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Relationships of Seymour, Charles

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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acquaintances

Bellew, Frank Henry Temple (1828-1888)

Bellew was a member of a New York group of artists and writers that existed before the Pfaff's Bohemians that also included Gayler, North, Eytinge, Charles G. Rosenberg, Seymour, and O'Brien.

Gayler, Charles (1820-1892)

Gayler was a member of a New York group of artists and writers that existed before the Pfaff's Bohemians that also included Eytinge, North, Bellew, Charles G. Rosenberg, Seymour, and O'Brien.

Gunn, Thomas Butler (1826-1904)

Gunn mentions meeting Charles Seymour at the Lyceum (95).

Gunn recounts meeting Seymour briefly one day (112).

Winter, William (1836-1917)

Winter met Seymour when Seymour was the paper's musical and dramatic reviewer (310).

collaborators

Booth, Edwin (1833-1893)

Seymour mentions Booth in his column in the Saturday Press.

Seymour devotes a section of his column in the Saturday Press to Booth and his return to the stage.

Clapp, Henry Jr. (1814-1875)

Seymour edited the New York Weekly Review, where Henry Clapp worked from January to July of 1865 (38).

friends

Bellew, Frank Henry Temple (1828-1888)

Clare, Ada (1836-1874)

Identified as a member of Clare's bohemian coterie (103).

Eytinge, Solomon Jr. (1833-1905)

Eytinge was a member of a New York group of artists and writers that existed before the Pfaff's Bohemians that also included Gayler, North, Bellew, Charles G. Rosenberg, Seymour, and O'Brien.

North, William (1825-1854)

In an article that Gunn included in his diary, Charles Seymour defended North's work, after his death, writing that the piece in question had "remained inedited up to the time of his decease, [and] I can conscientiously identify as the waif on which Mr. O'Brien has lain violent hands" (78).

Gunn identifies Seymour as the prominent defender of North's work after his death (78).

In regards to North's suicide, Seymour's argued that "[t]he cause of death was love, not poverty" (42)

Seymour "broke the news to [Frank] Bellew that North had poisoned himself over a love affair" (48).

Winter reprints a letter written by Seymour to Bellew after North's suicide and in it, Seymour describes North as a brother, alluding to the close relationship they shared (313-4).