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Walt Walt Whitman to Peter Doyle, 12 December [1873]

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

probably get as usual toward sundown—dry, warm, dusty weather here days—fine nights WW Walt Whitman to Peter

Price Elizabeth Lorang Zachary King Eric Conrad Walt Whitman to Peter Doyle, 10 September 1869

Price Elizabeth Lorang Kathryn Kruger Zachary King Eric Conrad Walt Whitman to Peter Doyle, 10 June [

Nash, Wash Milburn, & the RR boys— Your old Walt Walt Whitman to Peter Doyle, 10 July [1874]

Walt Walt Whitman to Peter Doyle, 10 April [1874]

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

Your old Walt Walt Whitman to Peter Doyle, 1 May [1874]

read this over Sunday, as a ten minutes' talk like, about all sorts of odds & ends Walt Whitman to Peter

for you if you want it your telegram recd recieved yesterday too late. for the paper Walt Whitman to Peter

he had his fife laying on the little stand by his side—he once told me that if he got well he would play

have his fife lying by him on a little stand by his cot, once told me that when he got well he would play

for his notions of Atlantis as an antediluvian civilization and for his belief that Shakespeare's plays

Bacon, an idea he argued in his book The Great Cryptogram: Francis Bacon's Cipher in Shakespeare's Plays

He played the lead role in Clito, a new blank-verse drama set in ancient Greece, written by the English

thing is so beautiful & peaceful in the nearly declined but dazzling sun—The little children are playing

mostly strawberries) I see glimpses of a fine sunset in the west & the boys out in Mickle Street are playing

importance in a day—amputations, blood, death are nothing here—you will see a group absorbed [in] playing

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

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

One of my fellow clerks has taken a seat for me, & made me a present of it—the play is "Queen Elisabeth

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

, the rest cymbals & drums)—I tell you, mother, it made every thing ring—made my heart leap, they played

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

whatever I wish—& two or three good friends here—So I want you to not feel at all uneasy—as I write, Peter

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

beautiful flag )—the great drum corps of sixty or eighty drummers massed at the heads of the brigades, playing

whistling fifes—but they sounded very lively—(perhaps a band of sixty drums & fifteen or twenty fifes playing

bells are all ringing for 7 oclock church—there is a chime of bells in one of the churches—they are playing

Aloysius Church—they were ringing a chime of bells, three or four bells playing a sort of tune, sounded

he is getting along—tell Hattie I hope she will take a lesson on the piano every day, and learn to play

for her Uncle Walt—so when he comes home, she can play a beautiful tune — I have been down to the Hospital

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

whole body feels heavy, & sometimes my hand—Still, I go out a little every day almost—accompanied by Peter

His cavalry cut off and outnumbered, the general ordered his two bands to play: "They joined, & played

think how those old ones you fixed, & fixed again, have held out—but, poor old things, they have got played

performers real good—As I write this I have heard in one direction or another two or three good bands playing

Some of the men are cooking, others washing, cleaning their clothes, others playing ball, smoking lazily

It is better than any play" (Charles E. Feinberg Collection).

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

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

three letters to you last week, & papers—I knew that policeman Doyle that was shot dead here—he was Peter

I suppose you know that is a performance, a play, all in music & singing, in the Italian language, very

besides she is a tall & handsome lady, & her actions are so graceful as she moves about the stage, playing

for his notions of Atlantis as an antediluvian civilization and for his belief that Shakespeare's plays

Bacon, an idea he argued in his book The Great Cryptogram: Francis Bacon's Cipher in Shakespeare's Plays

not been to any watering place—they are no company for me—the cities magnificent for their complex play

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

He played the lead role in Clito, a new blank-verse drama set in ancient Greece, written by the English

"What Lurks Behind Shakspeare's Historical Plays?" appeared in The Critic on September 27.

with him, & a mild orgie, just for a basis, you know, for talk & interchange of reminiscences & the play

around here—I suppose it is pretty cold at Atlantic —It is now ¼ after 1—the school children are playing

are over home—I wish I was there with you all— —As I finish my letter a lady opposite is singing & playing

to the theatre last week, & enjoyed it, "Francesca da Rimini"—lots of love-making & hugging in the play

spied me in front, & sent around to ask me to come behind the scenes, which I did at the end of the play

Commonplace Book on January 30: "B[arrett] sent for me behind the stage & I went at the close of the play

see me, bro't brought a big bunch of fall wild flowers—the big stout Dutch woman is out in front playing

Walt's favorite brother, Jeff played the piano and had a lively sense of humor.

theatre as an actor and director (she directed and acted in the production of one of Ernest Rhys's plays

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

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