young Friend (Peter Doyle

See Peter Doyle's letter to Whitman from September 27, 1868.

Peter Doyle wrote on September 27, 1868: "Jim Sorrill Sends his love & best respects & says he is alive

In his letter to Doyle on October 2, 1868, Whitman begins: "You say it is a pleasure to get my letters—well

are With me and that i am Speaking to you. good bye Dear Walt until i write again, yours Truly Walt, Pete

Price Elizabeth Lorang Ashley Lawson Janel Cayer Peter Doyle to Walt Whitman, [27 September 1868]

indispensable source for the issue in question is the Boston Calamus edition of the letters to Peter Doyle

44-48. 2 Calamus—A Series of Letters Written During the Years 1868-1880 by W.W. to a Young Friend (Pete

Doyle).

Tree,” as we shall see, creates poetry just as much, and perhaps more so than the dramatic scene of Pete’s

Nonetheless, in a letter to Peter Doyle remarking on the commencement, Whitman seemed to feel his poem

Calamus: A Series of Letters Written During the Years 1868–1880 by Walt Whitman to a Young Friend (Peter Doyle

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.

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

Whitman thought Doyle was born in Limerick on June 3, 1845, while Pete's death certificate gave 1848

Pete's parents were Peter Doyle and Catherine Nash. The couple were married in St.

The following day, Doyle's sister-in-law Ellen (nee Branzell) Doyle and Skip Branzell, visited Pete at

A James Doyle (Pete's brother?)

With the death of Catherine Doyle, Pete's primary emotional tie to D.C. ended.

whom Pete made a home.

there to give.In the mid-1880s Whitman and Doyle renewed their intimacy when Doyle—now employed by the

Doyle attended Whitman's funeral at Harleigh Cemetery.Peter Doyle made a lasting contribution to Whitman

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

Doyle, Peter (1843–1907)

argument seems plausible in such cases as the infamous manuscript in which he refers to his lover, Peter Doyle

family’s trunks in letters of 1864, 1872, and, in separate requests to Charles Eldridge and Peter Doyle

Ethiopia Saluting the Colors,” 8 “Europe, the 72d and 73d Years of 147–50 These States” (“Resurgemus”), Doyle

Kaplan's point is borne out by a brief and informative biography of Peter Doyle, Martin G.

Murray's "'Pete the Great': A Biography of Peter Doyle" (1994), which sketches Whitman's relationship

War—a relationship well-known since 1897, after the appearance of a collection of Whitman's letters to Doyle

About Doyle, Kaplan concluded: "Maybe it doesn't matter"; the "evidence" for Whitman's homosexuality

"'Pete the Great': A Biography of Peter Doyle." Walt Whitman Quarterly Review 12 (1994): 1-51. 

M s: Feinberg Collection, Library of Congress To Pete Doyle Brooklyn, September 2,1870 Dear Pete, . .

Walt M s: Feinberg Collection, Library of Congress To Pete Doyle Brooklyn, July 14, 1871 Dear Pete, It

M s: Feinberg Collection, Library of Congress To Pete Doyle Coney Island, July I6and 2I, I87I Dear Pete

M s: Feinberg Collection, Library of Congress To Pete Doyle Camden, August I4and 15, 1873 Pete, dear

M s: Feinberg Collection, Library of Congress To Pete Doyle Camden, September 26, I873 Dear son Pete,

New York: Johnson Reprint Corporation, 1970.Doyle, James. "Whitman's Canadian Diary."

In reviewing a collection ofWhitman's letters to Peter Doyle, issued significantly under the title Calamus

Whitman's former lover Peter Doyle, whom he had seen only infrequently since leaving Washington seven

But before making that trip, Walt and Pete spent a short time together in the nation's honeymoon capi

He told her that the next issue of his newspaper was to be about Peter Doyle.

"There are some things about Pete that I've not yet said."

veterans from all corners of the United States.Whitman widened his circle of friends, meeting Peter Doyle

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

The war, however, goes on, and the message about Pete, the grief-stricken mother's only son, causes the

assisted with the move by "hiring a stout young laboring man" (see his September 25, 1868 letter to Peter Doyle

late September (see her August 26, 1868 letter to Walt and Walt's September 25, 1868 letter to Peter Doyle

September (see her August 26, 1868 letter to Walt Whitman and his September 25, 1868 letter to Peter Doyle

late September (see her August 26, 1868 letter to Walt and Walt's September 25, 1868 letter to Peter Doyle

September (see her August 26, 1868 letter to Walt Whitman and his September 25, 1868 letter to Peter Doyle

during his October 1868 visit to Providence, Rhode Island (see Walt's October 17, 1868 letter to Peter Doyle

and me poor poor matt good bie dear keep up your spirits and hope for the best what a good fellow pete

Pete is i have had quite a lot of correspondence from new york New York concerning your condition our

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."

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."

write as often as you can give my love to mrs Mrs. oconor O'Connor and remember me to peter Peter Doyl

Doyle we saw the news of the modoc massacre last sunday Sunday but thought maybee maybe it true till

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."

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

Walt took his summer vacation in June (see Walt's June 21, 1871 letter to Peter Doyle).

Whitman had assisted his mother during the move (see Walt Whitman's September 25, 1868 letter to Peter Doyle

Louisa's August 26, 1868 letter to Walt Whitman and Walt Whitman's September 25, 1868 letter to Peter Doyle

during his October 1868 visit to Providence, Rhode Island (see Walt's October 17, 1868 letter to Peter Doyle

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."

personal reflections in his notebooks around 1870 in which he anguishes over his affection for Peter Doyle

The extensive body of letters Whitman wrote to Civil War soldiers, and especially Peter Doyle, usually

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."

after having read over again an old letter from "Pete."

When not with her, Walt told Pete, he was riding the ferry and visiting Coney Island.

time-honored sentiment, "Pete, I wish you were with me."

He wrote to Peter Doyle: The N.

Pete's brother, Francis, was a police officer in Washington, D.C.

unceremoniously exited Washington for Camden, which left him separated from his intimate friend, Peter Doyle

developed during his work in the hospitals (and indeed for his relationships after the war with Peter Doyle

When he died, Whitman left Stafford his silver watch, originally intended for Peter Doyle.  

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

Our Pete hit in a cavalry skirmish and to die; the boy shot in the abdomen, "face as white as a lily;