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, Whitman introduced the Gilchrists to Joaquin Miller and took them on December 27 to see Miller's play
Whitman himself had attended the opening of the play on December 24; see Miller's December 1877 letter
All work seem'd seemed play to him.
.☞ They scared me tho' , and made me think "God" would rather do so than not—to "play the Devil with"
—Love to Mr and Mrs Nash—Love to you my darling son, & here is a kiss for you— WW Walt Whitman to Peter
there & back—Love, love, love, Your old Walt I still make my headquarters in Camden— Walt Whitman to Peter
him a visit this fall—& now good bye for this time, my own loving boy— Your Old Walt Walt Whitman to Peter
taken in 1877, then Whitman may have been referring to this image when he wrote from Philadelphia to Peter
The passionate, teeming play this cur- curtain tain hid!)
The passionate, teeming play this curtain hid!)
mothers is interesting to me— —Give my love to Mr & Mrs Nash— Your loving old Walt Walt Whitman to Peter
Price Ashley Lawson Elizabeth Lorang Kathryn Kruger Zachary King Eric Conrad Walt Whitman to Peter Doyle
funny how many of my books are sent for from Ireland — Love to you dearest son— Walt Walt Whitman to Peter
rush generally upon it, at least the strong men do—the actors and actresses are all there in their play
you sons of———. " Such the wild scene, or a suggestion of it rather, inside the play-house that night
most flagrant, the idle and unnecessary dislike of the poet to "old romance," to "novels, plots, and plays
while admitting that the venerable and heavenly forms of chiming versification have in their time played
caste, joyfully enlarging, adapting itself to comprehend the size of the whole people, with the free play
The passionate, teeming plays this curtain hid!)
blackened corpse of Glanas swung beside the carcass of the regicide for having translated Plato, and where Peter
It is by taking advantage of this blot that good Peter Bayne has been able to find so many readers for
while admitting that the venerable and heavenly forms of chiming versification have in their time played
caste, joyfully enlarging, adapting itself to comprehend the size of the whole people, with the free play
The passionate, teeming plays this curtain hid!)
I also read the Peter Bayne article.
I rec'd received a letter from Marvin to-day—from Peter Doyle yesterday—snowing here as I write—the baby
The passionate, teeming plays this curtain hid!)
while admitting that the venerable and heavenly forms of chiming versification have in their time played
caste, joyfully enlarging, adapting itself to comprehend the size of the whole people, with the free play
I have seen Peter Bayne's piece —have also seen the friendly & glowing article of Arthur Clive in the
Price Elizabeth Lorang Kathryn Kruger Zachary King Eric Conrad Walt Whitman to Peter Doyle, 22 January
Price Elizabeth Lorang Kathryn Kruger Zachary King Eric Conrad Walt Whitman to Peter Doyle, 15 January
Buchanan, who have praised his performances, appear to me to be playing off on the public a well-intentioned
, arising out of a life of depression and enervation as their result—or else that class of poetry, plays
Whitman pasted this letter together with a letter he received from Peter Doyle.
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
—must get in some time before dark— Walt Whitman to Peter Doyle, 5 November [1875]
Price Elizabeth Lorang Kathryn Kruger Zachary King Eric Conrad Walt Whitman to Peter Doyle, 3 November
Price Elizabeth Lorang Kathryn Kruger Zachary King Eric Conrad Walt Whitman to Peter Doyle, 2 October
WW Walt Whitman to Peter Doyle, 17 September [1875]
Price Elizabeth Lorang Kathryn Kruger Zachary King Eric Conrad Walt Whitman to Peter Doyle, 4 September
Price Elizabeth Lorang Kathryn Kruger Zachary King Eric Conrad Walt Whitman to Peter Doyle, 20 August
Your loving old comrade & father Walt W papers &c came Walt Whitman to Peter Doyle, 6 August [1875]
enough to realize the deep criticism of Jefferson on Walter Scott's writings, (& many of the finest plays
You might hear his voice, half in sport, declaiming some passage from a poem or play; and his song or
will our ordinary verse-making, our system of forcing thought into all sorts of received forms, our playing
Walt Whitman to Peter Doyle, 25 June [1875]
bad week—papers &c. came all right—will try to send you better news next time— WW Walt Whitman to Peter
Price Elizabeth Lorang Kathryn Kruger Zachary King Eric Conrad Walt Whitman to Peter Doyle, 14 May [1875
Price Elizabeth Lorang Kathryn Kruger Zachary King Eric Conrad Walt Whitman to Peter Doyle, 7 May [1875
—love to my darling son— Walt Walt Whitman to Peter Doyle, 30 April [1875]
Price Elizabeth Lorang Kathryn Kruger Zachary King Eric Conrad Walt Whitman to Peter Doyle, 23 April
Price Elizabeth Lorang Kathryn Kruger Zachary King Eric Conrad Walt Whitman to Peter Doyle, 16 April
out of money— we put my boo flag) on top our house fap flap we will bin bring big fiddles too, for play
Price Elizabeth Lorang Kathryn Kruger Zachary King Eric Conrad Walt Whitman to Peter Doyle, 26 March
Price Elizabeth Lorang Kathryn Kruger Zachary King Eric Conrad Walt Whitman to Peter Doyle, 19 March
Price Elizabeth Lorang Kathryn Kruger Zachary King Eric Conrad Walt Whitman to Peter Doyle, 26 February
Price Elizabeth Lorang Kathryn Kruger Zachary King Eric Conrad Walt Whitman to Peter Doyle, 19 February
Price Elizabeth Lorang Kathryn Kruger Zachary King Eric Conrad Walt Whitman to Peter Doyle, 12 February
Price Elizabeth Lorang Kathryn Kruger Zachary King Eric Conrad Walt Whitman to Peter Doyle, 5 February
Whitman saw in New York in the 1850s, and who Whitman mentions in the section of Specimen Days entitled Plays