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Relationships of Eyre, Ellen

To explore the relationships between the various bohemian writers and artists who frequented Pfaff's bar, select a person or group, and then select a relationship type. This section of the site is currently under construction; new content is being added on a regular basis.

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Grey, Ellen

Miller, Edwin Haviland. "Walt Whitman and Ellen Eyre." American Literature. 1961. 64-68. [pages:67]

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

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Whitman, Walt (1819-1892)

Allen, Gay Wilson. The Solitary Singer: A Critical Biography of Walt Whitman. New York: MacMillan, 1955. [pages:278-280]

Allen writes that in the spring of 1862, Whitman may have had an affair with a woman who is identified only as "Ellen Eyre."

Miller, Edwin Haviland. "Walt Whitman and Ellen Eyre." American Literature. 1961. 64-68. [pages:64-66]

Ellen Eyre is the pen name of a woman who wrote Whitman a love letter that was delivered to Pfaff's on Tuesday, March 25, 1862.

Reynolds, David S. Walt Whitman's America: A Cultural Biography. New York: Knopf, 1995. 671 p. [pages:490]

Reynolds interprets a letter sent to Whitman signed with this name to suggest that the sender and Whitman had been intimate the previous night.