Walt Whitman and Ellen Eyre

Identified as a possible writer of the "Ellen Eyre" letter. Beach carried on a lengthy correspondence with Whitman against her husband's wishes.

The pen name of a woman who wrote Whitman a love letter that was delivered to Pfaff's on Tuesday, March 25, 1862. Eyre may have been Ellen Grey, an actress who may have known Whitman in Brooklyn before beginning her career in New York. Miller speculates that she met Whitman at Pfaff's at some point after her marriage and the "Ellen Eyre" letter was a playful invitation to visit her at her home.

Grey is a possible writer of the "Ellen Eyre" letter.