An Archive of Art and Literature by the Bohemians of Antebellum New York
This brief obituary of Richard Henry Stoddard discusses his life and work.
The obituary states that "By the best of his leisure he struggled up into self-education, and the companionship of such men as Bayard Taylor and Henry Clapp" (5).
Elizabeth Drew Barstow married Richard Henry Stoddard in 1852. The obituary describes her as "one of the most gifted women of her generation." Their home on Fifteenth Street "for many years was the centre of the most brilliant literary society of the metropolis" (5).
Stoddard's obituary names Clapp as one of his companions.
The obituary states that "By the best of his leisure he struggled up into self-education, and the companionship of such men as Bayard Taylor and Henry Clapp" (5).
The Vault at Pfaff's