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Mallen attended O'Brien's funeral.
Vedder describes their short relationship: "How he died or when he died I never knew. He simply faded out of my life; yet I would very much like to hunt up in the pages of ‘Vanity Fair’ those forgotten gems of his” (220).
Mallen, possibly referred to here as "Mullin", may be one of the departed Pfaffians Whitman writes about toasting with Pfaff during his 1881 visit.
Mallen worked with Shanly at Vanity Fair.
Mallen is described as a comic artist who worked with Artemus Ward.
Seitz notes that Mallen worked with Ward at Vanity Fair and that he, along with Frank Wood and Charles Shanly, "were used as incidental characters in [Ward's work,] 'Woshy-Boshy'" (90).
Mallen worked with Wood at Vanity Fair.
Mallen and Wood worked together at Vanity Fair
Winter mentions that Mullen attended Fitz-James O'Brien's funeral along with Frank Wood and Thomas Bailey Aldrich and states that they all rode in the coach together.
Winter mentions that Mullen attended Fitz-James O'Brien's funeral along with Frank Wood and Thomas Bailey Aldrich and states that they all rode in the coach together.
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