Identified as one of Pfaff's "guests" and referred to as one of the "luminaries of the stage" (61).
Identified as one of Pfaff's "guests" (61).
Identified as a contributor to The Saturday Press.
Hyman quotes Kerr: "the Mercury's editor, Robert Henry Newell, detested Whitman's poetry, but loved [Adah] Menken, and she was able to beguile the editor into running her tribute" (59).
John is identified as a Pfaff's regular (59).
Clemens is identified as a contributor to The Saturday Press.
Ada Clare (whose given name was Jane McIlheny) was born in South Carolina.
