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Relationships of Pearsall, Robert

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collaborators

Clapp, Henry Jr. (1814-1875)

Gunn, Thomas Butler. Diaries, Vol. 12. Missouri History Museum, 1860. [pages:139-40, 145]

Gunn writes how Clapp swindled money out of Pearsall to help fund the Saturday Press.

Gunn recounted that Pearsall "had his name printed in conjunction with Clapp's as 'editor and proprietor'" (140).

Our Special Correspondent. "Letter from New York." Sacramento Daily Union. 15 May 1860.

Described as "one of the owners of the Saturday Press."

lovers

Clare, Ada (1836-1874)

Gay, Getty. "The Royal Bohemian Supper." New York Saturday Press. 31 Dec. 1859: 2. [pages:2]

Pearsall is referred to as "Lord Pierceall, Troubadour to Her Majesty" Ada Clare, the "Queen of Bohemia" (2).

Gunn, Thomas Butler. Diaries, Vol. 12. Missouri History Museum, 1860. [pages:139-40]

Gunn writes that Pearsall was engaged to marry Clare (139-40).

Our Special Correspondent. "Letter from New York." Sacramento Daily Union. 15 May 1860.

"Robert W. Pearsall, Jr., . . . one of the owners of the Saturday Press, has persuaded [Ada Clare] to stop sowing any more wild oats and marry him."