An Archive of Art and Literature by the Bohemians of Antebellum New York

Walt Whitman in 1862

Glicksberg, Charles I. "Walt Whitman in 1862." American Literature 6, no. 3 (1934): 264-282.
Type
Journal
Genre
essay
People Mentioned in this Work
Arnold, George [pages: 275]
Clapp, Henry [pages: 273,275]

Glicksberg writes about Clapp Written about in a discussion of Walt Whitman. Clapp was called "Figaro" and is noted as a Pfaff's regular.

Clare, Ada [pages: 275]
Eyre, Ellen [pages: 276]

Glicksberg mentions her as the subject of a conversation.

Gray, Thomas [pages: 275]

Quotes Whitman describing him as one of the "odd characters" at Pfaff's, a "good looking young Scotchman elegantly dress'd - does the tricks, cutting his fingers &c - at Pfaff's and Faffleys May, June, July, 1862."

Sweeney, Frank [pages: 276]

Glicksberg gives a description of Sweeney and his conversation with Whitman about "Ellen Eyre."

Glicksberg records his name as "Frank Sweezey."

Whitman, Walt [pages: 275]

Whitman describes him as one of the odd characters at Pfaff's, a "good looking young Scotchman elegantly dress'd - does the tricks, cutting his fingers &c - at Pfaff's and Faffleys May, June, July, 1862."