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Aug. 29–1874 Dear Pete, I still remain about the same, & with nothing to write about in the way of my

Walt Whitman to Peter Doyle, [1874?]

Jersey, March 12 1874 1874 or 5 Thursday, 5½ p.m Dear boy Pete, I have been in all day—I don't think

Good bye for this time dear boy— Walt Walt Whitman to Peter Doyle, 12–13 March [1874]

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

This postcard is addressed: Pete Doyle, | M st. South—bet 4½ & 6th | Washington, D. C.

Dear Pete, It has been a good move of me coming here, as I am pleasantly situated, have two rooms on

morning—but it will pass over, no doubt—It is warm weather here, days, but pleasant nights so far—Pete

letter if he wishes—Write how you are getting along— good bye, dear son, Walt Walt Whitman to Peter Doyle

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

Dear Pete, There is nothing new or different with me—I am no better in any respect—don't know what is

heat—I rec'd your letter my dear son—with the paper—I will write more to-morrow— Wednesday afternoon Pete

Pete, my darling son, I still think I shall weather it, but time only can show— —Mother's death is on

Walt Whitman to Peter Doyle, 15–[16] July [1873]

Camden Thursday noon July 24 . 1873 Dear son Pete, It is still the same old story with me—the best I

Pete, as I have told you several times, I still think I shall get over this, & we will be together again

different—my strength cant can't stand the pull forever, & if continued must sooner or later give out—Now Pete

Walt Whitman to Peter Doyle, 24–25 July [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

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.

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

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.

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

Whole letters were published by Bucke in Calamus, which contains Whitman's letters to Peter Doyle, and

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

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

Calamus also includes an account of an interview with Doyle, conducted after Whitman's death.

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

His affectionate bond with Peter Doyle, the Washington, D.C., streetcar conductor he met in late 1865

How much Doyle and Stafford reciprocated his affection is somewhat uncertain, but the letters demonstrate

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

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

Whitman's major lovers—Fred Vaughan, Peter Doyle, and Harry Stafford—were cut from much the same depressive

Whitman caroused with Vaughan at Pfaff's tavern and with Doyle in its Washington equivalents, enabling

Doyle was his lover for roughly ten years.

Song of Myself (first broadcast 9 March 1976), starring Rip Torn as Whitman and Brad Davis as Peter Doyle

Whitman's last breath of inspiration and his last exhalation, with dialogues between Whitman and Peter Doyle

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

Later, Whitman would get a first-hand report of the assassination from his friend Peter Doyle, an Irish

immigrant and former Confederate soldier whom Whitman had met when Doyle was an out-patient in Washington

Doyle's description would form the basis of Whitman's later speech, "Death of Abraham Lincoln," which

Although Whitman was not an eyewitness, his close companion, Peter Doyle, was at Ford's Theater, and

Whitman made impressive use of Doyle's story in his imaginative retelling.

seeing her, or meeting her" (Notebooks 2:889), he had originally written "him," referring to Peter Doyle

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

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

Bemoaning lover problems, Whitman in 1870 compared Vaughan with Peter Doyle, admonishing himself: "Remember

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

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

Murray Doyle, Peter (1843–1907) The romantic friendship that Walt Whitman shared with Peter Doyle embodied

whom Pete made a home.

In the mid-1880s Whitman and Doyle renewed their intimacy when Doyle—now employed by the Pennsylvania

Bucke to edit and publish Whitman's letters to Doyle, which Doyle had entrusted to Bucke in 1880.

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

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)

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

He boasted to Pete Doyle of his "capacity of flirtation & carrying on with the girls" (Whitman 62), adding

Yet in 1898, James finds Whitman's posthumously published letters to Peter Doyle in Calamus "positively

On four occasions, he was photographed with young male friends—Peter Doyle in the 1860s, Harry Stafford

the revision rather pointless because he feels that for all the poet's supposed intimacy with Peter Doyle

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

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.

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 Postcard from Walt Whitman to Peter Doyle

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

Price Elizabeth Lorang Kathryn Kruger Zachary King Eric Conrad Postcard from Walt Whitman to Peter Doyle

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 Postcard from Walt Whitman to Peter Doyle

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

Price Elizabeth Lorang Kathryn Kruger Zachary King Eric Conrad Walt Whitman to Peter Doyle, 25 September

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 Postcard from Walt Whitman to Peter Doyle

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

Price Elizabeth Lorang Kathryn Kruger Zachary King Eric Conrad Postcard from Walt Whitman to Peter Doyle

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

this file, as noted: Elizabeth Lorang Zachary King Eric Conrad Postcard from Walt Whitman to Peter Doyle

This postcard is addressed, "Pete Doyle, | M st. South bet 4½ & 6th | Washington D. C."

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

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

were nursing Walt after his paralytic stroke: "give my love to mrs oconor and remember me to peter doyl

family (again, though May 1873) far exceed in number those to any family member: forty-five to Peter Doyle

encyclopedia_entry25 That Walt began his revision earlier is also suggested in his October 9, 1868 letter to Peter Doyle

October 9, 1868 letter to Peter Doyle.