Glicksberg, Charles I. "Walt Whitman in 1862." American Literature 6, no. 3 (1934): 264-282.
Type
Journal
Genre
essay
An Archive of Art and Literature by the Bohemians of Antebellum New York
Glicksberg writes about Clapp Written about in a discussion of Walt Whitman. Clapp was called "Figaro" and is noted as a Pfaff's regular.
Glicksberg mentions her as the subject of a conversation.
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."
Glicksberg gives a description of Sweeney and his conversation with Whitman about "Ellen Eyre."
Glicksberg records his name as "Frank Sweezey."
Kingsley spent time with Whitman at Pfaff's in June and July of 1862.