Walt Whitman to Peter Doyle, 16 June [1879]

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Title: Walt Whitman to Peter Doyle, 16 June [1879]
Date: June 16, 1879
Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Whitman Archive ID: loc.01678
Source: The Charles E. Feinberg Collection of the Papers of Walt Whitman, 1839–1919, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Transcribed from digital images or a microfilm reproduction of the original item. For a description of the editorial rationale behind our treatment of the correspondence, see our statement of editorial policy.

Notes for this letter were created by Whitman Archive staff and/or were derived from Walt Whitman, The Correspondence, ed. Edwin Haviland Miller, 6 vols. (New York: New York University Press, 1961–1977), and supplemented or updated by Whitman Archive staff.
Contributors to digital file: Alicia Bones Eder Jaramillo Grace Thomas Kevin McMullen Nicole Gray
Cite this page: Whitman, Walt. "Walt Whitman to Peter Doyle, 16 June [1879]." The Walt Whitman Archive. Gen. ed. Matt Cohen, Ed Folsom, & Kenneth M. Price. Accessed 15 February 2026. <http://www.whitmanarchive.org>.
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loc.01678.001.jpg 431 Stevens Street Camden New Jersey1 June 162

Have just got back here—All right—have been in (& around) New York ever since I saw you that night—have had a good time—I send you a paper3—yours regularly rec'd —So long—

W W

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Notes

1. This postal card is addressed: Pete Doyle | M Street South—bet 4½ & 6th | Washington | D C. It is postmarked: Camden | (?) | 17 | N.J. [back]
2. The year is confirmed by the reference to the post card in Whitman's Commonplace Book and by his recent New York trip (Charles E. Feinberg Collection of the Papers of Walt Whitman, 1839–1919, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.). [back]
3. Whitman sent a copy of "Three Young Men's Deaths" (Whitman's Commonplace Book). [back]